ADVERTISEMENT 
The Directors of the London Missionary So- 
ciety having wished that a Second Visit should 
be paid to their several Missions in South Africa, 
requested the Rev. Dr. John Philip and the 
Author of this Narrative to undertake the charge. 
In compliance with this request they em- 
barked for Cape Town, and after the necessary 
preparations, proceeded to the Stations formed 
within the Colony ; but various considerations 
rendering the presence of one of them in Cape 
Town highly important. Dr. Philip returned 
thither, while the Author pursued his journey 
in the Interior. 
It was not Mr. Campbell's original intention 
to proceed farther northward than Lattakoo, 
which formed the limit of his former journey 
in 1813, a Narrative of which was published in 
1815. But finding on his arrival at that city, 
that KossiE, King of Mashow, was there on a 
visit to Mateebe, King of Lattakoo, and that 
he was ready to give him a kind reception, Mr. 
Campbell was induced to make the attempt. After 
the return, therefore, of Kossie, the Author left 
New L ATT a koo, proceeded to the City now called 
Old Lattakoo, and then travelled in a north- 
easterly course to Mashow, which is supposed 
to contain twelve thousand inhabitants. Pursuing 
his journey about one hundred and twenty miles 
