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Excerpt from Walks and Sketches at the Cape of Good Hope: To Which Is Subjoined, a Journey From Cape Town to Blettenberg's Bay My Lord, In dedicating this work to your Lordship, I cannot be accused of adulation; for a work so small could not flatter even a mind totally unused to it. Neither can I be suspected of less worthy motives, as a dedication which can confer no honour, can expect no recompense. I have been induced to request the permission of prefixing your Lordship's name hereto, solely from the conviction that no man in Great Britain has paid so much attention to the affairs of the Cape, or has so intimate an acquaintance with every subject relative to that Colony, as your Lordship. Should the following sheets not add to that stock of information, I trust, at least, that they will not be found altogether barren of interest, and that should they fail to instruct, they may at least tend to amuse. 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.