Ten Years North of the Orange River

Recased using original cloth. All page edges gilt. Engraved tissue-guarded frontispiece of cattle on the banks of the Orange River, near at Aliwal North, xx + folding map + 523 pages of text + 6 additional inserted plates and woodcuts in the text.

A tight, sturdy copy of an uncommon first edition; the plate titled 'Potchefstroom, Transvaal Republic' is not original, but has been supplied in facsimile

Mendelssohn's entry in his Bibliography:

*MACKENZIE, Rev. JOHN : Ten Years North of the Orange River.
A story of everyday life and work among the South African Tribes. From 1859 to 1869. By John Mackenzie, of the London Missionary Society. Edinburgh : Edmonston & Douglas, xix + 523 pp. Cr. 8vo. 1871.

An account of Mr. Mackenzie's earlier missionary career in South Africa, embracing the narrative of his work in Kuruman, Taungs, and Likatlong, with notes on the Orange Free State, the Transvaal, 'Bushman Land,' and Matabeleland, and on his visit to Moselekatze, together with an interesting description of the earliest days of the Diamond Fields.

The volume affords a valuable picture of the state of the natives of South Africa at this period, with some account of the Boers and other colonists, and full details respecting the gradual spread of missionary institutions in Bechuanaland and the adjacent regions, and the establishment of many of the stations. There are a number of original illustrations, a map, and an Appendix containing considerable information respecting 'The Races of Southern Africa.'