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will vegetate. The wax is in the form of a rough crust 
investing the berries, and is extracted by boiling them in 
water, straining the decoction, and suffering it to cool. It is 
of a greenish colour, and possesses the hardness, without the 
tenacity of bees’ wax. When made into candles, it gives a 
very fine light. 
“ The vegetable productions of the country surrounding 
Algoa Bay, are in many respects different from those of the 
vicinity of Capetown. The Heaths and Proteas almost 
disappear, and in their room we have numerous species of 
Aloe and Euphorbia. These, for the most part, garnish the 
rocks and precipices; the Aloe perfoliata alone occupies the 
plains, and, with its superb scarlet spikes, resembles, at a 
distance, skirmishing parties of British soldiers. A singular 
species of Euphorbia (E. Caput Meduse?) grows also in the 
plains among the grass, where it appears as a round ball, 
without stem or leaves, and bears a striking resemblance in 
shape to the common Echinus. In dry weather the cattle 
eat it for the sake of its juice. 
“ To give an idea of the immense shoals of fish that prowl 
about the shores, I may mention the barbarous method by 
which the Harder (Mugil crenilabis), and other small fish, 
are sometimes taken off the Jettée. The sportsman employs @ 
piece of Spanish reed, to which he attaches a few fathoms of 
hand-line, and to the extremity of the line three or four 
| hooks in the form of a grapnel: he drops this to the bottom, 
and on pulling smartly, brings up two or three fish at a time. 
But the barbarity of this mode of fishing is surpassed, if 
possible, by the indelicacy of another, to which I was often 
an eye-witness when on guard at Rogge Bay. This little 
inlet is a sort of harbour in miniature, where the fishing 
boats are laid up during the night. As it is the nearest 
and most convenient ‘spot, all the offerings to Cloacma 
are carried thither by slaves at the dawn, and deposited 
Within high-water mark, 'The fishermen watch the return 
of the tide; and when the deposit is washed away and 
diffused over the bay, haul their nets, and seldom fail to 
take a copious draught of Harders. It is probable that the 
