PREFACE. 
felt in duty bound to read, and to use it. Tor the rest, my 
own ample note-books have supplied my need. 
Through the renewed kindness of J. Arrowsmith, Esq., 
E.R. Gr. S., I am enabled to add much to the value of the 
volume, by the admirable map prepared by him; deserv- 
ing, and for which I here record, my warmest and most 
sincere thanks. 
To Dr. Norton Shaw, M. D., E.R.G.S., Secretary to 
the Royal Geographical Society, the same is due, for his 
kindness and assistance lent to me, in addition to *that of 
many other friends at home and abroad. 
The Engravings and Yignettes have been executed from 
original drawings taken on the spot, and most of them 
selected from portfolios of -the Author and his brother, 
(who, whilst with his regiment, was also many years resi- 
dent in that country.) A few of them have been furnished 
by others. 
In conclusion, I have but to add, that, whilst fully 
conscious of many unintentional imperfections, and faults 
otherwise arising, I still sanguinely trust, that the present 
publication may not totally fail in the object for which it 
is written, namely — " To afford, in a portable and readable 
form, a volume containing general information on all points 
connected with the country, colonies, and tribes of South- 
ern Africa." 
Park Side, Cambridge, 
July, 1858. 
