wry "face or hafty expreflion, thefe loving turtles flew like lightning again at each other’s throats. On my teftifying my furprize at the peculiar readinefs and expertnefs they fhewed in boxing each other» one o f the ilaves anfwered me very ferioufly, “ Ha, baas J there is no great wonder in that, for in the two years that I have been here, fcarce- ly a day has paffed without their having practifed together once, if not oftener, before any body could get to them to part them.” The Angularity of this account was increafed by the following remark, “ that -they had never been ob- ferved to be at variance of nights, nor had they ever had occafion to upbraid each other with the leaft infidelity.” Matters being thus fituated, as the beft way of reconciling them, we defired the flaves to let them alone, and leave them at full liberty, in the phrafe of the Engliih failors, to fight it out, and give each other their bellies full. This was accordingly done, and I have reaibn to believe, that they not only had enough of the iport, but that they were heartily tired into the bargain, and conlequently that the enfuing peace lafted fo much .the longer.— On the 28th, 29th, and 30th, it rained more orlefs, but always with the wind at weft. A t Kr.ommbeek-rivier a yeoman, who was a great obferver o f the weather, had remarked, that the moft violent winds were the north-weft and fouth-eaft; but that the former -was generally the moft violent, and that the weft wind was the warmeft ; but what was very extraordinary was, that the north wind was the coldeft. He informed me likewife, that the fouth-eaft wind was not near fo cold as it was at the Cape, and that the weft wind ufed to fet in every evening. Foul weather moftly came into this this country with an eafterly or wefterly wind. Though »77?- violent rains fell at that time at the Cape, or on the other fide o f Hex-rivier, it felclom extended as far as this place',, the wind becoming only colder. Likewife when it rains here, the rain feldom extends to the other fide of the laft- mentioned river. On the 3 x ft I rode alone to a farm on the other fide of the upper part o f Duyven-hoeks-rivief, having reafon to believe, from report, that there was gold ore at this place. On the 1 ft of April l examined this pretended gold ore, and found it was nothing more than a pyrites, which they had given themfelves the trouble of breaking off from the mountains. In certain fpots here I met with a. blue clay,, impregnated with iron, which-at firft, in fome degree,, imparted a colour to any thing it was rubbed upon ; but in the fpace of a few days grew hard, and acquired a fchirrous nature. 1 likewife found there a red ferruginous earth, or bole, but higher up in the mountain there was a great: quantity of flint-fand. Towards the end o f the preceding month a noife had been heard at a diftance, and we were afterwards informed, that certain changes had taken place in a mountain, and in a little ftream fituated a great many miles on the other fide o f the high chain of. mountains upon which I then was. On the 5th we arrived at Zwellendam, from whence, fo r the fake of variety, we determined to purfue the remainder of our journey by Hex-rivier, Cockelmans--kloof,, Roode zand, ike. This traft of country was partly of the carrow kind, and was fo well inhabited, (chiefly by wine-boors')x\\3.t 1 could not find. room, for diftinguiihing, all the farms with the.
27f 72-2
To see the actual publication please follow the link above