Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece

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ed very important personages. In 1845 there was a well-known character, called the "Kaffir letter-carrier." He was employed to convey letters to the South African settlement. He carried his document in a split at the end of a long stick. He took great interest in his employment; and if a vessel arrived at a late hour of the night, and the letter came into his possession before morning, he would start off with it: no matter how dark the night or how great the distance, away he would speed. When he reached the house of the person to whom the letter was directed,-one of his customers,-he would commence

ed by the Portuguese, it became the common appellation of all the tribes occupying the southeastern coast. The Kaffirs living beyond the