TRAVELS 
IN 
SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
CHAP. L 
Staihilcal Sketch of the Colony of the Cape of Good HopCo 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 
If from the soutliern point of the Cape peninsula, which, 
however, is not the southernmost point of Africa, a straight 
line be drawn in the direction of east by north, it will cut the 
mouth of the Great Fish River, the jRio d' Infante of the Por- 
tuguese, which is now considered as the eastern boundary of 
the colony. The length of this line is about five hundred and 
eighty miles. 
If from the same point a straight line be drawn in the direc- 
tion of north, with a little inclination westerly, it will fall in 
with the mouth of the River Koussie, the northern boundary 
of the colony, at the distance of about three hundred and 
fifteen miles from that point. 
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