2 Mr. Morgan's Account of the Amdkoxae, 



pursuinp: their system of aggrandisement became often opposed 

 to the Colonists. 



The Hottentot tribes were then possessors of little territory; 

 it was bounded by the sea on the South, by the Colonists on the 

 West and North, and by the Caifers on the East. The attacks 

 of the Gaffers bad always been conducted on the principle of 

 extermination, for by them the Hottentot men were always 

 slain if they could not effect their escape. The women were 

 taken, and their cattle driven away; the Caffers succeeding 

 them in the possession of the depopulated land ; and by these 

 means they had occupied the Hottentot Country as far West as 

 the Sunday River ; and the Frontier Colonists often suffered iii 

 like manner as the Hottentots had done from their predatory 

 inroads. 



The Hottentots had now dwindled into a very few tribes ; 

 some of these began to unite with the Caffers in their aggres- 

 sions on the colony, others threw themselves entirely under the 

 protection of the colonists ; and the remaining part of their 

 country in 1798 fell into the hands of the Europeans. Since 

 that time the Caffers have been forced to relinquish that part 

 of the country that is to the west of the Keiscamma River, and 

 since 1825 have ceased to assail the colony, and have become 

 a nation trading with the European Colonists on the system of 

 mutual interest and benefit. 



The country at present occupied by the Caffers, is nearly of 

 a rectangular form, — the northern side is bounded by an ex- 

 tensive chain of mountains ; the country beyond which is, to 

 the north-east, inhabited by the Tambookies, on the north-west 

 by the Bushmen. The eastern part is bounded by the Bashee 

 River and the country of the Tambookies ; the western part joins 

 the colony, and the south-east borders on the sea. It is 150 

 miles in length ; its breadth is uneven, being from 30 to 90 

 miles; containing about 10,000 square miles. 



These mountains arc very high, and are covered with large 

 forests, in which various timber trees, most of them common to 

 the colony, flourish luxuriantly. The woody summits intercept 

 the clouds that are wafted by the winds from the ocean, and 

 furnish constant supplies to the numerous springs which form 

 the sources of the many rivers flowing from them toward the 

 sea. Though the distance from their source to their union 

 with the ocean is comparatively short, yet the body of water in 

 these rivers is very considerable ; and the unevenness of the 

 ground through Avhich they have cut their tract, the rocky pro- 

 jexjtions that frequently divide their streams, and the falls that 

 constantly occur between the interior and the shore, cause them 

 to impart a charming freshness and vivacity to the surrounding 

 country through which they find their way. 



