Natal, Cape of Good Hope ... comprising descriptions of this ... colony, from the year 1575 ... with ... a vocabulary of the Natal or Zulu language

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NATAL, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. A GRAZING, AGRICULTURAL, and COTTON-GROWING COUNTRY. COMPRISING DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS WELL-ENDOWED COLONY, FROM THE YEAR 1575 TO THE PRESENT TIME, BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND TRAVELLERS. WITH A MAP OF THE COLONY, AND ENGRAVINGS. BY J. S. CHRISTOPHER, OF NATAL. WITH AN APPENDIX, AND A VOCABULARY OF THE NATAL OR ZULU LANGUAGE. " The happy prosperity to be enjoyed at the Cape, which has encouraged me in my task, is a subject of distrust to many, from the fears of such a Colony obtaining early independence. The fallacy is plain.— God has created this beautiful earth to be inhabited by the noblest of his creatures, and his first command was, Multiply. In obedience to this precept, the most ancient races sent forth Colonies ; from them we have sprung ; and oar Colonies will, by the same process, become Nations like ourselves.

We may prevent this for a time, but nature triumphs at last.— Thb latb Baron Van HOOJfRDOF. He that tilleth his land, shall be satisfied with bread. In 1626, the whole State and City of New York, was purchased for t£6 sterling. In 1849, it contained 2,174,517 intelligent inhabitants. Such is Colonization. LONDON : EFFINGHAM WILSON, ROVAL EXCHANGE; HATCHARD &SON, PICCADILLY; AND TRELAWNY SAUNDERS, 6', CHARING CROSS. 1650. OKA. AMI! SON. PKINTKRS, T HRKADN EKDLK-SrR KKT.