Travels in Southern Africa

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Excerpt from Travels in Southern Africa: In the Years 1803, 1804, 1805 and 1806 The first Part of my Travels in Southern Africa is here presented to the public. It does not appear without considerable apprehensions on my part, from a conviction that the book is far from being as perfect as I could wish, but I also cannot help entertaining a confident hope that it contains much matter which will be found of real utility, in any case, I can safely affirm that it has been compiled with the greatest care, and with a strict regard to truth. I consider the latter quality so much as the first requisite in a book of travels, that I rest my highest claim to public favour upon this ground, and desire nothing so much as that the reader may take the work into his hand with the firmest reliance upon my veracity. Deeply impressed with this idea, it was once my intention that a principal object in my Preface should be to speak of myself, in hopes that by making the reader acquainted with my modes of thinking, and my manner of observing things, as well as by giving a short sketch of my history, I might obtain the confidence I wish. It is, however, so difficult for any one to form a just judgment of himself, and concealed vanity is so apt to appear obliquely through all our efforts to preserve an appearance of modesty and humility, that upon mature consideration I determined rather to leave my friends and my book to speak for me. I rest then in the hope that my endeavours to make them partakers in my own firm and inward conviction, upon the various matters on which I treat, will not be mistaken. I have for the same reason avoided all attempts to embellish my descriptions, lest they might endanger the throwing an improper shade over the whole of the picture, though I am ready to acknowledge that some external ornaments arranged with taste might have rendered the whole more agreeable and attractive. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.