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part of the Cape countries, now known by the name of Xarrou, 
as far as the Orange River, of Yrystaat, of Griqualand West, 
and of Kalihari, was formerly uninhabited and visited only 
by the Bosjesmans. From about 1790 the Yrystaat and 
Griqualand- West were colonized by Xorannas and Griquas, 
and a little later by Bechuanas (Barolongs, Bawanketsis, &c.). 
The Korannas and the Griquas came from the Cape Colony, 
taking a direction from south to the north ; the Bechuanas 
arrived from the north — probably from the northern part of the 
Transvaal. 
2. The eastern part of the Cape, to the south of the Storm- 
bergen, along the coast, and to the east of the Drakenbergen 
(which are a continuation of the Stormbergen), was already 
inhabited in 1500 by Caffres (British Caffraria, hiatal, &c.). 
3. The Transvaal was also early inhabited, particularly the 
northern part, by Bechuana tribes, who were always moving 
towards the south (1600 P). 
4. The country to the west of the Transvaal, which Living- 
stone and others have mentioned by the name of ‘ Sechele’s 
Country/ was only colonized towards the year 1824 by 
Bechuana tribes (among which were the Makololos, who have 
since been moving again towards the north), which had been 
driven away from the Transvaal by the Matabeles of Moselekatse. 
The Bechuanas and the Caffres seem to have come from 
more northern parts of Africa. They show a certain analogy 
of characters. Their movements were effected parallel to 
one another from the north to the south ; the Caffres pro- 
ceeding along the coasts, the Bechuanas across the central 
region. To the south of the Limpopo they were separated by 
the Drakenbergen, so that the Caffres remained to the east of 
this mountain range, and the Bechuanas to the west. Both 
these races are black, and we often find among them, especially 
among the Bechuanas, Arabian and Jewish types. 
5. Basutoland, which was formerly entirely uninhabited, 
was colonized only in 1830 by Bechuana tribes coming from 
the Transvaal, and by a small number of Fetcannets (the present 
Fingoes of the Cape Colony, who before 1820 were Caffres of 
Ratal), of Korannas, of Bosjesmans, &c., whom the chief Moshesh 
united into one people, under the name of Basutos (1830). 
6. The country situated between the two rivers — the Lim- 
popo and the Zambesi, to the north of the Transvaal — was 
originally occupied by Bechuanas, but later on, after 1836, it 
was invaded by Caffres — the Matabeles of Moselekatse, who 
left the Transvaal, and took a direction across Sechele’s 
country, at first towards the west, afterwards towards the 
north, and still later towards the north-east. In the country 
of Moselekatse (or rather of his successor, Lo-bengula) some 
