248 POPULATION OF CAFFERLAND. 



ignorance of the real number of people that are under 

 the command of the different Chiefs, make it very 

 difficult to ascertain with correctness the amount of 

 the population of their country. Though the follow- 

 ing calculation of the strength and numbers of those 

 people may not therefore be quite correct, yet it is 

 as near so as circumstances would permit it to be 

 made, and will afford a pretty accurate knowledge 

 of the strength of each Chief. The whole population 

 of the west part of Cafferland appears thus to amount 

 to 150,000 men, women, and children. The male 

 population is about 25,000, of whom about 16,000 

 only are warriors ; but when any favourite expedition 

 is engaged in, many others flock to the standard of 

 their Chiefs, and swell their ranks to a greater 

 number. 



" The following is the estimated population of the 

 Amakosa nation : 



Under whose Command. 



Men. 



Women 

 and Children. 



Total. 



IT Gaika's sons and uncles 



6000 



30,000 



36,000 



IP Botuman 



2000 



10,000 



12,000 



IT Queno 



3000 



15,000 



18,000 



IT Dushanie and Children . 



4000 



20,000 



24,000 



Un Thlambe and Children . 



5000 



25,000 



30,000 



Un Phundis 



2000 



10,000 



12,000 



Congo and Family 



3000 



15,000 



18,000 



Total 



25,000 



125,090 



150,000 



" The amount of the military force of Cafferland 

 is above 18,000, of which number any enterprising 

 Chief might bring 12,000 together to support him 



