S 8 1772/ April. A V O Y A G E t o the found in the whole Colony. The former is ufed -only to be bread, the latter merely for the purpofe of foddering horfes; partly in this Way, that the’green corn is cut down in the blade once or oftener according as the growth of it will admit, and partly by grinding it into groats, and then mixing it with the cut itraw for their hories as loon as it comes to its full growth, as is pradtifed with us-. - About ten o’clock 1 took ihelter from the rain in a farm-houfe, where I found the female flaves iinging pfalms, while they were at their needle-work. Their m after, being pofteffed with a zeal for religion quite unufual in this country* had prevailed with them to adopt-this godly cuftom; but with that ipirit of oeconomy which univerfally prevails among theie colonifts, he had not permitted them to be initiated into the community o f chriftians by baptifm; : fince by that means, according to the laws o f the land, they would have obtained their freedom, and he would have; loft them from his iervice. This very godly booT was born at Berlin, and had been mate of a ihip in the Eaft-Indies. - This occaiionbd us to enter into a eoilverfation on the vidtories of his much-loved monarch, and in the fpace of an hour after that, upon every fubjedt that could be imagined.-j My throat ftill felt as if it was burnt up with pepper, and my ftomach was tormented with hunger; ; The - former was :affuaged by a couple of glafles of wine, but being aihamed to-complain Of the latter, I left it to its fate to wait till noon (when perhaps I might chance to get an invitation from fome good foul,) and returned to thy botanical calling and occupation among the fhrubs'and buihes, with which this country is almoft entirely covered, excepting fuch ipots as are cultivated. 4. Hardly C A P E of G O O D H O P E . Hardly a ftick o f wood, indeed fcarcely any wild tree, is to be feen here. The foil hereabouts, viz. round about Tyger-berg and Koe-berg, is, to all appearance, moftly a dry barren faiid or gravel; yet, in this diftridt, fo full o f hillocks, there are certain dales coyered with mould, and yielding a plentiful harveft to a few peafants, who apply to the culture of lemon, orange, and pomegranate-trees. At three in the afternoon I arrived at the houfe o f farmer Van der Spoei, who was a widower, and an African born, and likewife brother to the perfon, who, you know, is proprietor o f • the fed or ¿old Conflantia. j . Without ieeming to take the leaft notice, he ftood ftock-ftill in the houfe- paflage waiting for my coming up, and then did not ftir a Angle ftep to meet me, but taking me by the hand, gfeeted me with Good day! welcome/ bow are you? who are you? a giafs o f •wine f a pipe of tobacco f will you eat any thing ? I anfwered his queftions in the fame order as he put them, and at the fame time accepted o f the offer he made at the clofe o f them. His daughter, a Clever well- behaved girl about twelve or fourteen years of age, fet on the table a fine hreaft o f lamb, with ftewed carrots for fauce; and after dinner offered me tea with fo good a grace, that I hardly knew which to prefer, my-entertainment or my fair attendant. Difcretion and goodnefs of heart might be plainly read in the countenance and demeanour o f both father and child. £ feveral times ad- drefifed myfelf to my hoft, in order to break in upon his iilence. His anfwers Were fliort and difcreet;; -but upon the whole,- he never began the converfation himfelf, any farther than to aik me to ftay with them that night: how- I 2 ever,
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