as Adam Wore in bis ftate o f innocence. My ikin quite parched up by the fun, ferved, however, to convince me, that I had loft in my little paradife the dominion over the gnats and horfe-flies. Thefe diminutive animals foon obliged me to turn back and put on my clothes, when I afterwards botanized along the courfe of the river, and fo palling through feveral farms, I arrived at Paarl at a miller’s, who was fitting and taking his afternoon’s nap.. A more ferious and even feemingly furly chap, I never faW in my life. He fet before me an old crazy chair, and without aiking who I was, faid direftly, What will you chufe to have f (Wat za l ye bruiken P) I fee, replied I, you have got fome tea, be fo kind as to give me fame bread to it, for I am both hungry and thirfty; I have fpent the whole day in culling o f fimpleS. What, have you eat nothing to-day f Girl, bring fome meat,bread, and a hot tie o f w ine! fays the -erofs- grained old fellow. Accordingly I ate my belly full, and afterwards drank to his health; during the whole of which time he was imoking his pipe in filence, and poring over an ■aftrological almanack of the laft century. During all which time, he did not once addrefs himfelf to m e; and to a queftion or two I aiked him, he anfwered me fo ihort, that I imagined he was extremely* difpleafed with my vifit, and therefore could not help prefiing him to accept of -a pecuniary recompehce for my entertainment. He anfwered me positively with a moft inflexible air, N o; that I certainly will not, it is our duty to affift travellers. For my fervant, without my knowledge, had ordered a good luncheon of bread and meat, 'but did not follow me half way -over ¡his Slippery loam-ftoor When I took my leave of him. Affeited 6 with C A P E o f G O O D H O P E , 67 with an internal fenfe o f gratitude, I wiihed within myfelf, that heaven might pardon fo worthy a miller, in cafe he lv W ihould at aiiy time chance to trefpafs on his neighbour’s corn. ■ A little farther on lived a Kojler, that is, a Sexton, a fet of people that are more refpecfted by the Galvinifts than with us. He was of black extradtion by the mother’s fide. I went in, - fat myfelf down, and drank a diih of miferable tea without Sugar. The Kofter’s wife, who was rather in ■years, was then fickin bed, I enquired into the nature o f the diforder : but when I was told that the patient, not- withftanding the: ufe o f the warm hath for three weeks, remained as it were contradted in all her limbs, and her joints quite filled up with chalk-ftones, I did not chufe to fay any thing more, than that the gout was a terrible affliction, ihrugged up my ihoulders, and inquired for the right road. Juft before the door grew the CatapUtia. 1 aiked the man i f he made any ufe of the feeds, or whether I might gather any o f it? He anfwered, he did not ufe them himfelf, but in general gave them to his friends: Gather what you will, continued he, I never heard any body ajk after them before, what do you want them fo r P For medical purpofes, replied I. I now had brought an old houfe over my head, and was obliged to go in again, and hear the account o f the old woman’s illnefs, as well as explain the caufe of it. However, I thought it necefiary to inform her, with very little circumlocution, that her ftay in this calamitous world was likely to he o f very, fhort .duration* She was glad to be freed froim her mifery, and: her huiband to get rid o f a fickly Wife; on which account they both o f K % them
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