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of that sort can be traced on the acclivities of the hills, or the 

 interjacent plains. These seem to have always been as desti- 

 tute of wood as they are now. The want of wood will be 

 severely felt by the Colony ere long, as no trace of coal has 

 yet been detected, nor, from the geological character of the 

 country, is there any hope of its existence. Fuel is already 

 among the most expensive articles of housekeeping in Cape- 

 town : I may venture indeed to say, that, in some of the most 

 respectable families there, the diet costs less than the firewood 

 required to dress it." 



[ To he continued.] 



