the country of the Caffres or Hotentots, in the most southerly parts of Africa, lying in the form of a crescent about the inland country of Momotapai, between 35° south latitude and the tropic of Capricorn; and bounded on the east, south, and west, by the Indian and Atlantic oceans. See Hotentots.

Most of the sea coasts of this country are subject to the Dutch, who have built a fort near the most southern promontory called the Cape of Good Hope.