Acknowledgments
The translators are gratefully indebted to Mr. I.M. Murray, the Hon. Secretary of the Van Riebeeck Society, for invaluable assistance and advice throughout the preparation of this work; to Miss M. Ralling and Mr. A.C.G. Lloyd, of the South African Public Library, for helping to read the proofs; and to Dr. L. Gill, of the South African Museum, for permission to use the photograph of the old Hottentot male which forms the frontispiece.