tered irregularly over a fmall but fertile valley, down the middle
of which runs a plentiful ftream of water. At the head of the
valley Hands the houfe of the Landroft, to which is annexed a
large garden well flocked with a variety of fruits, and a fpacious
vineyard ; the whole ericlofed and planted with oaks and other
trees. In the middle of the village a large church has lately
been ereded, which is the only place of worlhip in the whole
diftrid.
2. This divifion comprehends the whole trad of country that
lies between the Gauritz River and the drofdy, and is well
watered by a number of ftreams ifluing from the mountains,
upon the banks of which the farm-houfes in general are placed.
The produce of thefe is corn, wine, and cattle, but few iheep ;
the whole diftrid of Zwellendam being unfavourable to this
animal, except the three following divifions.
3, 4, 5. Cango, Zwarte Berg, and Trada, are Karroo plains,
iituated between the firft and fecond chains of mountains',. but
being well watered by the mountain ftreams, contain fertile
patches of ground. The great diftance, however, from the
Cape, and the exceffive bad roads, operate againft an extenfive
tillage. On thefe plains are an abundance of oftriches, herds of
Sluachas, Zebras, and Hartebeejls. Behind the firft chain of
mountains, in thefe divifions, are two hot fprings of chalybeate
water.
6. MoJJel Bay divifion, fometimes called the Droogeveldt, or
Dry Country, extends from the Gauritz River to the Great
Brakke
Brakke River that falls info Model Bay. The furface is hilly
and compofed of a light fandy foil, which, when the rains are
favourable, is fufficiently fertile in corn. The only natural pro-
dud in the vegetable kingdom, that is ufeful as an article of
Commerce, is the aloe, but the heathy plants along the fea-fhore
are more favourable for iheep than in the other parts of this
divifion. The ihores of the bay and the fea-coaft abound with
excellent oyfters; and mufcles are equally plentiful, but they
are very large, and of a ftrong flavour; and the mouths of alt
the rivers contain plenty of good fiih. The bay itfelf has already
been defcribed.
7. Autiniequas Land is the next divifion to Moflel Bay along
the fea-coaft, and extends as far eaftward as the Kayman’s
River. The Dutch Government referved to itfelf about twenty
thoufand acres, which is nearly half the divifion, of the fineft
land, without exception, in the whole colony, being a level
meadow always covered with grafs. The mountains approaching
near the fea, and being covered with large foreft trees, at-
trad the vapours and caufe a confiderable quantity of rain to
fall in the Autiniequas Land in the fummer months. The over-
feer calculated that the land held by Government in this divifion
was fully fufficient for the maintenance of a thoufand horfes a
thoufand head of cattle, and for raifing annually ten thoufand
muids of corn.
8. Plettenberg's Bay divifion begins at the Kayman’s River,
and continues to the inacceflible forefts of Sitfikamma. The
whole