Download or read book An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798 written by John Barrow and published by . This book was released on 1801 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although perhaps better known for his accounts of China and the Arctic, this is Barrow's first travel book. He went to the Cape of Good Hope as private secretary to Lord Macartney. " He traversed every part of the colony, and visited the several countries of the Keffirs, the Hottentots, and the Bosjesmen, performing " a journey exceeding one thousand miles on horseback, on foot, and very rarely in a covered wagon, and full half the distance as a pedestrian, and never except for a few nights sleeping under a roof " "--abebooks website.