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this pittance they keep pouring hot water, until the leaves 
are almost literally dissolved, and the fluid comes out in its 
native purity. 
“ The farms around Algoa Bay consist, as in the rest of 
the Colony, of portions of land three miles square, on which 
an annual and fixed rent of twenty Rix-dollars is imposed. 
A trifling tax is also levied on every head of black cattle in 
possession of the occupant, and on every hundred sheep. The 
surplus of the live-stock is purchased at certain seasons of 
the year by dealers from Swellendam and the districts near 
the Cape, where they are pastured for some time, and 
fattened for the supply of the market. 
* Every farmer goes once or twice a year to Capetown, to 
exchange his salted butter for such articles as his household 
may require, particularly clothing and iron. This journey 
is a formidable undertaking, ou account of the distance, in 
some cases six hundred miles, as well as the badness of the 
roads, and the danger of fording the rivers. They always 
travel with their waggons, which are exceedingly strong, 
heavy, and well adapted for bearing, without injury, the con- 
stant jolting and twisting they are liable to in passing over 
the broken ground. They are built long and narrow: @ 
construction that exposes them in a peculiar manner to the 
: risk of being overturned in going over the rocks and channels 
with which the roads are intersected. On those emergencies, 
a set of cords are attached to the upper works of the waggon 
and all bands pull at them to preserve the equilibrium of the 
vehicle. There are seldom more than six pair of oxen yoked 
at a time, except while passing through a defile, or ascending 
a steep hill, when double that number is sometimes necessary; 
but they always travel with a pair or two in reserve for the 
above purpose, and to supply the loss incurred from the 
numerous casualties to which the oxen are exposed. 
QA Every draught ox has a particular name, which he ac- 
knowledges by quickening his pace whenever it is called. 
The driver uses a whip, the stock of which is a Bamboo about 
Sess feet long. The whip itself, including the lash, is stil 
longer. He keeps smacking this unwieldy weapon to 
