KAFFRARIA, AND ITS INHABITANTS.

Second edition: 155 pages, wood engraved frontispiece, title page vignette, folding map coloured in outline, 8 engraved plates, 1 text illustration (a view of Table Bay), recent half brown morocco with marbled paper sides, a very good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sydney) South African Bibliography, volume 1, page 551, ‘The Preface to the first edition states that the author had resided for nearly three years in Kaffraria, and in the second edition there is a supplementary chapter bringing the book up to date. The volume commences with a short history of the Cape Colony and its surroundings, with copious notes upon the Hottentots and Bushmen. There is also an introductory description of Kaffraria and the Kaffirs, with an account of the treaties entered into between the latter and the British, by Sir B. D'Urban, Sir A. Stockenstrom, and others, before the final annexation of the country by Sir Harry Smith. At the time the book was issued a rebellion had broken out, the natives being led by Sandilli and Makoma. The information afforded concerning the zoology, botany, scenery, and climate of the country is very ample, and the author stated that “Kaffraria may safely be affirmed to be one of the healthiest parts of the known world.” There is also an exhaustive description of the personal appearance, language, customs, and origin of the natives, who are described as “fine, noble, manly fellows, as bold as lions and as daring as eagles.”’ Fleming was Chaplain to the British forces in King William’s Town.