CAMPBELL. 
S55 
sentence is absolute, and usually executed with 
his own hand. 
The next journey into the interior of this part 
of Africa was undertaken by Dr Campbell, at the 
request of the Missionary Society. Whether there 
was much prospect of success to this benevolent 
object on the theatre of Southern Africa, it is 
needless here to inquire. It may only be observ- 
ed, that geographical knowledge, though consi- 
dered by this traveller as a very secondary object, 
received some accessions from the journey which 
he performed. 
Our traveller proceeded through the Karroo 
wilderness and across the Sneuwberg, by the same 
route that had been taken by Messrs Trutter and 
Sommerville. After proceeding through the Bos- 
jesman, which he calls the Bushman's country, 
and then through that of the Coranas, he arrived 
at Leetakoo. The king happened to be absent, 
and the party were surprised, in passing through 
the place, by an uncommon stillness, and by no 
inhabitants appearing. On arriving, however, at 
the great square before the king's house, they 
found two or three hundred men armed, and ar- 
ranged in regular order ; and the place was soon 
filled with men, women, and children, to the 
number of about a thousand. At first, however, 
evident marks of shyness and suspicion appeared. 
