*7*7. This garden. ia. às public as 'St. James’s park p and,- foe its
Qa^er^ •jian<j.|*oeBey pleafent, : and welf-fhaded walks, is much fre-*
quentedby per fans o£ every deferiptian, but particularly by
the fafhiooahle and gay. > : There -are many other agreeable
walks about Gape Town, but none to he compared with thefe.
A t the upper çnd of the principal of them is a fmall fpace
walled in for the purpofe of confining feme large oftriçhçÊ,
and a .few deer. A little to the right of this k a final!
meoagery, in which the company have-half à dozen wild
animals, and about the feme number of carious, birds.
As ypu approach the Cape ©f Good Hope, a very re*
markable mountain may, in dear weather, be difeoferéd at
a confiderable distance ; it is called the TableLand, from
its fiat furfaee, which hefemibles that pieee ÔF furniture.
Mr. Dawes, lieutenant of marines on board the Sirius, an
ingénions and accurate obferver, who has undertaken during
the voyage the aftroooimcal obfervations ; accompanied by
Meffrs. Fowell and Waterhoufe, midfiiipmen of rite* Sirius j
Lieutenant De Witt, of the Dutch navy ; and myfe-lf, went
to the top of this mountain ; an undertaking which we
found ta be of a far more ferions nature than we at £t& were
aware pf. For my own. part, I fuffered fo much from heat
and
Mil thiffi, that had not&he fear of fhaane urged me on, my *7^7’
felfop&hiims beihg dfettfîaibed to acconaplifii it at all events, oaober.
I fikould moft certainly have given it up-, before I reached
,£Ee’ "top. ’ During this fultry&and fatiguing expedition, I
found gréât bfiieft, toward« aHevitttiag my tWaft, by keep*
lag é fiM&li pebble in tty month ; and ibrnetimes by thewing
$u filés, WhiefefW&met With ifa out way* But, when We had.
feâOhfed the- fummit, -the delightful and edtenfive prqfpeA
We there enjoyed, the weather being uncommonly fine,
fully ntooed for the trouble, fetfgue, and every fefferirsgi,
we had undergone* From this elevation we ’could overlook
nil the-country about the Gapt«
A« fool m we got. to the top, our firfi fewfiisefs was to
look out ’for water; but all we could find was fonte ftagnant
yaio, wbiêh -fey in the hollow of the floues-, Our tMrft,
hfowevef, was' fo intoléfable, that the difeovtry even of this-
gttVë U3 kieXpftfiible pleafutc j and, n#twithfbaMling we ail
pferfpited moft violently, and Were fenfifele of the danger
-and impropriety Of drinking a quantity of bad water in fuch
h; fituàtioÊ, f@t Wh OOtfkl nOt for my 0wtl part,
i t was utterly txft of my power to Mfien at that time to the
•dilates o f prvidthcey and I feolfeve- i t was. equally-'dMcult
wm I to