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8 and 9 feet long. There are no tame horses in Caffreland, except a very few which are 

 brought from the colony ; but there are two sorts of wild horses, tiie Douw and the Quagga ; 

 the former is more beautifully streaked than the latter. The quagga is an enemy to the wolf, 

 and drives him out of the field which he inhabits. The tiger of this country is not streaked, 

 but spotted with small brown spots. " 1 must also mention," says Dr. Vanderkemp, " an 

 animal, the name of which is not known in the colony, as they call it the Unknown Animal. 

 The Hottentots call it Kamma. It is sometimes seen among a herd of elks, and is much 

 higher than these. It was never caught nor shot, as it is, by its swiftness, unapproachable ; it 

 has the form of a horse, and is streaked ; but finer than the douw. Its step is like that of a 

 horse. I looked upon this description as somewhat fabulous, till we came near the Teitjana, 

 among the Boschmen ; there one of our company saw an animal among some quaggas, which 

 he had never seen before ; he said, that it was like a most beautiful horse, but much larger. 

 The Boschmen pointed to a plain where they said these animals were found in great numbers. 

 This one had a tail like that of a n'gau, but with a much longer bunch of hairs at the point." 

 This appears to be the unicorn of Campbell and others. At Mashow, a town in the territory 

 of the Tamahas, an animal of the rhinoceros kind was killed in 1821, having a horn projecting 

 three feet from the forehead, arising about ten inches above the tip of the nose. A few inches 

 of a small second horn, behind, did not affect its unicorn appearance. The head measured 

 three feet from the mouth to the ear. It is at present deposited in the British Musuem. 

 There are two sorts of wild hogs. The rhinoceros with two horns, and the sea-cow, are also 

 natives of this country. The latter has strength and courage enough to throw a rhinoceros 

 from the rocks, down into the river. The rhinoceros, however, is the terror of the elephant, 

 and sometimes puts many of them to flight. There is a variety of antelopes, distinguished by 

 the names of Steinbok, Springbok, ^'c 



About 900 miles to the northeast of Cape-Town, is JVew Lattakoo, situated near the source 

 of the Krooman, a main branch of the Orange river ; and 50 miles beyond that, stands Old 

 Lallakoo ; each of these tov.'ns contains about 4,000 inhabitants. 



Campbell, in 1821, penetrated as far as Kurreeckane, the capital of the Marootzes, and was 

 favorably received. The population of this town was estimated, by him, at 16,000 souls. 

 Mr. Campbell saw many founderies in Kurreechane ; but he regrets, that they were guarded 

 with so much jealousy, that he was not allowed to enter them. Kurreechane appears to be the 

 Staffordshire, as well as the Birmingham, of that part of South Africa. They manufacture 

 pottery ; and, in the shape and painting of their articles, show a superior degree of taste. 

 They appear to excel in the making of baskets ; and Mr. Campbell found the walls of their 

 bouses ornamented with paintings of elephants, camelopards, shields, &,c. 



8. Inhabitnnts. The white inhabitants are Dutch, Germans, English, and a few French. 

 There is, also, a considerable number of the mixed race, and there are a few thousand Malays 

 at the Cape. The negroes are chiefly of the Hottentot, or Cciffre race. The color of the 

 Hottentots is a yellow-brown, and their formation is peculiar. They have very small hands 

 and feet ; their faces are broad above, and narrowed to a point. Their cheek bones are prom- 

 inent, and their lips thick. In some tribes, the wool grows in little tufts, like the teeth of a 

 shoe-brush, and when suffered to grow, hangs in fringes. The Bushmen are a tribe of Hot- 

 tentots, anciently separated from the rest. To European eyes, the women are objects of hor- 

 ror ; lean and gaunt, except over the hips, where all the flesh seems to be piled. A Venus, 

 drawn from the Hottentot model, would have little resemblance to that of Florence. The 

 Hottentots smear themselves with fat and soot, and are so used to it, that, when washed, one 

 seems to be without his clothes. The Cajjres are of a black-gray color, and, like the Hotten- 

 tots, have a few tufts of beard on the chin. They are exceedingly well-formed, hardy, and 

 active. They travel much, if for no other reason than to visit each other. The females are 

 small, but finely formed. The Bctchiianas are, in form, superior even to the other Caffres. 



The native tribes dress chiefly in the skins of sheep, which the Hottentots wear, with the 

 wooi, generally, in the form of a cloak, open before. This is called a carosse. The females 

 have a petticoat of skins, or leather. The Cafl'res dress in leather, which they have the art to 

 render very pliant. They wear many ornaments of beads, rings, carved bones, &c. The 

 following is a representation of the Queen of Lattakoo, in full dress. The Bushmen, when 

 they have any clothing, dress like the Hottentots. Their handkerchiefs are jackal's tails, 

 tied to a handle ; and, with these, they wipe the perspiration from their faces. The English 

 language is, now, that of all official proceedings ; but the Dutch is the general laneuage in the 



