Although the Kafirs occupy a fertile territory, which is capable of great improvement, yet it is found, even at the present period, that the habits and propensities of the male population are more suited to depredation and warfare, than to the peaceful pursuits of agriculture, the females being employed in all the offices of labour; their frequent incursions on the lands and property of the settlers on the British frontier; their constant state of preparation for aggression and acts of hostility, and the treacherous and, in some instances, barbarous practices to which they have recourse, prove them to be very dangerous neighbours; and until civilization, and the principles of Christianity shall have been diffused in that very extensive territory, it may be apprehended that these people will continue their ravages, particularly if the corps on the frontier should be reduced, or should relax in their responsible duties for the protection of the colony. Hence the importance of an active and well-disciplined body of troops on the frontier, in which the confidence of the Government can be placed, and which are prepared, on every occasion, to defend the property of the settlers, and to follow up any acts of aggression on the part of their predatory neighbours. [3] Now Commandant of the Garrison of Chatham. [4] Lieut.-Colonel Somerset had been appointed Commandant of Caffraria from 25th September, 1825, having been previously employed as Commandant at Simon’s Town and Graham’s Town, from June, 1821. * * * * * * * * * * WEST STRAND, APRIL, 1842. NEW WORKS AND NEW EDITIONS, PRINTED FOR JOHN W. PARKER, LONDON. _Nearly Ready._ LIFE and CORRESPONDENCE of The Late SIR ASTLEY PASTON COOPER, Bart.; From Documents bequeathed by him for the purpose. By BRANSBY B. COOPER, Esq., F.R.S. _In the Press._ THE LIFE OF ISAAC MILNER, D.D., F.R.S., DEAN OF CARLISLE, Comprising his Correspondence with many of the leading men of his day, and other Writings hitherto unpublished. By MRS. MILNER. _Nearly Ready._ THE WAR IN SYRIA. By SIR CHARLES NAPIER, M.P., K.C.B. Two Volumes, Post Octavo. _In the Press._ TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN ASIA MINOR, MESOPOTAMIA, CHALDEA, AND ARMENIA; By WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., In charge of the Expedition sent by the Royal Geographical Society, and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, to the Christian Tribes in Chaldea. _Nearly Ready._ RAMBLES AND RESEARCHES IN THURINGIAN SAXONY, Comprising Visits to the Courts of Gotha and Weimar; Memoirs and Correspondence of the Ducal Families of Saxe Gotha; with Sketches of Manners and Customs in Thuringia; and Specimens of the Legends of the Forest. By JOHN FREDERICK STANFORD, Esq., M.A. THE CIVIL HISTORY OF THE JEWS,