bedxcation: 
eilates ftlii this argument does not apply,, 
fo as to exclude an American^ or any other 
foreigner, who iettles at a diftance (fuppofe 
I GO miles) from the moil advanced colony 
belonging to the government of the Cape. 
It has never been underftood when the 
Dutch took poffeflion of the Cape of Storms^ , 
as it was originally ftyled by the Portuguefe, .. 
that they aifo claimed a title to the v/hole of 
the fouthern part of Africa ; i^ioh. an unde- 
fined and unlimited claim, muft at once ap- 
pear not only prefumptuous, but prepofte- 
reus ; and on this ground I argue, that 
the people of any nation have an unquef- 
tionable right, provided the natives give 
their aifent, to fettle on fuch parts of the 
fouthern continent of Africa^ as do not in- 
terpofe with the lands, already in poffeffion 
©f the coionifts. The particular fpot where 
I think a fettlement might be eilabliftiedwith 
Gonfiderable emolument to the adventurers, 
and to the nation from whence they came, 
I lhall endeavour to delineate in the courfe 
of this addrcfs^ and which, both in fertility; 
and beauty, may vie with the moft culti- 
vated and admired countries in either Eu- 
rope or America, 
There is no quarter of our earth fo little 
vifited, or fenown to Europeans, as tht 
continent of Africa. And yet the exploring 
and colonizing of thefe vaft regions, were 
mndertaken nearly '^ooo years ago. Tyre^ 
©ntefo famous im her rkhes and J^x- cmtit- 
