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The narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa

Chapter 13: RECENT VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.
By Francis Galton
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The author recounts an overland expedition across interior regions between the Cape Colony and the western Portuguese settlements, mapping a route to a recently discovered inland lake and describing encounters with Damara, Hottentot, and Ovampo communities. He records geographic data, itineraries, and practical difficulties of travel, including logistics, worn draught animals, exhausted supplies, and the effort required to gain local confidence. Natural-history notes are limited by arid plateaus, while the fertility, orderly habits, and trading tendencies of the Ovampo are highlighted as favorable for contact and mission work. The narrative combines route information, ethnographic observation, and reflections on the hardships and rewards of exploration.

RECENT VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

TWO VISITS TO THE TEA COUNTRIES OF CHINA AND INDIA. By ROBERT FORTUNE. Third Edition. With Map and Woodcuts. 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

JOURNAL OF A WINTER’S TOUR IN INDIA. With a Visit to the Court of Nepaul. By the Hon. CAPT. EGERTON, R.N. With Woodcuts. 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

VISITS TO THE MONASTERIES OF THE LEVANT. By the Hon. ROBERT CURZON. With numerous Illustrations. Fourth Edition. Post 8vo. 15s.

FIVE YEARS’ HUNTING ADVENTURES AMONG THE WILD BEASTS AND SAVAGE ANIMALS OF SOUTH AFRICA. By R. GORDON CUMMING. Third Edition. With Woodcuts. 2 vols. post 8vo. 24s.

LETTERS FROM SIERRA LEONE. Written to Friends at Home. By A LADY. Edited by Mrs. Norton. Post 8vo. 6s.

THE ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC, including the Feejees, and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races. By CAPT. JOHN ERSKINE, R.N. With Plates and Woodcuts. 8vo. 16s.

LIFE IN ABYSSINIA: Being the Personal Narrative of an Englishman during Three Years’ Residence in Abyssinia. By MANSFIELD PARKYNS. With Map and Illustrations. 2 vols. 8vo.

NOTES DURING A TOUR IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. By SEYMOUR TREMENHEERE. Map. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d.

TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN ASIA MINOR, more particularly in the Province of Lycia. By SIR CHARLES FELLOWS. Second Edition. Maps and Plates. Post 8vo. 9s.

SOLITARY RAMBLES AND ADVENTURES OF A HUNTER IN THE PRAIRIES. By JOHN PALLISER, Esq. With Illustrations. Post 8vo.

NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORER IN TROPICAL SOUTH AFRICA. By FRANCIS GALTON, Esq. With Maps and Plates. Post 8vo.

TEN MONTHS AMONG THE TENTS OF THE TUSKI, and Incidents of an Arctic Boat Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. By LIEUT. HOOPER, R.N. Map and Plates. 8vo.

NINE YEARS’ RESIDENCE IN TASMANIA. By Mrs. CHARLES MEREDITH. Woodcuts. 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

CITIES AND CEMETERIES OF ETRURIA. Being a Description of Existing Monuments of Etruscan Art. By Mr. GEORGE DENNIS. With Maps, Plans, and Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. 42s.

HUNGARY AND TRANSYLVANIA; with Remarks on their Condition, Social, Political, and Economical. By JOHN PAGET. Second Edition. With Map and Woodcuts. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

DALMATIA AND MONTENEGRO; with a Journey to Mostar in Hertzegovina, and Remarks on the Sclavonic Nations. By Sir J. G. WILKINSON. Map and Plates. 2 vols. 8vo. 42s.

NINEVEH AND BABYLON; with Travels in Armenia, Kurdistan, and the Desert. A Second Expedition to Assyria. By AUSTEN H. LAYARD, M.P. With 300 Plates and Woodcuts. 8vo. 21s.

THE SAXON IN IRELAND; or, Rambles of an Englishman in Search of a Settlement. Second Edition. Map. Post 8vo. 6s.

TRAVELS IN TURKEY. Made expressly with the view to examine into the True State of that Country. By CHARLES MACFARLANE. 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.

A VISIT TO NEPAUL AND JUNG BAHADOOR, THE NEPAULESE AMBASSADOR. By LAURENCE OLIPHANT. Map. Fcap. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

PORTUGAL AND MADEIRA; with an Itinerary of the most interesting parts, and Information for the Traveller or the Invalid Visitor. 2 vols. post 8vo. 12s. May be had separately.

TRAVELS IN NORTH AMERICA, 1841-2, with Geological Observations, Together with a Second Visit to the United States, 1845-6. By SIR CHARLES LYELL. Second Edition. 4 vols. post 8vo. 39s.

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.