292 ALBANY. 



Mr. Turvey having remained at this place between 

 four and five months without receiving any tidings 

 of the party, his patience began to fail, and con- 

 cluding that they must either have returned by sea, 

 or have met with some fatal accident, he deter- 

 mined on returning to the Colony, soon after which 

 the melancholy intelligence of their death arrived. 



Mr. Turvey had been actively engaged with his 

 pencil and had made a considerable collection of 

 drawings during the journey, which I purchased of 

 him, and have them now in my possession. 



For the following statistical account of Albany, 

 I am principally indebted to the " South African 

 Directory," a work published in Cape Town, con- 

 taining much valuable information connected with the 

 Colony ; and I feel the more desirous that these par- 

 ticulars should be laid before my readers, as they 

 tend to show the flourishing condition of the settle- 

 ment previous to the Caffer irruption, which suddenly 

 burst forth at the close of last year, spreading con- 

 sternation and destruction throughout the district. 

 Some particulars of this disastrous attack will be 

 found in an appendix to the second volume. 



