DEDICATION. 
Throughout the whole of the colonies as 
I journeyed to the Cape, I found this fen- 
timent univerfally prevailed ; they were all 
defirous of having fome trading and liberal 
people fettle either on the Eaft or Weft coafi:, 
at a certain diftance from the rnoft advan- 
ced colony belonging to the Dutch. This 
prevailing difpofition in the colonifts, I men- 
tion for the purpofe of demonftratirg the 
practicability of the meafure I recommend ; 
for it is certain, that any oppofition from 
the Cape to fiich a fettlement mufl be nu- 
gatory, as it would be fupported by the u- 
nited ftrength of all the colonies. 
The limits of the Dutch colonifts Lave 
been hitherto coniined to the borders of 
CaiTraria, and in fome places to the borders 
of the Fiih-River. The following anecdote 
will explain the fentiments of the natives 
rcfpefting this limitation. 
When the chriftian farmers had gener- 
oufly fiipplied my people with neceffaries, 
and which I have before ftated, I made them 
acquainted with the lofs of the Hercules 
near the mouth of the river Infanta, After 
feveral confultations on this fubject, they 
refolved to pafs into CafFraria with a certain 
number of waggons, and proceed to the 
wreck. To get poffeffion of the iron was 
the chief objeft of the undertaking, and 
they folicited one Abraham Moore ^ who was 
my fteward, to accompany them, I gave 
him permillion to return, and they accord-- 
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