PROPOSAL 



CAPTAIN W. C. HARRIS, 



^fograpf)ical ^ocietv of JSombaj). 



Belgaum, August \st, 1838. 



Sir,— I do myself the honour of requesting- that you 

 will lay before the Geog-raphical Society of Bombay the 

 accompanying Narrative of my recent expedition into the 

 interior of Southern Africa ; I have already had the plea- 

 sure of directing" a copy of it to be forwarded to the 

 Royal Geographical Society of London. 



My journey from the Cape Colony throug-h the terri- 

 tories of the chief Moselekatse to the Tropic in 29° east 

 longitude, and my subsequent return across the head of the 

 Yaal River by an unexplored route, throug-h the scene of 

 that prince's hostilities ag*ainst the emig-rant farmers, to 

 the Colony, being- distinctly traced on my map, a copy of 

 which you are aware I had also the honour of forwarding- 

 to the Secretary of the Royal Geog-raphical Society from 

 Cape Town in October last, it would be a needless 

 trespass on the Bombay Society's time were I here to 

 enlarge on the subject ) I shall therefore simply state that 



