^82 FROM GUAHON TO ST. HELENA. 



every where bears the stamp of Dutch industry. 

 Here I was introduced to the worthy Colonel 

 Warre, who invited me for to-morrow, to accom- 

 pany him to Constantia, which I wished to see. 



The 6th. I rode with Colonel Warre to Con- 

 stantia, six miles distant, but which has been too 

 often described for me to say any thing new about 

 it. I can only impart to the reader the hope that 

 the delicious Constantia wine will in future be 

 cheaper, as an Englishman has planted a new vine- 

 yard, which, from the nature and situation of the 

 ground, produces a wine equal to any in Con- 

 stantia. I found the environs of Constantia very 

 beautiful, and the wine, a hundred years old, with 

 which we were treated, very delicious. The di- 

 rector of Constantia assured us, that he was not 

 at the trouble of travelling about, to become ac- 

 quainted with the different nations of the earth, 

 for all came to him ; but a Russian officer he had 

 never yet seen. On my return, I observed a num- 

 ber of small pretty birds, resembling the humming- 

 bird ; and Colonel Warre, on this occasion, told me 

 a very remarkable circumstance, which he fre- 

 quently witnessed, when he made an excursion 

 into the interior of the country, accompanied by 

 some Hottentots. The Hottentots, who have a 

 very quick sight, try to observe a bee flying home 

 with its honey, and pursue it ; but they often 

 would not succeed in following the bee, were they 

 not assisted by the birds above mentioned, which 



