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Excerpt from The Rise of South Africa, Vol. 4 of 6: A History of the Origin of South African Colonisation and of Its Development Towards the East From the Earliest Times to 1857 Fifteen years have elapsed since the first volume of this work was published. The approval with which that, as well as the two succeeding ones, was received, has been an encouragement to devote the spare time of five years to the completion of this, the fourth volume. According to the original intention, this was to have been the last; but, as the work progressed and research unfolded so much matter of importance and interest, it became clear that, in order to cover the prescribed period, six volumes, at least, would have to be written. The present intention, therefore, is to increase the original number to that extent. As an apology for the long intervals between the publication of the volumes, it is pleaded that, apart from the necessarily extensive search into original documents involved, time could only be devoted to this work after the prior claims of other duties had been satisfied. Every care has been taken to arrive at the truth and to give a perfectly impartial account of all the matters dealt with. It is on this account that many of the events have been treated in greater detail than might at first seem necessary. Embarras de richesses has created the difficulty of deciding what to leave out. It is hoped, however, that all necessary to a clear understanding of the history of the time has been included and that a fairly connected story has been made. All this work has not been accomplished without assistance and facilities for research which have been generously accorded to me. 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.