1  the  women  and  the  children.     It  is  a  well-authenticated  fact,
'  that,  in  proportion  as  they  are  bunted  down  by  the  boors,

*  their  ferocity  towards  the  Christians  has  increased/  *

It  might  have  been  expected,  that  a  system  of  aggression
and  outrage  so  inhuman,  and  denounced  in  such  strong  terms
by  a  gentleman  who  has  ever  since  occupied  an  important
situation  under  His  Majesty's  Government,  would  not  have
been  suffered  to  proceed  under  the  dominion  of  England  with-
out interference  and  exposure.  But,  alas  for  the  poor  Bush*
men  !  the  philanthropy  and  public  spirit  which  flamed  out  so
eloquently  against  these  '  abominable  expeditions ',  while  the
Dutch  boors  and  the  Dutch  authorities  were  alone  responsible
for  them,  were  frosen  into  deep  silence  when  the  Cape  became
a  permanent  dependency  of  the  British  empire.  During  twenty
years,  as  it  now  turns  out,  that  the  same  system  has  been  pro-
ceeding with  destructive  energy  under  the  direct  sanction  of
British  governors,  not  a  word  on  this  subject  has  been  heard
from  Mr.  Barrow ;  nor,  till  the  appearance  of  Mr.  Thomp-
son's Travels  last  year,  had  it  been  more  than  faintly  hinted  at
by  any  of  the  African  travellers  who  have  succeeded  him*
Those  of  our  readers  who  recollect  the  deplorable  statements
made  by  Mr.  Thompson  on  this  topic,  may  now  compare  them
with  the  following  passages  from  the  work  before  us.
