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during the same year, by a party sent out to rescue the re- 
mainder of the survivors from that tremendous catastrophe*. 
In 1790, the Colonist, William Van Reenen, a man of 
undaunted spirit, great curiosity, and determined courage, 
whose frequent travels into the interior, and discoveries, 
have never been duly appreciated, nor adequately rewarded, 
by his philanthropic expedition in this year, in search 
of the survivors of the wrecked crew and passengers 
of the ship just named, added in extent more largely than 
any preceding traveller to our knowledge of the countries 
to the eastward; and his interesting journal, published by 
Captain Riou in 1792, gave a tolerably correct, although 
slight insight, into the geography of regions already tra- 
versed, but hitherto undescribed : his journey extended as far 
as the scene of the wreck, three hundred miles beyond the 
then Colonial boundary. Benjamin Stout, Captain of the 
American ship the “ Hercules,” who lost his vessel near the 
river Beka, in 1795, pretended to give a description of 
the country through which himself, passengers, and crew 
safely proceeded to the Cape; and in 1797, Mr. Barrow 
visited the Keisikamma River, from its source to the 
mouth, and furnished some very interesting information of 
the Amokosa nation, with whom he passed some time. 
In 1801, the residence of that extraordinary man, Dr. 
Van der Kemp, in Caffraria, gave him an excellent oppor- 
tunity of observing the manners of its inhabitants, and of 
acquiring geographical information, of which to some extent 
he availed himself; and Professor Lichtenstein, two years 
later, contributed considerable and valuable stores to our 
previous knowledge of this part of the globe. 
* Some further particulars relative to this distressing event will be 
found in the Appendix. 
