dedication;. xx:.Ik 
occafion, I will venture an ailertlon (wlilch 
I know, in the eftimation of fome people, 
will be confidered as ftreLcliing beyond th.^ 
bounds of probability) that if England, on 
the termination of lioftilltics^ reHnqiillhcs 
all her other conquefts^ and although Ihe 
hath expended during the laft five years., two 
hundred xriillions in the profecution of her 
conteft with the French Republic^ ftill^ if 
fhe preferves the Cape of Good Hope and 
its depcndenci-es, flie will ultimately be a 
gainer by the w^ar. 
I am now. Sir, to defcribe thofe fcenes of 
horror and misfortune wiiich threw me and 
my people on the Ihores of CalFraria, as well 
thole which fuccceded on our travel 
through the dcferts. The narrative will 
form a melancholy detail ; but I have been 
invited to publiili it, and I have acquieiced 
from a belief, that fome ufeful information 
may be derived from a genuine defcription 
of the natives and their country. It is not 
improbable but fom.e, either from curiofily 
or policy, m.ay in a Ihort time vifit tliefe 
regions ; and others may be thrown, like 
mylelf, on their coafts naked and defence- 
lefs. To remove, therefore, fuch prejudi- 
ces as have arifen from the extravagant and 
deceptive tales of thofe travellers who have 
repreien'ted the natives as m.onfters, that de- 
light only in hum.an ilaughter, becomes a 
duty, as it may encourage future adventur- 
ers in their purfuits, and relieve the unfor- 
lunate from unnecefiaty appreheniions. 
