Letter dated Nov. 6, 1834 on the progress of the Expedition into Central Africa

The letter has a locality “Lat. 28° 30', Long. 28° 30'” [sic] – but the coordinates were apparently not quite correct because on 6 November 1834 Smith was at Sekonyela’s, ca. 28° 49' S 27° 56' E. (Skead 1973: 202). The letter was included in a notice about the progress of the Expedition said to be copied “From a Cape of Good Hope newspaper, sent to us by Sir James MacGrigor,” which has not been traced. Smith’s journal was edited recently and published (Lye 1975).