The Cape and the Kaffirs: A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland

A first-person account of five years living in southeastern Africa, combining diary entries, practical guidance for prospective emigrants, and descriptive surveys of geography, climate, towns, and colonial administration. The author sketches the region's terraces, rivers, agricultural products and trade, population composition and religious affiliations, and evaluates settlement prospects in districts such as the Cape, British Kaffraria, and Natal (the latter via official reports). Interwoven are observations on local commerce, town life, shipping, and pastoral economy, plus reflections on recent unrest and on measures for governance and improvement under imperial authorities.