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this informant. John Cane, dispatched by Chaka with his 
ambassadors to the colonies in 1828, had frequently heard 
of some survivors of the wreck of the Grosvenor, and he 
thought he could recognise, in the Caffer corruptions of their 
names, those of Jeffry, Thomas, Michael, and Fortuin: he 
understood that the armourer died about 1824. The re- 
mains of the wreck which Cane had seen about forty miles 
east of the Omzimvooboo river, cons'st of ballast and guns, 
perceptible at low water; and there are in the rocks and 
sand at that place excavations and fissures called by the 
natives ‘the white men’s houses.’ Longer details relative 
to the interesting tribe of mulattoes, for whom the sympathy 
of Europeans has been so long excited, will shortly be laid 
before the public.*” 
The Rey. W. Shaw, accompanied by others, visited the tribe 
of mulattoes discovered by Van Reenen in 1790. The fol- 
lowing particulars are from his journal, dated June 27, 1828. 
27th June.—In pursuing our journey this day, we 
crossed the mouths of a number of rivers, some of which 
were deep, owing to the influence of the spring tides, 
and of course we got wet in fording them. The land 
near the beach in this neighbourhocd is very high, and must 
have a very bold and bluff appearance from the sea. Seve- 
ral of the mountains near the beach are rich in iron ore. 
At the mouth of the Umpakoo river is a most singular 
mountain, well worthy the careful attention of any traveller 
skilled in geology. It is composed principally of iron ore, 
is of an irregular shape, with nearly perpendicular sides; 
it may be about one hundred yards long at the base, and 
thirty or forty yards high at the highest part: the waves 
of the sea dash against the southern side of the hill, whilst 
its northern side forms a sort of dam to the waters of the 
* South African Directory, 1830. Page 268. 
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