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beautiful and martial air. The seventy-fiftli regiment, called the 
Duke of Albany's own guard, was also on the station, and is a 
good looking corps. The appearance of all the troops is remark- 
ably fine, and their movements in the morning and evening drills, 
in the pubhc square, show them to be in a high state of discipline. 
In our remarks on the district of Albany, an allusion was made to 
the laudable efforts, now in successful operation, to introduce the 
light of education among the children of the native Caffres and 
Hottentots. This is a subject of so much interest to the philos- 
opher and the philanthropist, that we shall be excused for recal- 
ling to it the particular attention of the reader. 
That portion of South Africa which has long been known under 
the general appellation of Caffraria, hes between latitude 30° and 
34°, south, on the eastern coast ; it is bounded by Great Fish river 
on the southeast, which separates it from the country of the Hot- 
tentots, and by Natal Bay on the north. Its western boundaries 
are not yet ascertained. The Caffres are tall and well propor- 
tioned, and in general evince great courage in attacking lions and 
other wild beasts. Their skin is jet black, their teeth whiter than 
polished ivory, and their eyes large and inteUigent. The dress 
of both sexes is nearly the , same, consisting almost entirely of the 
hides of cattle, which, by a peculiar mode of preparing, are ren- 
dered as soft and pliant as cloth. They are very industrious, and 
fond of agricultural pursuits, particularly the breeding of cattle, 
in which the valuable part of their worldly wealth consists. 
Their huts are more elevated, and far more commodious, than 
those of the Hottentots. , 
But oppression and wrongs have driven them to predatory acts 
of retaliation, which amount to robbery, and have involved them in 
numerous conflicts with the colonists, steeping their native soil in 
blood, which only enriches it for the benefit of the ever-encroach- 
ing whites. The pioneers of all colonial settlements in a foreign 
land are generally composed of adventurers ; hardy, courageous, 
and enterprising, indeed, but destitute of those gentler vhtues 
which constitute the refinement and happiness of older and more 
permanent communities. Hence it has happened, that in almost 
every instance, the kind reception and hospitality of the natives 
have been requited by acts of rapine, cruelty, and oppression, On 
the part of the colonists, which are naturally followed by some 
