NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY TOUR TO THE NORTH-EAST OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Translated from the French by John Croumbie Brown

Second edition: xvi, 17 – 453 [1] page, folding map as frontispiece, many annotations in the body of the text, rebound in full red morocco with blind decoration on the upper cover, black title label gilt on the spine, a good copy.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography vol 1 pages 49-50, 'An account of a tour taken by two French Protestant missionaries who were settled in Basutoland, to that part of South Africa between the Orange and the Vaal Rivers, which was mainly inhabited by the Bechuanas. The tour lasted about three months, and much of the information published was related for the first time, including notes on the Bushmen, Corannas, Basutos, Bechuanas, Griquas, Zulus, and other nations, with chapters on botanical and geological matters, hunting and even literature. There is a full account of the Zulu army, including the names of the regiments, together with those of the Commanders, Lieutenants, and sub-lieutenants, and there are interesting accounts of Chaka and Dingan, with a description of the death of the former, and an ode to the later. There is a short history of the Bechuana tribes’.

Extracted from A South African Bibliography vol 1 page 80: Originally published in Cape Town in 1846. A small impression was thrown off at the Cape for circulation amongst the friends of the mission; and the author has now urged the republication of the translation in Britain.