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No. Field Cornetcy. Farm or place. Collector. 



26. Wagenmakers Vallei. Hexenberg. Sb. C. O. Sinclair. 



27. Drie Fonteinen. 



28. Vruchtbaar. C. F. Juritz. 

 29. 



30. Groenberg. 



31. 



32. 



33. 



34. Openhorst. ,, 



35. Groenfontein. ,, 



36. Groene Berg. Burgers Drift. St. C. O. Sinclair. 



37. Dryvers Vallei. 



38. Lang Hoogte. 



Seven samples were collected in the French Hoek Field-cornetcy. 

 The soil of this region falls into two classes the first is what is locally 

 known as the " grauw grond," from the hillsides, a yellow soil, consist- 

 ting of clay with quartz pebbles and stones; and, secondly, a. black allu- 

 vial soil from the lowest parts of the valley. It had been expected that 

 the composition of the soils would be found to vary fairly considerably, 

 owing to the diverse nature of the rocks occurring in this district; gene- 

 rally, however, the soil may be regarded as the product of rocks of the 

 Malmesbury series, Table Mountain sandstone, and granite. The Field- 

 cornetcy is practically encircled by sandstone mountains, a condition which 

 one finds reflected in the poor proportions of plaint food in its soils.* 



Nos. 1 and 6 are hillside soils; Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 are alluvial soils 

 from the valley. No. 1 was taken from Mr. G. Kriel's farm adjoining 

 Keerweder: the soil, which is very poor, is gravelly in texture. No. 2 

 represents a black alluvial soil taken from the same farm. The land typi- 

 fied by the sample is planted with vines. No. 3, a similar soil, is repre- 

 sentative of that of the farm La. Dauphine. Sample No. 4, taken on the 

 farm Cabriere, is similar in character to Nos. 2 and 3, but the effect of the 

 decomposed granite is seen in the larger proportion of potash. f No. 5 

 was a black soil overlying potclay on the fairm La Terre de Luque. No. 

 6 represents a mixture of surface, and subsoil such as is obtained when 

 the ground is put under cultivation on La Terre de Luque. The subsoil 

 is a yellow gravel containing much clay and pebbles. Below the depth to 

 which the sample was taken potclay is found. The surface soil in this 

 part is a clay. The soil appears to have a good water capacity, and the 

 vegetation thereon is reported to withstaud the effects of drought to a 

 greater extent than is the case with the "grauw grond," which is the 

 ordinary hillside soil. Of this " grauw grond " No. 1, as already stated, 

 may be taken as representative. No. 7 represents a black soil lying close 

 to the river on the farm Zand Drift, and may be regarded as typical of 

 the lands along the river. 



The remarks made in connection with the origin of the soil in the 

 French Hoek Field-cornetcy apply also largely to the Field-cornetcy of 

 Groot Drakenstein : sandstone, however, does not predominate to the same 

 extent, its place being taken by granite. No. 8 represents a black valley 

 soil from the farm Le Plaisir Merle. The soils along the Dwars River are 

 represented by No. 9 from the farm Bossen Dal. No. 10 represents! a hill 

 side soil, which was collected on the farm Babylons Toren. 



*It will be remembered that in connection with the Caledon Division soils a similar 



condition was observed to exist. (See p. 38). 

 t Compare also No. 9 of the Mossel Bay soils, page 93. 



