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Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Volume 1

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William John Burchell

Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822 - Africa, Southern - 582 pages

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PREFACE	1

Residence in Cape Town and Rambles in the vicinity	11

A sketch of Cape Town and the Colony	70

A ride through HottentotHolland to the Warmbath at Zwarteberg	83

Visit to Genadendal	103

Ride from Genadendal to the hotspring in Brand Valley and visit to Tulbagh	116

Ride from Tulbagh to the Paarl and thence to Stellenbosch	136

Residence at Cape Town and preparations for the journey	148

Journey from the borders of the Cape Colony through the country of the Bushmen to the river Gariep	285

Journey in the country of the Koras from the Gariep to the Asbetos Mountains Stay at the Kloof village And arrival at Klaarwater	323

Residence and transactions at Klaarwater with some account of the settlement and its inhabitants	350

Excursion from Klaarwater to the confluence of the Nugariep and thence to the Kygariep	381

Occurrences on the banks of the Kygariep	403

Return from the Kygariep to Klaarwater	446

Residence and transactions at Klaarwater till the end of the year	476

Residence and transactions at Klaarwater and preparations for resuming the journey into the Interior	506

Journey from Cape Town to Tulbagh	172

From Tulbagh through Hexriver Kloof to the Karro Poort	189

Journey over the Karro	210

Journey through the Roggeveld to the borders of the Colony	253

Arrangements for a journey back into the Colony Second visit to the village at the Asbestos Mountains And preparations for departure 529	529

The Itinerary and Register of the Weather	555

Remarks on the map and geographical observations	575

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Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Volume 1
William John Burchell
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William John Burchell
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W.J. Burchell
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Title	Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, Volume 1 Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa, William John Burchell
Author	William John Burchell
Publisher	Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822
Original from	Austrian National Library
Digitized	5 Jun 2014
Length	582 pages

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