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theless be allowed, that, so far as regards mere sensual 
gratification, and he is unqualified for enjoying any other, 
the African boor is much better off, more at his ease, and - 
less harrassed by cares, than the labouring class of society 
in any part of Europe. Enter into any of their huts, and 
` you will invariably find the whole or part of a carcase of 
mutton suspended from a beam, from which they help 
‘themselves at will, until the whole is consumed; and that 
not a grain of salt ever touches it, is a fair proof that it does 
not hang there long. They stew their meat to rags in 
sheep's-tail fat, or cut it into steaks and broil it over the 
coals, The latter they call * Carbonatjie,' a term of exten- 
— Siveimport. You have it in the various forms of beef-steak, 
mutton-chop, veal-cutlet, and pork-relish. When a bullock 
is slaughtered, the flesh is cut into junks, and sprinkled over 
with salt, then rolled up in the bloody hide. 
* I went frequently to see Dr. Vanderkemp at his Hot- 
tentot establishment, nine miles from the cantonment. This 
extraordinary personage, who has created so much noise in 
the evangelical world, is a striking example of the power 
enthusiasm, aided, perhaps, by a share of vanity, in over- 
turning the deeply rooted habits of civilized life. He has 
reduced to practice the captivating picture of the Golden 
Age, which poets and philosophers have taken so much delight 
in viewing in the abstract. For the last eight years, he has 
denied himself all the luxuries and comforts to which his 
rank and fortune entitled him, and citcumscribed his wants 
within the strictest limits that nature demands. In his dress 
he is as primitive as a Hottentot. A coarse sailor’s jacket 
and a pair of sheepskin trowsers, form the whole of his 
_ drapery. His bald head is become a stranger to the luxury 
of a hat, and his feet to that of shoes and stockings — 
* Vanderkemp is descended from a respectable family in 
Holland, He studied medicine at Leyden, then entered 
-— the army, where, after a service of sixteen years 
attained the rank of Captain of Dragoons; but havi8 
displayed certain peculiarities of disposition repugnant » 
the established prejudices of that profession, he found ¥ 
