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The fourth, and last division, is the Amazoulah, 

 or Zoulah tribes, who dwell near Natal, between 

 the Umzimvoobo River and Delagoa bay, along the 

 coast, and inland as far as the sources of the Orange 

 River, bordering on the Bechuana country. These 

 are divided into two branches, the one near Natal, 

 under the Chief Dingaan, successor to Chaka ; the 

 other under Matacatzee, who resides far inland. 



A marauding Chief named N. Capia now resides 

 with his people on the Zimvoobo, under the pro- 

 tection of Fako ; they are the descendants of the 

 Amazoulah, and various other wandering tribes, 

 which troubled this part of the country a few years 

 since in consequence of having been driven by the 

 conquests of Chaka from their original settlements. 

 A vast number of these tribes, called Fingoes, are 

 now found scattered throughout Cafferland, and are 

 considered by the CafFers a very inferior race of 

 people, in consequence of having no independent 

 Chief of their own. 



In travelling through the Amaponda country, the 

 waggon path is over an undulating ridge, said to be 

 from eight hundred to one thousand feet above the 

 level of the sea. This ridge is broken and inter- 

 sected by numerous small streams, rivers, and moun- 

 tain torrents, which after rain sometimes rise to a 

 height of from two to three hundred feet, rushing 

 with a violence truly terrific, while the roar of their 

 waters resounds fearfully throughout the valleys. As 



