- A N
A C C O U N T
oi
T R A V E L S
INTO TH E
INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA.
IN WHICH 19 CONSIDERED, .
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO THE DIFFERENT EUROPEAN
POWERS, AS A NAVAL AND MILITARY STATION; AS A POINT OF SECURITY
TO OUR INDIAN TRADE AND SETTLEMENTS DURING A WAR, AND
AS A TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION AND COMMERCIAL
EMPORIUM IN TIME OF PEACE:
A S T A T I S T I C A L S K E T C H O F T H E W H O L E C O L O N Y ,
C O M P I L E D F R O M A U T H E N T I C D O C U M E N T S .
By JOHN B A R R OW, Efq.
RATE SECRETARY TO TH R EARL OR MACARTNEY, AUDITQR-CENER AL OR "PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
A T TH E CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, AND SECRETARY TO LIEU T EN AN T -GEN ERA L
PRANCIS DUND'AS DURING HIS GOVERNMENT TH ER E ,
V O L U M E T H E S E C O N D ,
I L L U S T R A T E D W I T H S E V E R A L E N G R A V IN G S .
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Printed by A. Strahan, Prihters-Street,
FOR T . C A D E L L AND W . D A V I E S , IN T H E S TR AN D .
1804.