CHAPTER XI. 
THE ORIGIN, HISTORY, TOPOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, CAPABILITIES, 
PRODUCTS, TRIBES, &C, OF THE NATAL NEW COLONY, THE 
ORANGE-RIYER, AND TRANS- YAAL DUTCH EREE STATE. 
Although incidental notices of the Amazulu 
tribes of Kaffirs residing in Natal, as well as 
other points of connection between the two 
Colonies, have induced mention to be already 
made of these parts of the African continent ; 
it may not, at the same time, be inapt here to 
introduce an epitome of those connecting links 
in the past colonial history of Africa, which 
led to the establishment and subdivisions of 
these various parts and states. A brief sketch 
of the localities themselves, together with their 
present inhabitants and products, may likewise 
be acceptable in a work of this character. 
The New Colony of Natal is so intimately 
connected with the Orange-river free state, in 
its origin and rise, that these two divisions of 
Southern Africa must be included in one gene- 
ral notice. 
The first special mention of this part of the 
Continent was at the same period, when the 
other portions of the promontory were dis- 
