THE LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, 
LORD PRIVY SEAL OF SCOTLAND^ 
i^c. ISc. l^c. 
UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, THE EXTENSIVE AND IMPORTANT COLONY 
OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 
WAS ACQUIRED AND ANNEXED TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE, 
BY WHICH OUR POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN THE EAST-INDIES 
WERE EFFECTUALLY SECURED AND PROMOTED; 
THESE VOLUMES OF 
TRAVELS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 
JOHN BARROW. 
