COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRES, BY ANDREW SPARR MAN, M. D. PROFESSOR OF PHYSIC AT STOCKHOLM, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES PRINTED FOR G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON, PATER-NOSTER-ROW. MDCCLXXXVI. PREFA CE E. ELATIONS of voyages and travels have at all RR times, and in all ages, fince the invention of letters, been favourably received by the public: but, perhaps, in no age fo well as in the prefent; writings of this kind, more especially in this island, being bought up with avidity and read with eagerness, not only by the learned and polite, but also by the rude and illiterate. The reafon is evident. The age in which we live, has not unfrequently been accused of frivolity and indolence. With what justice, it is not our business at present to determine. turn for experiment, however, and disposition to enquire into facts is univerfally acknowledged: and indeed, may, perhaps, be partly deduced from the principle abovementioned. Now every authentic and well-written book of voyages and travels is, in fact, a treatise of experiA 2 mental Its |