Francis Galton made a notable journey through, the country in 1850-2, in company with the Swedish naturalist and trader, Charles J. Andersson. Galton proceeded from Walvis Bay through regions hitherto almost unknown into Ovamboland and arrived at a point within seven days of Lake Ngami. He was much pleased with the fertility of Ovamboland and the quiet, sociable disposition of the Ovambo people. His “Narrative of an Explorer in Tropical Central Africa” affords the fullest description of the land and the people. For many years the career of Charles J. Andersson was identified with Damaraland and the adjacent countries. He was the first European to travel across South-West Africa to Lake Ngami. This feat he accomplished in 1853. He discovered the Okavango River, and as a result of his many hunting and trading expeditions added much to our knowledge of the country. His books of travel are richly instructive and alive with stirring incidents. The names of travellers and explorers like James Chapman, Thomas Baines, Frederick J. Green, bring us to the ’fifties and ’sixties of the nineteenth century, to what may be termed the closing days of the No Man’s Land era. The consideration of the events which led up to the German occupation we leave to another chapter. FOOTNOTES: [11] Theal’s “History of South Africa” (1486-1691), p. 2. [12] Mendellssau’s “South African Bibliography,” Vol. I., p. 185. [13] Paterson’s “Narrative of Four Journeys,” 1789, p. 113. [14] Cheeseman’s “William Threlfall, the Missionary Martyr of Namaqualand,” 1911. [15] Cook’s “Modern Missionary,” 1849, p. 136. [16] Alexander’s “Expedition of Discovery,” 1838. CHAPTER VI THE LATER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT