Gleanings in Africa : exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and surrounding country. With a full and comprehensive account of the system of agriculture adopted by the colonists: soil, climate, natural productions ... Interspersed with observations and reflections on the state of slavery in the southern extremity of the African continent. In a series of letters from an English officer during the period in which that colony was under the protection of the British Government. Illustrated with engravings.

2009-01-072009-01-071806http://hdl.handle.net/2263/8559xxi, [3], 320 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., 22 cmenElectronic copy: University of Pretoria; Printed copy: Public domain.968.704Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Description and travelSlavery -- South Africa -- Cape of Good Hope -- HistoryKhoikhoi (African people)Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryGleanings in Africa : exhibiting a faithful and correct view of the manners and customs of the inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope and surrounding country. With a full and comprehensive account of the system of agriculture adopted by the colonists: soil, climate, natural productions ... Interspersed with observations and reflections on the state of slavery in the southern extremity of the African continent. In a series of letters from an English officer during the period in which that colony was under the protection of the British Government. Illustrated with engravings.Book