AN
A C C O U N T
O F
t r a v e l s
INTO THE
INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICAy
IN THE YEARS I 7 9 7 AND 1798 :
INCLUDING
C U R S O R Y O B S E R V A T IO N S '
ON THE
GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT CONTINENT;
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SUCH OBJECTS AS OCCURRED IN THE
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL KINGDOMS;
AND
SKETCHES OF THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL CHARACTERS OF THE VARIOUS
TRIBES OF INHABITANTS SURROUNDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE
C A P E O F G O O D H O P E .
TO WHICH IS ANNEXED,
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE, POPULATION, AND PRODUCE OF
THAT EXTENSIVE COLONY;
W ITH A MAP CONSTRUCTED ENTIR E L Y FROM A CTU AL OBSERVATIONS
MADE IN THE COURSE OR THE TRAVELS.
B y J O H N B A R R O W ,
LA TE SECRETARY TO THE EARL OF MACARTNEY, AND AUDITOR-GENERAL OF
PUBLIC ¡ACCOUNTS, A T THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
LO ND O N:
Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street,
F O R T . C A D E L L J U N . A N D W . D A V IE S , IN T H E S T R A N D .
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