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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
Bay. Kolben's map presents here a remarkable 
feature, called Endless River. It is represented 
as rising near the Bay of St Sebastian, and direct- 
ing its course south-east, without any known ter- 
mination. It is somewhat difficult to say, what 
river it is, of which the course has been so egre- 
giously mistaken. The Great Karroo, and, much 
more, the regions of Sneuwberg and Cafferland, 
appear to have been entirely unknown. 
The Hottentots are described by Kolben as 
living in kraals, which seldom contained less than 
twenty huts and a hundred inhabitants. In ge- 
neral, they contained from three to four hundred 
inhabitants, and sometimes five hundred. The 
huts are ranged in a circle, in a commodious situa- 
tion, generally along the bank of a river. Their 
form is oval, the largest diameter being generally 
fourteen feet, and the smallest ten ; and they are 
too low to render it possible to stand upright in 
them. The walls are formed of twigs, and the 
roof of mats, woven from oziers and junk so close, 
that neither rain nor wind can penetrate. The 
whole wealth of the Hottentot consists in his 
cattle, and to defend these against wild beasts, is 
the continual object of his care. With this view, 
the young animals are enclosed at night within the 
circle of the huts, the older ones being tied to the 
outside, while the lambs are lodged in a large 
house or shed. During the day, three or four of 
