AN 
ACCOUNT 
OF 
TRAVELS 
INTO THE 
INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
IN THE YEARS I797 AND I798 : 
INCLUDING 
CURSORY OBSERVATIONS 
ON THE 
GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THAT CONTINENT; 
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF SUCH OBJECTS AS OCCURRED IN THE 
ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, AND MINERAL KINGDOMS; 
AND 
SKETCHES OF THE PHYSICAL AND MORAL CHARACTERS OF THE VARIOUS 
TRIBES OF INHABITANTS SURROUNDING THE SETTLEMENT OF THE 
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, 
A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT STATE, POPULATION, AND PRODUCE OF 
THAT EXTENSIVE COLONY; 
JVirH A MAP CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY FROM ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS 
MADE IN THE COURSE OF THE TRAVELS. 
By JOHN BARROW, 
LATE SECRETARY TO THE EARL OF MACARTNEY, AND AUDITOR-GENERAL OP 
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 
LONDON: 
Printed by A. Strahan, Printers-Street, 
FOR T.. CADELL JUN. AND V/. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND. 
1801. 
