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ALGOA BAY

Volume 1 · 107 words · 1815 Edition

or Zwarte-hoog, in southern Africa, is situated in S. Lat. 33. 56. E. Long. 26. 53. and 500 miles distant from the Cape of Good Hope. Mr Barrow, who visited this place, found, in an adjoining valley, a species of antelope, called the riet-bok, or red-goat, previously unknown to naturalists. He also mentions that great advantages might accrue to the East India Company from the erection of an establishment at this place, for the purpose of preparing salted beef and fish, in consequence of the salt-pans, and the abundance of large bullocks, in the vicinity; together with great numbers of excellent fish, with which the coast abounds.