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SOUTHERN AFRICA, 
sale, an ox or two cows being the common price 
of a wife. Polygamy is permitted, but, from the 
difficulty of purchase, is confined to the chiefs, 
who seek helpmates in preference from among 
the Tambookies, a neighbouring tribe. Conjugal 
infidelity is rare. 
On returning from the Kaffre countiy, it was 
resolved to undertake an expedition over the 
Sneuwberg, or Mountains of Snow, to the north, 
with the view of observing this almost untrodden 
region, and the Bosjesmans, its savage inhabitants. 
The travellers, in their ascent, soon came to a ca- 
vern which had been inhabited by these people. 
Mr Barrow was much surprised to find here draw- 
iiigs of animals executed with an accuracy, as well 
as force and spirit, which would scarcely have 
disgraced an European artist. The materials 
were charcoal, pipe-clay, and the different ochres. 
Soon after, at the house of the Commandant of 
Sneuwberg, he saw a Bosjesman prisoner, who 
described his countrymen as a truly miserable 
race, suffering indescribably from cold and want 
of food, knowing every nation around to be ene- 
mies continually planning their destruction, and 
never hearing a bird scream, without apprehend- 
ing danger. 
The Sneuwberg presents an aspect of nature 
very different from the other tracts bordering on 
tlie Cape. This region is entirely destitute ©f 
