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	<blockquote>Caffreria, a Country of Africa of large extent. It lies from the Kingdom of Angola on the North to the Cape of Good Hope, and is bounded East, West, and South with the Ocean; the South-Eastern part is very fruitful, and well peopled; the rest barren, Mountainous, and little peopled. The Inhabitants are so barbarous, that they are called by this Name from their rude way of living, which signifies the Lawless People; they were all heretofore Man-eaters, and many of them continue such to this day. They call themselves Hottentots. Mr. Herbert an English Man, who was in these Parts, will scarce allow them to be perfect Men; and saith they sell Man's Flesh in the Shambles. They acknowledg a Soveraign Being under the Name of Humma, which they adore when he sends good Weather: But in cold and rainy, or very hot Seasons, they change their Praises of him, into Complaints against him.</blockquote>		<blockquote>Caffreria, a Country of Africa of large extent. It lies from the Kingdom of Angola on the North to the Cape of Good Hope, and is bounded East, West, and South with the Ocean; the South-Eastern part is very fruitful, and well peopled; the rest barren, Mountainous, and little peopled. The Inhabitants are so barbarous, that they are called by this Name from their rude way of living, which signifies the Lawless People; they were all heretofore Man-eaters, and many of them continue such to this day. They call themselves Hottentots. Mr. Herbert an English Man, who was in these Parts, will scarce allow them to be perfect Men; and saith they sell Man's Flesh in the Shambles. They acknowledg a Soveraign Being under the Name of Humma, which they adore when he sends good Weather: But in cold and rainy, or very hot Seasons, they change their Praises of him, into Complaints against him.</blockquote>

			=== 1694. The great historical, geographical and poetical dictionary by Louis Moreri. ===
			<blockquote>Caffraria, or the Coasts of Cafres, a Country to the South of Africa, which has the Indian Sea to the East, the Aethiopian to the West, and the Southern Ocean to the South, and the Kingdoms of Mataman and of Monomotapa, with the Coast of Zanguebar and the Mountains of the Moon to the North. It is a Country inhabited by divers sorts of People, who have their particular Governours. The Chief of those that were discovered are the Goringhaconas, the Gorachouquas, and the Goringhaiquas, who all live about the Cape of Good Hope, in the Neighbourhood of the Hollanders Fort. There are besides the Cachoqueas, the Cariguriquas, the Hosaas, the Chainoaquas, the Cobonas, the Sonquas, the Namaquas, the Heusaquas, the Brigoudis, and the Hancumquas. Travellers give us the following account of these People. The Goringhaiconas, whom the Hollanders call Water-men, are 4 or 5 Families of Cafres, which are about 50 in Number, under one Commander. The Garachouquas. Sirnamed Tabaco-Thieves, are 4 or 500 Men able to carry Arms, who also have their Captain. The Goringhaiquas. and People of the Cape, because they ascribe to themselves the Property of the Cape of Good-Hope, can make up 4 or 500 good Soldiers, and have their King. The Cochoquas or Soldanhars, are 4 or 500 Families, who inhabit 15 or 16 Villages in the Valleys of Saldanha-Bay, and are a sort of Herdsmen, who, with the rest spoken of before, live towards the Cape of Good-Hope. These who follow, are farther of the Coasts. The Chain•aquas live about 3 Months Journey from the Cape, their Prince wears a Leopard's Skin, and all his Body shines with Grease, according to the Custom of that Country. The Gobonas live beyond them, and are Anthropophaques, People that roast alive all them they can catch, without sparing the Cafres themselves: They are the blackest of the Negros, and wear their Hair very long. The Sonquas inhabit the highest Mountains, and live of Venison, and of a Root that serves them for Bread: They have wild Horses and Asses in their Country, that have several lively and handsome Spots of different Colours. In 1662, the Sonquas brought one of these Skins, and sold it to the Hollanders at the Cape of Good-Hope for Tobaco. The latter stuffed it with Straw, and hung it in the Castle-Hall as a thing worthy to be seen by Strangers. The Cafres make a Trade of Stealing, and look upon all the Cattle they can light on, to be good Prize. Their Apparel are Bufle-Skins, sow'd together in form of a Cloak, and Women carry Parasols made of Ostritch Feathers, which they wear round their Heads. The Namaquas keep 150 and sometimes 200 Leagues from the Cape of Good-Hope; they are of good Stature, wear Beasts Skins, decked with some Grains of the Glass of Cambaye, which they buy of the Portugueses for Sheep and Goats, for they go often as far as Monomotapa; Men wears Plates of Ivory before their Bellies, and Women cover that part with a rich Skin, and wear a Parosal about their Heads, as the Sonquas do, and have all the rest of their Bodies naked. These Cafres all obey one King, and when they received the Hollanders in 1661, a Company of Musicianers were sent to meet them, who had each a Reed, making a Noise that resembled a Trumpet-Marine. The King treated the Hollanders with Milk and Mutton, and they presented him with Brandy, Tobaco, Corail, Grains, and some Pieces of Brass. The Heusaquas live very far off, to the Northwest of the Cape. None has yet been in their Country, nor seen any, but some that came upon the Coasts with the Prince of the Chainouquas to Traffick in Cattle. They are Shepherds and Herdsmen, as the other Cafres, and besides are given somewhat to Agriculture; amongst other things, they set a kind of Root, which infused in Water, renders the Liquor so strong, that it makes People as drunk as the strongest Wine could: They have Nets and Snares to catch Lyons, which they tame and make as docile as Dogs, and bring them up to fasten upon, and fight their Enemies when they have occasion to come to a Battel. The Brigoudis have never yet been seen by Travellers, but are said to be very rich in Cattle. The Hancumquas live near the Heusaquas, but People have had no Dealing with them yet. Most part of the Cafres are tawny, and Olive-coloured, have flat Noses, thick Lips, wild and fright full Looks; they that Trade with the Hollanders begin to be Civilized, the rest are very Savage, and live in deep Ignorance; their Arms are Bows and Arrows, with a Zagaye or a Spear. They eat nothing but Roots boyl'd in Water, or burned upon Coals, and the Flesh of their worst Cattle, which they never kill, if they be not old or sick; they also feed upon the dead Fish they find on the Shoar; they put a great Value upon Sea-Dogs, which they kill with their Staffs on the Coasts, whether they come in great Shoals; they also hunt Elephants, Unicorns, Elks, Tigers, Lyons, Buffles, and other wild Beasts. They live to 100 or 120 years, when they dye they are buried sitting, and all naked, and use this Ceremony, that all who are a Kin to the dead Person must cut off the Little Fingers of the Left Hand to put them into the Grave with him; for which reason they do not love to see any of their Kindred die. Their Houses are Tents made of the Branches of Trees, and covered with Mats made of Rushes, and some of these Huts are so big, that a Family of 30 Persons may live in them. All they that live about the Cape speak one Language, which is so confused, that their Words resemble more the Sound of Bells than articulate Expressions: And though Strangers cannot learn this Language, they make a shift to learn theirs, for there are many of them that speak Dutch pretty well, and so plain, that they can be understood; they set no great Value upon Linnen or Woollen Cloath, nor upon Looking-Glasses or Bells, much esteemed by other Blacks; but they esteem Iron, Brass, Copper, Axes, Knives, and such other Instruments, and are great Lovers of Coral, Tobaco, and Brandy. They willingly give a Cow for a piece of fine Brass twice as broad as the Palm of their Hand, and for a piece of Tobaco. As for Religion, they own a Sovereign Being, which they call Humme; but they seldom worship him if it be not when he sends them fair Weather, and complain of him when either the Rain, Heat, or Cold incommodes them; they also adore the Moon when it begins to to appear, and spend the Night in Dancing and Singing. Ludolf believes that these People are called Cafres from the Arabick Cafres, and the Plural Cafiruna, which is a Name the Arabians give all them who deny that there is but one God. * Tavernier, Part 2. p. 204. saith, Those who live about the Cape of Good Hope, were the most hideous and brutish People he ever saw in all his Travels; their Language was scarce Articulate. The best were cloathed with Skins of Beasts, th rest had only a nasty Rag to hide their Nakedness, the Mother cuts out the Right Stone of every Male as soon as it is born. They know nothing of Gold or Silver, God or Religion: Neither Men nor Women are ashamed to shew their Nakedness, for indeed they are but a sort of Humane Beasts; yet after all, they have some Knowledge in Simples, and cured several Dutch Men of desperate old Sores with Herbs. They self their Cattle for Aqua vitae, Tobaco, Christall, and Agat-Beads, and old Iron. In all this he exactly agrees with Mr. Herbert.</blockquote>

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			=== 1662. A Geographical dictionary in which are described... London. by Henry Brome. ===
			<blockquote>Caffreria, a country in Africa.</blockquote>

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	Cafreria, also known as the Land of Cafres, occupies the most southern portions of Africa, encompassing the Cape of Good Hope and extending along the coasts of the Aethiopick Sea. It serves as a geographical boundary for various African regions and is renowned for its natural diversity, including fertile valleys, mountainous terrains, and vast coastlines. Though often described as a land of contrasts, Cafreria is equally notable for its unique inhabitants, resources, and cultural practices.		Cafreria, also known as the Land of Cafres, occupies the most southern portions of Africa, encompassing the Cape of Good Hope and extending along the coasts of the Aethiopick Sea. It serves as a geographical boundary for various African regions and is renowned for its natural diversity, including fertile valleys, mountainous terrains, and vast coastlines. Though often described as a land of contrasts, Cafreria is equally notable for its unique inhabitants, resources, and cultural practices.

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 CAFRERIA, or the Land of CAFRES, makes the most Southern Coast of all Aethiopia, winding like a Semicircle about the Cape of Good Hope; some begin it from Cape Negro, and continue it unto the River of Cuama; this separating it from Zanguebar, and the other from Congo, or what we have esteemed with Congo. Others begin it and end it with the Tropick of Capricorn, as well on this side as beyond the Cape of Good Hope. I esteem under the name of Cafres all the Coasts which environ the Mono-Motapa, both towards the West, South, and East: so that we may call these Cafres, Occidental, Meridional, and Oriental. This distinction being taken in regard of the natural scituation in which these People are from the Mono-Motapa; or we may chuse rather to consider them in Occidental or Oriental, as we have already done; the Cape of Good Hope then keeping the one from the other. It hath formerly been believed, that these People had neither Kings, Law, nor Faith, and therefore were called Cafres, that is, without Law. But it hath since been known, that they have divers Kings and Lords; as those of Mataman, where there are divers Metals, Chrystal, &c. And of Melemba, among the Occidentals; those of Chicanga, Sedanda, Quiteva, and Zefala, among the Orientals; and others we know not, towards the South and Cape of Good Hope.
-On the Coast of Cafres are these places and Isles, viz. St. Nicolai, Piscarius, the Port of Carascalis, the Cape of Good Hope, St. Martins Bay, and the Cape of St. Lucia. Also these Isles, 4 bearing the name of St. Lucia, 2 of St. Christophers, 5 of Crucis, and 3 of Aride. Many of which, as likewise the Capes, are well known by Sea-men, especially the Cape of Good Hope. All these Coasts of Cafreria are bounded within Land by a Chain of Mountains, formed by the Mountains of the Moon, and which inclose Mono-Motapa. That part of these Mountains which advance towards the Cape of Good Hope, are called by the Portugals,* 1.31Picos Fragos, that is, Watry Points or Rocks. This Cape is the most remarkable piece in Cafreria; the most Southern point of Africa, and of our Continent; and the most famous Promontory of the whole World. Vasco de Gama knew it in 1498, and after having doubled it, found the way by the East-Indies to the Great Sea; and from hence the Portugals boast to have been the first that had the knowledge of this Cape. But we have made appear in the general discourse of Africa, that the Ancients have both known and spoke of it. Near the Cape of Good Hope, and farther towards the South, is the Cape of Needles, which should be more famous, since it is more Southernly than the other by 12 or 15 Leagues: But the name, Cape of Good Hope, is given to all that Head of Land which is the most Southern of Africa.
+On the Coast of Cafres are these places and Isles, viz. St. Nicolai, Piscarius, the Port of Carascalis, the Cape of Good Hope, St. Martins Bay, and the Cape of St. Lucia. Also these Isles, 4 bearing the name of St. Lucia, 2 of St. Christophers, 5 of Crucis, and 3 of Aride. Many of which, as likewise the Capes, are well known by Sea-men, especially the Cape of Good Hope. All these Coasts of Cafreria are bounded within Land by a Chain of Mountains, formed by the Mountains of the Moon, and which inclose Mono-Motapa. That part of these Mountains which advance towards the Cape of Good Hope, are called by the Portugals, Picos Fragos, that is, Watry Points or Rocks. This Cape is the most remarkable piece in Cafreria; the most Southern point of Africa, and of our Continent; and the most famous Promontory of the whole World. Vasco de Gama knew it in 1498, and after having doubled it, found the way by the East-Indies to the Great Sea; and from hence the Portugals boast to have been the first that had the knowledge of this Cape. But we have made appear in the general discourse of Africa, that the Ancients have both known and spoke of it. Near the Cape of Good Hope, and farther towards the South, is the Cape of Needles, which should be more famous, since it is more Southernly than the other by 12 or 15 Leagues: But the name, Cape of Good Hope, is given to all that Head of Land which is the most Southern of Africa.
 The Air of this Country is sometimes temperate, and sometimes cold, by reason of the Mountains which are covered with Snow and Ice, from whence descends quantity of cold Waters. The Vallies and Lower Countries pleasant and fertil; hath store of Woods and Forests, in which are abundance of Beasts and Fowls, as Deer, Antilopes, Baboons, Foxes, Hares, &c. Also Ostriches, Herons, Pelicans, Pheasants, Partridges, Geese, Ducks, &c. They are well supplied with good Water, feed much Cattle, which they truck with Strangers for Knives, Scizzars, Spoons, and divers Toys; they have likewise much Fish in their Rivers.
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 The Cape of Good Hope, which lies toward the most Southern part of this Countrey, is by much the longest; the most famous and the most dangerous Cape in the World. 'Twas called so, in hopes of arriving suddenly at the East-Indies, when it was veered in the year 1498. Before, it had the Name of the Tempestuous Cape, from the storms that are frequent thereabouts. Some have call'd it the Lyon of the Sea, others the Head of Africa: There are Signs by which the Sailers know when they are near it; fifty or sixty Leagues off they find the Bodies of great Reeds, called Trombes, floating on the Sea; and they see flying a number of white Birds, mark'd with black spots. They who return from the East-Indies, see Troops of Sea Wolves, made like Bears, and then they are continually sounding. This Cape serves for bounds to the East and West-India-Companies: As they go to the East-Indies, and return from thence, they must of necessity come in ken of it. The Land enjovs a temperate Air; several Valleys have Herbs and Flowers in abundance. There are Rivers full of Fish, and Woods full of Deer and Cattel. The Inhabitants, who make their Garments of Beasts-skins, are very good at running, but very villanous in their Diet, and when they speak, you'd think you heard Turkey-Cocks.</blockquote>
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-<blockquote>THe Land of Cafreria is the most Southern of all Africk; nay, of all our Continent, reaching along the Aethiopick-Sea, with an extent of Coasts, for about twelve hundred Leagues, part in the Torrid, and part in the temperate Southern Zone. 'Tis full of Mountains, subject to great Colds, and under several petty Kings, who for the most part pay tribute to the Emperour of Mono-Motapa. The King of Sofala pays it to the King of Portugal, who has a Garrison in the Castle of Sofala, and who, by the means of this Garrison, draws abundance of Gold from the Mines, which are in the inland Countrey. This Gold is accounted as good as any in the World; they gather it likewise in the Rivers, with Nets, after there has been Rain. Solomon might possibly have had his come from hence, which he employed in the building of the Temple. The Coast of Cafreria is low, and full of Woods: the Soyl produces Flowers of an grateful smell, and the Trees make a curious prospect. Three great Rivers discharge 'emselves into the Indian Seas, through Cafreria, all three known in the beginning, under the name of Zambera, Cuama, Spirito Santo, les Infantes.
+<blockquote>The Land of Cafreria is the most Southern of all Africk; nay, of all our Continent, reaching along the Aethiopick-Sea, with an extent of Coasts, for about twelve hundred Leagues, part in the Torrid, and part in the temperate Southern Zone. 'Tis full of Mountains, subject to great Colds, and under several petty Kings, who for the most part pay tribute to the Emperour of Mono-Motapa. The King of Sofala pays it to the King of Portugal, who has a Garrison in the Castle of Sofala, and who, by the means of this Garrison, draws abundance of Gold from the Mines, which are in the inland Countrey. This Gold is accounted as good as any in the World; they gather it likewise in the Rivers, with Nets, after there has been Rain. Solomon might possibly have had his come from hence, which he employed in the building of the Temple. The Coast of Cafreria is low, and full of Woods: the Soyl produces Flowers of an grateful smell, and the Trees make a curious prospect. Three great Rivers discharge 'emselves into the Indian Seas, through Cafreria, all three known in the beginning, under the name of Zambera, Cuama, Spirito Santo, les Infantes.
 The Cafres live without Law, so as their Name speaks them. They often furnish the Seamen, who come thither, with their Cattel: But the Mariners now cause the Oxen they buy to betied to great Posts, and shut up the Sheep before they pay 'em, because the Cafres, after having sold 'em, were used to make 'em return home with the Call of a Whistle, which is wholly peculiar to 'em. We may say of 'em, in seeing their colour, that they resemble our Chimney-sweepers; Besides, that they have big Heads, flat Noses; whether they take care to break them in their infancy; or that this happens, because when they are little, their Mothers carry them continually upon the Back: Be it how it will, they look upon it as one of the Beauties of the Countrey, to have them in that manner. They have frizl'd Hair, Lips extraordinary big, the Chine of the Back sticking out sharp, and very large Hips, insomuch, that nothing can be seen more terrible: So that we are not to wonder if Pirard calls 'em, those Devils of Cafres.

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	The Cape of Good Hope, which lies toward the most Southern part of this Countrey, is by much the longest; the most famous and the most dangerous Cape in the World. 'Twas called so, in hopes of arriving suddenly at the East-Indies, when it was veered in the year 1498. Before, it had the Name of the Tempestuous Cape, from the storms that are frequent thereabouts. Some have call'd it the Lyon of the Sea, others the Head of Africa: There are Signs by which the Sailers know when they are near it; fifty or sixty Leagues off they find the Bodies of great Reeds, called Trombes, floating on the Sea; and they see flying a number of white Birds, mark'd with black spots. They who return from the East-Indies, see Troops of Sea Wolves, made like Bears, and then they are continually sounding. This Cape serves for bounds to the East and West-India-Companies: As they go to the East-Indies, and return from thence, they must of necessity come in ken of it. The Land enjovs a temperate Air; several Valleys have Herbs and Flowers in abundance. There are Rivers full of Fish, and Woods full of Deer and Cattel. The Inhabitants, who make their Garments of Beasts-skins, are very good at running, but very villanous in their Diet, and when they speak, you'd think you heard Turkey-Cocks.</blockquote>		The Cape of Good Hope, which lies toward the most Southern part of this Countrey, is by much the longest; the most famous and the most dangerous Cape in the World. 'Twas called so, in hopes of arriving suddenly at the East-Indies, when it was veered in the year 1498. Before, it had the Name of the Tempestuous Cape, from the storms that are frequent thereabouts. Some have call'd it the Lyon of the Sea, others the Head of Africa: There are Signs by which the Sailers know when they are near it; fifty or sixty Leagues off they find the Bodies of great Reeds, called Trombes, floating on the Sea; and they see flying a number of white Birds, mark'd with black spots. They who return from the East-Indies, see Troops of Sea Wolves, made like Bears, and then they are continually sounding. This Cape serves for bounds to the East and West-India-Companies: As they go to the East-Indies, and return from thence, they must of necessity come in ken of it. The Land enjovs a temperate Air; several Valleys have Herbs and Flowers in abundance. There are Rivers full of Fish, and Woods full of Deer and Cattel. The Inhabitants, who make their Garments of Beasts-skins, are very good at running, but very villanous in their Diet, and when they speak, you'd think you heard Turkey-Cocks.</blockquote>

			=== 1693. A geographical dictionary representing the present and ancient names by Edmund Bohun. ===
			<blockquote>Caffreria, a Country of Africa of large extent. It lies from the Kingdom of Angola on the North to the Cape of Good Hope, and is bounded East, West, and South with the Ocean; the South-Eastern part is very fruitful, and well peopled; the rest barren, Mountainous, and little peopled. The Inhabitants are so barbarous, that they are called by this Name from their rude way of living, which signifies the Lawless People; they were all heretofore Man-eaters, and many of them continue such to this day. They call themselves Hottentots. Mr. Herbert an English Man, who was in these Parts, will scarce allow them to be perfect Men; and saith they sell Man's Flesh in the Shambles. They acknowledg a Soveraign Being under the Name of Humma, which they adore when he sends good Weather: But in cold and rainy, or very hot Seasons, they change their Praises of him, into Complaints against him.</blockquote>

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=== 1685. Geographia universalis: the present state of the whole world by Pierre Duval. ===
<blockquote>THe Land of Cafreria is the most Southern of all Africk; nay, of all our Continent, reaching along the Aethiopick-Sea, with an extent of Coasts, for about twelve hundred Leagues, part in the Torrid, and part in the temperate Southern Zone. 'Tis full of Mountains, subject to great Colds, and under several petty Kings, who for the most part pay tribute to the Emperour of Mono-Motapa. The King of Sofala pays it to the King of Portugal, who has a Garrison in the Castle of Sofala, and who, by the means of this Garrison, draws abundance of Gold from the Mines, which are in the inland Countrey. This Gold is accounted as good as any in the World; they gather it likewise in the Rivers, with Nets, after there has been Rain. Solomon might possibly have had his come from hence, which he employed in the building of the Temple. The Coast of Cafreria is low, and full of Woods: the Soyl produces Flowers of an grateful smell, and the Trees make a curious prospect. Three great Rivers discharge 'emselves into the Indian Seas, through Cafreria, all three known in the beginning, under the name of Zambera, Cuama, Spirito Santo, les Infantes.

The Cafres live without Law, so as their Name speaks them. They often furnish the Seamen, who come thither, with their Cattel: But the Mariners now cause the Oxen they buy to betied to great Posts, and shut up the Sheep before they pay 'em, because the Cafres, after having sold 'em, were used to make 'em return home with the Call of a Whistle, which is wholly peculiar to 'em. We may say of 'em, in seeing their colour, that they resemble our Chimney-sweepers; Besides, that they have big Heads, flat Noses; whether they take care to break them in their infancy; or that this happens, because when they are little, their Mothers carry them continually upon the Back: Be it how it will, they look upon it as one of the Beauties of the Countrey, to have them in that manner. They have frizl'd Hair, Lips extraordinary big, the Chine of the Back sticking out sharp, and very large Hips, insomuch, that nothing can be seen more terrible: So that we are not to wonder if Pirard calls 'em, those Devils of Cafres.

The Cape of Good Hope, which lies toward the most Southern part of this Countrey, is by much the longest; the most famous and the most dangerous Cape in the World. 'Twas called so, in hopes of arriving suddenly at the East-Indies, when it was veered in the year 1498. Before, it had the Name of the Tempestuous Cape, from the storms that are frequent thereabouts. Some have call'd it the Lyon of the Sea, others the Head of Africa: There are Signs by which the Sailers know when they are near it; fifty or sixty Leagues off they find the Bodies of great Reeds, called Trombes, floating on the Sea; and they see flying a number of white Birds, mark'd with black spots. They who return from the East-Indies, see Troops of Sea Wolves, made like Bears, and then they are continually sounding. This Cape serves for bounds to the East and West-India-Companies: As they go to the East-Indies, and return from thence, they must of necessity come in ken of it. The Land enjovs a temperate Air; several Valleys have Herbs and Flowers in abundance. There are Rivers full of Fish, and Woods full of Deer and Cattel. The Inhabitants, who make their Garments of Beasts-skins, are very good at running, but very villanous in their Diet, and when they speak, you'd think you heard Turkey-Cocks.</blockquote>