3 1 4 Condition of the Inhalitants of the Cape of Good Hope, 



which, to each family, will be about 1 70 heads of cattle 

 and 1115 sheep. 



Out of this stock each boor can yearly dispose of from 

 15 to 20 head of cattle, and from 200 to 250 sheep, and, 

 at the same time, keep up an increasing stock. The butcher 

 purchases them on the spot at the rate of 10 to 20 rix dol- 

 lars a-head for the cattle, and from 2 to 2^ for the sheep. 



Suppose then each farmer to sell aimually 

 15 Head of cattle « 12 Rd. - R.D. 180 

 220 Sheep a 2 Rd. - _ _ 440 



A waggon load of butter and soap 1 200 



pounds a Is. - - - 300 



Amount of his income 



Ouigoings. 



2 Waggons SOO Rd. interest - R.I 



Clothing for 8 persons a 15 Rd. 



Tea, sugar, tobacco, brandy 



Powder and shot - - - 



Rent to government and stamp 



Parochial assessments 



Contingencies, cattle to Hottentots, &:c. 



Amount of outgoings 



Yearly savings 



In what part of the world can even a respectable peasant 

 do this? much less the conunonest of all mankind, for such 

 are the generality of the Cape boors. After quitting the 

 ranks, or running away from his ship, he gets into a boor's 

 family and marries. He begins the world with nothing, 

 the usual practice being that of the wife's friends giving him 

 a certain number of cattle and sheep to manage, half the 

 yearly produce of which he is to restore to the owner as in- 

 terest for the capital placed in his hands. He has most of 

 the necessaries of life, except clothing, within himself; 

 his work is done by Hottentots, which cost him nothing 

 but meat, tobacco, and skins for their clothing. His house 

 and his furniture, such as they are, he makes himself; and 

 he has no occasion for implements of husbandry. The 

 first luxury he purchases is a waggon, which, indeed, the 

 wandering life he usually leads at setting out in the world, 

 1 makes 



