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SQUTiiERN AFRICA* 
Mr Barrow undertook another excursion into 
the country of the Caffres ; but as it led him over 
nearly the same ground, the great length of the 
present analysis will preclude our following him. 
Mr Barrow, in his second journey to the coun- 
try of the Caffres, obtained some intelligence re- 
specting the nation of the Boshuanas. No steps; 
however, were taken to follow up this information, 
till an accidental combination of circumstances 
brought that people fully into notice. In 1801, as 
the colony laboured under a scarcity of cattle, Messrs 
Tr u tter and Sommerville, accompanied by a draughts- 
man, secretary, several Dutch boors, and a body of 
Hottentots, were sent to find, if possible, a supply 
in some of the remote parts of the settlement. Af- 
ter passing the Great Karroo, they came to the 
country of the Bosjesmans, a few of whom they saw, 
exhibiting those symptoms of extreme poverty which 
all travellers have remarked. Beyond them they 
came to the banks of the Orange river, which they 
found to be inhabited by a tribe of Hottentots, 
called Kora, or Korana, much superior to the Bos- 
jesmans in circumstances and appearance. Though 
entirely unacquainted with agriculture, their flocks 
were tolerably numerous, and they were more 
cleanly, active, and intelligent, than the more 
southern tribes. Here they met a Boshuana, and 
received from him such an account of his country 
and nation, as tempted them to proceed. Under 
