Condition of the Inhabitants of the Cape of Good Hope. 307 



the society will judge of this invention with their usual li- 

 berality and candour. 



First Method. (See Plate VII. Fig. 1.) 

 A, the swing wheel. 

 BC, the two pallets. 



DD, the detents on which the two pallets B and C are 

 fixed. 



E, one of the remontoire springs on the left side ; an- 

 other, similar to this, is on the right side of the frame, but 

 is not shown in the plate. 



F, the verge. 



G, the arms fixed on the. verge, which act on the pins 

 HI of the pallets. 



K, The pendulum, fixed in the usual way on the verge. 



Seco?id Method. (See Fig. 2.) 



a, the free pendulum, without a verge. 



li, the swing wheel on the outside of the back plate. 



c,d, the pallets, formed like a pair of tongs. 



e, a spring which keeps them extended against the pointi! 

 of the adjustmg screws. 



J", g, the points of the pallets. 



h,i, the adjusting screws of the pallets. 



k, The cross-piece fixed to the pendulum, which piece, 

 as the pendulum moves backwards and forwards, comes in 

 contact with the two pins on the points of the pallets fg, 

 and relieves the wheel. 



The pendulum is supposed to be in motion, and the 

 dotted lines show those parts of the machine which are hid 

 by others. 



LV. Ohservations on the Condition of the Inhabitants of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



[Con.luded from p. 187.] 



3. J. HE corn boors live chiefly in the Cape district, and 

 those parts of Stellenbosch and Drakenstein ihat are not di- 

 stant more than two or three days' journey from the Cape. 

 Their farms are, some freehold property, some gratuity 

 land, but most of them loan farms. Many of these pevpJe 

 arc in good circumstances, and are considered in rank next 

 to the wine boor. The quantity of corn ihcy bring to 

 [J 2 market 



