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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
Its boundary (as shewn in our map) is, at 
present, a line running on the North-west, from 
the mouth of the Koussie or Sand-river; South- 
east along the Western coast, to the River Zak, 
and thence to the North point of the Graff- 
Eeinet district at the Karree-Berg. It then 
takes a North-east direction, until it meets the 
Zwart, or Black Gariep River, about 30 miles 
above the little town of Cradock, and passing 
along the banks of this, until it meets the junction 
of the Wonderboom River, it again turns and 
descends Southwards ; then, crossing between 
the Zunreberg and Stormberg mountains, it 
meets, and runs along the banks of, the Zwart 
or Black Kei River until it comes to the little 
Winterberg mount. Thence it goes Eastward 
as far as Eland Post, near which it meets the 
Keiskamma River; and, passing along its South- 
ern bank, it joins the sea on the East coast. 
The " Cape Colony " has thus been formed 
and determined ; not at once, but by very slow 
degrees, and at various periods in its history, 
in a manner which it may not be inapt here 
to point out in a condensed form. 
The Kaffir tribes and their aggressions have 
ever been the main reason for these fresh an- 
nexions. The Amakosa tribes of these people, 
who dwell nearest to the present eastern colo- 
nial border, and extend from that to the Great 
