af the Cupe of Good Hope, 



309 



Brought over 

 50 Cows G 8 Rd. 

 12 Horses a 40 Rd. 

 6 Slaves at 300 Rd. 

 i? Waggons 

 Furniture 

 Implements of husbandry 



R.D. 



7750 

 400 

 480 



ISOO 

 8O0 



1000 

 500 



Interest 



parish 



12,730 

 Clothing for slaves 

 Ditto tor the family 

 Tea and sugar _ _ _ 



Duty on corn brought to market 130: 



taxes 20 - _ _ - 



Contiuaencies, wear and tear, &c. 

 Corn sold to the wine bt)ors and graziers more 



than sutEcicnt to defray ail other expenses 



Amount of outgoings 



Reifinis. 

 300 Muids of corn a 4 Rd. - R.D. 1200 

 100 Ditto ot barley a 3 Rd. - 300 



6 Loads of chaff a 32 Rd. - 192 



1000 lbs. butter fif 40 liSk. - 250 



3 Horses sold auiiually'a 40 Rd. - 200 



142i 



Amount of returns 2142 O 



Balance in favour of the farmer R.D. 71S 2 



or £. 143 13 



4. The graziers, properly so calk-d, are those^ of Graaf 

 Revnet and other distant parts of the colony. These arc a 

 class of men of all. the rest the least advanced in civiliza- 

 tion. Many of them towards the borders of the settlement 

 are perfect nomades, wander al)0ut from place to place w^ilh- 

 out any fixed habitation, and live in straw huts similar to 

 those of the Hottentots. Those who are fixed to one or two 

 places are little better with regard to the hovels in which 

 they live. These have seldom n)ore than two apartments, 

 and frequently only one, in which the parents, with six ()r 

 eight children and the house Hottentots, all sleep; then- 

 bcddmg consists generally of skins. Their hovels arc va- 

 riouslv couMructcd, sometimes the walls bcin^ nnid or clav 

 U 3 baked 



