SOUTH AFRICAN 



QUARTERLY JOURNAL, 



STo.Z. JANUARY— I\I ARCH, 1834. Part 3. 



A Sketch of the Progress and present State of Geographi- 

 cal Discovery in the African. Continent, made from the 

 Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. — By J. C. Chase. 



[Continued from page 137.] 



In the year 1S24, the excellent and zealous Missionary at 

 the Kuruman station, the Rev. Mr. MofFatt, visited at Melita, 

 the capital of the Chief of the Bawanketz tribe, the cele- 

 brated and much dreaded Makkabba, whom the commercial 

 jealousy of the surroundinc; clans had represented as a monster 

 of cruelty, a character \v4ich, upon acquaintance, proved to 

 be totally false. It is, to be regretted that the itineraries 

 and observations of this Missionary have not been laid before 

 the public, as from his peifect knowledge of the language, 

 his frequent journies into tlie interior, and his known shrewd- 

 ness and ability, he must be in possession of a rich store of in- 

 formation ; but there unfortunately appears to be a decided aver- 

 sion on the part of the various Missionary Societies to publish the 

 knowledge gained by their respective agents, who possess such 

 superior opportunities of acquirement. The avidity, however, 

 with v.hich Ellis's " Polynesian Researches " have been re- 

 ceived, it is to be hoped, will induce others of this most 

 devoted and praiseworthy class of men to step forward and 

 gratify public curiosity, which cannot fail to add largely to 

 the list of supporters to the Missionary cause, — the cause of 

 our common faith, which we are enjoined to extend. 



In the same year Mr. Gkorge Thompson visited Leettakoo 

 and tlie neighbouring Districts, but the approach of the de 

 vastating Mantatces, then on their road to the Batlapees, 

 arrested his progress, and his discoveries were confined chiefly 

 to some new points along the banks of the Gariep. 



As far back as the year 1818 an experiment was made by 

 the Colonial Government to open a trading intercourse with 

 the Griquas and Corana tribes, by the establishment of a Fair 



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