TRAVELS 
r N TO T H E 
INTERIOR OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAP. I. 
A General View of the Colony of The Cape^ and a more particular 
Defcription of the Promontory called The Cape of Good 
Hope. 
JBy the capture of the Cape of Good Hope and of Ceylon, the 
Britifh language is now heard at the fouthern extremities of the 
four great continents or quarters of the globe. Three of thefe 
have fubmitted to the power of its arms ; and the fpirit of com- 
merce and adventurous induftry has directed the attention of its 
enterprifmg fubje£ts to the fourth, on the fmall ifland of Staaten, 
at the extreme point of South America, where a kind of fettle- 
ment has been formed for carrying on the fouthern whale- 
fifhery. Of thefe extreme points the Cape of Good Hope can- 
not be confidered as the leafl: important, either with regard to 
its geographical fituation, as favorable for carrying on a fpeedy 
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