- 9. Bosjefman s River joins the Zuiare Vfeld to. the rlorth''ivard,
and is a dry hiH^ country without any verduie, except i® the
hollows. It is thinly inhabited.
10. The Parka is a fmail divifion at the north-eaftern extremity
of the colony, almoft entirely deferred on account of its
proximity to feveral hordes of Bosjefman Hottentots, it was
in the mountains that terminate, this divmon that I found the
drawing of the unicorn on the '.taverns. The bbntepok,The
eland, and the gnoo are eommon in the Parka.'
n . Sea-cow River and Piiinofcerojberg lie to'the northward of
the Snowy Mountains, and confift of detached hills riling out of
extenfive plains, and are well covered with grafs. All kinds of
game are particularly abundant in thdfe divjiions, and there is
fcarcely a fpecies of antelope within the limits o f the colony that
may not be met with here. The inhabitants are in a ftate of
perpetual warfare with the Bosjefmans, and are frequently
obliged to defert this part of the country.
12. Zwarte Berg Isa portion o f the mountain of the lame
name in the diftrict of Zwellendam, to which, indeed, this alfo
ought properly to belong. Sheep and horned cattle are the chief
produce of the farmers.
13. Nieuwveldt and the Gbowp are alfo portions of the mountains
of the fame names, in the Stellenbofch diftrict, and extend
from thence to the Srieuwberg; • They are occkfionaily deferted-
on account of the incurfions of the Bosjefman Hottentots.
- The
The Opgaaff lift taken on oath at the drofdy of Graaf Reynet,
in the year 1798, was as follows:
Population.
Men - - - 940
Women - - - 689
Sons - - - xi70
Daughters - * 1138
Servants, fchool-mafters with their
families - - 189
Perfons of colour and their families 136
Chriltians 4262
Men Haves - « 445
Women flaves - - 330
Slave children - - 189
Slaves 964
Hottentots in the whole, diftrift (taken in
the Opgaaff) - - _ 8947
Total population of Graaf Reynet 14,173
Stock and Produce.
Horfes - - • - 7,392
Horned cattle - - - r 18,306
Sheep - - - * 780,274
v o l . 11. 3 c Leggers