EXPLORATIONS IN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA

First Edition. 535 pages (pages [390] - [457] or sections *1 - *5 are additional to the pagination making a total of 603 pages - all copies were issued thus, half title page, 3 colour folding maps, chromolithographic frontispiece 'Regiment of Flamingoes - Swakop River,' 7 engraved plates- the one opposite page 128 slightly rippled, light foxing, 27 wood-engraved illustrations in the text, later red cloth titled gilt on the spine, edges uncut, working loose at the back hinge, contents bright.

Mendelssohn (Sidney) South African Bibliography volume 1 page 69-70. The journey was started on March 20, 1861,' and the author was joined by his fellow-traveller, Mr. J. Chapman, on the 20th of July. The volume contains an interesting account of hunting and exploration in the country of the Namaquas and Damaras, and the illustrations are very spirited; there is a good description of the flora and fauna of the country, together with an account of the habits of the natives. It is stated that Livingstone, who had travelled over some of these regions, was often indistinctly understood by the natives, and that he made errors in consequence, the natives themselves averring that Scotchmen, however perfectly they may understand the language of the country, invariably speak it with an idiom that renders them more or less unintelligible.