278 



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- 

 sive import. 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 jcreated so much noise in 

 the evangelical world, is a striking example of the power of 

 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 circumscribed 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 

 into the army, where, after a service of sixteen years, he 

 attained the rank of Captain of Dragoons; but having 

 displayed certain peculiarities of disposition repugnant to 

 the established prejudices of that profession, he found it 



