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the opinion which was long entertained by 
the Dutch government, that if colonization 
was not checked in Africa, their settle- 
ments in that quarter would be endangered. 
From the adoption of this policy, founded 
on the apprehensions of the government 
at home, we learn the true reason why a 
greater part of the southern continent has 
not been settled since the Dutch took pos- 
session of the Cape in 1652, and accounts 
for the heavy restrictions that have been 
laid upon the colonists in general. 
Our author, who entirely disapproves of 
the restrictions and impediments thrown 
in the way of the colonists by the Dutch 
government, hath discovered a scene, which 
cannot fail at this very interesting crisis 
to be of the utmost importance to the 
British emigrants, who are to settle in the 
southern parts of the African continent. 
" On my arrival (says the Captain) at 
what is called the first Christian settlement, 
I experienced a very cordial and hospitable 
reception. My people were supplied with 
whatever they could spare, and this relief 
was administered upon terms that mani- 
