Almost everything relating to Natal and Zululand in the years 1824 - 1836, when all was fresh and beginning slowly to assume its destined shape, was recorded by Henry Francis Fynn. He had acquired a perfect knowledge of Zulu and had travelled and lived among the indigenous people and was by far the best informed as to the conditions of the country and its inhabitants. Fynn was regarded by many of his peers at that time, and since, as being an expert.