South Africa delineated; or, Sketches, Historical and descriptive, of its tribes and missions, and of the British colonies of the Cape and Port-Natal

Thornley Smith

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THELIBRARY OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOSANGELES C-*/v CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ARRIVAL.OUE Page THE of Storms. Providential deliverance.Cape Algoa-Bay. Disembarkation. Port-Elizabeth. ofSpread Christianity. to Graham's Town. The Ada-bush. TheJourney Hottentot tribes : their . . 1probable origin. Mountain-pass. CHAPTER II. THE COLONY. Extent The Dutch colonists. French ProtestantDiscovery. The British Government ofrefugees. Physical aspects The river Cowie.the country. Mountain-ranges. The Dutch farmers. ClimateGeological investigations. of the The settlement 9Cape. Population. Albany CHAPTER III. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS. Cradock. Remarkable Thunder-storm.journey. TheKoonap. A Sabbath in the wilderness. the river. Fort-Fording Beaufort road. NativeMilitary Magnificent scenery. kraals. Customs of the Heathen. Their utilitarian notions. Strictures on Vaillant Views of Christian Missionaries. 20 CHAPTER IV. BATHURST AND LOWER ALBANY. The of Bathurst Locations of the British settlers.village Romantic Clumber. Native Institu-prospect Missionary tion. scene of native con-Sabbath-day depicted. Baptism verts. Romish Missions in Africa. Success of Protestant Missions. John a native Anecdote.'Ncapai, Missionary. The Cowie-bush. A of locusts. Theirflight ravages described. 29 X CONTENTS. CHAPTER V. GRAHAM'S TOWN. Page of the town. Its Nature of ourcharacter.Origin peculiar work. of Methodism. TheProgress Wesleyan Fingoes: their Liberation from Fin- history. bondage.

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THELIBRARY
OF
THEUNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOSANGELESC-*/v<*SOUTH AFRICA DELINEATED;
OH,
SKETCHES,
HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE,
AND AND OF THE BRITISH COLONIES OFTRIBES MISSIONS,
THE CAPE AND PORT-NATAL.
BY THE REV. THORNLEY SMITH,
IN THAT COUNTRY.SEVEN YEARS A WESLEYAN MISSIONARY
from the earliest times to the has"Africa, present, always excited,
than other of.In a more lively degree any the world, thequarter
of mankind." HEEREN.curiosity
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN CITY-MASON, 14, ROAD;
SOLD AT PATERNOSTER-ROW.66,
1850.London : R. Paternotr-Row.Needham, Printer,TO
THOMAS ESQ.,FARMER,
OF GUNNERSBURY,
THE LONG-IKIED FRIEND OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS,
AND OF EVERY GOOD AND NOBLE ENTERPRISE,
THIS VOLUME
WITH HISIS, PERMISSION,
MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,
BY THE AUTHOR.
1963071LIST OF THE ENGRAVINGS.
The Town of Somerset Frontispiece.
Brookhouse's near Graham's Town. Toface 13Poort, page
View on the Cowie River 39,,
The Matawan Mountains 125
141The Falls of the Tsitsa
Port-Natal 205Bay