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*7^7- at the upper epd of the town,, elofe to the company’s garden.'
O<£toher‘ , • It^k^p. honmiTi to that commercial body, and up ffoali erfta-
meat to the town. The only objection that can- be made to it
as a building, is its fituation t had it been an
eminence, and a little detached from the town^ which might
eafiky have been done, no fault could h,ave been found with
it. As; ip is, the eonvalefcents have free aeeefs to the company
*&gaf dens, where they reap the benefit of a wholefonte
pure air, perfumed with the exhalations of a great variety
e£ rkh fruit trees, aromatic forubs, and ©dcfeoés plants and
flowers i and likewife have the ufe o f e-v^ry predudtiemt o f i f f
as before ©bferved ; advantages that eompea^te, in aïgrëafe
meafure, for the flat fituatkm ©f the hofpital.
The inhabitants are all
which they keep in mot excellent order. The dteing thk
is wry little tpoubl© to them, the climate and- folk heifig;
moft benign and friendly to vegetation. Among the many
which afforded me delight, I muff not forget that belonging
| *° Colonel Gordon, commander ip chief, of the Dutch
troops at the Cape 5 where not enly the tafte and inge-
nuity of the gardener,, but the M l and knowledge o f the
botanift, .are at once manifeff. The colonel is a man o f
fcieace, of an aftive and weli-cultivated genius, and who
appropriates
approptmtes thofe hours he c^= fpare* fiqia his military tyS'y.
dutig^:;|ia which he k laid to excel),- to a pefafal of the ,° - ob!f
hook of nature, and refearches after trfefal knowledge;
Thefe pur fairs- tend not only to his afflufefttent, hut to his
ho&onitf; and they Will, doufetlels, at feme time or other,
further cendoce' tiff the advancement of natural feiffory, and
to the hopmjf of his cdUBfity" j ass It isi f^d he intends to
publiffi the obfervatiofls and fefttafks which have been the
refuli of hi« tefearches. Thefe he has; made on the H o tte r
tatsr Caffresv and the they inha-bif j \vill dbo-fe^
lefely' be valuable} fee having made hiflifelf better a'c«juaiiited
wMi the fcfejefl, and penetrated fortiiei<v|nt^ the intetfor
partsj. thatt any traveller or natuMiflb that Ka& hithdfto
viitidktbe Capd.* It k to be lamented!, thdf t e feas' fo Idn^
withheld from the world the gratification and i-m-provetnent,
wMch moff affufedly mult fee derived^ from*tfc obferVation-s
©£ a perfon fo weli'and fo extehfivily informed. His1 polite
attention, and erviKsy, duting- our fl&y- at' the Gape, claim.
©ur rtioffi grateful acknowledgments-.
Befides- their hofpital, the D'uteh1 Ba*ft India' company
have feveral other public building^ Wfeidfc tend ter improve
the dppeat&nee o f vise pfincipaf of tfeefe V
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