226 CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES 



" * I employed the next day in searching for plants and 

 insects, but had little success. Few plants are in flower 

 here at this season, and insects scarce. I examined the 

 soil in several places, and found it to consist of yellowish 

 clay, mixed with a good deal of sand. 



' We left Stellenbosh next morning, and arrived at the 

 house we had passed on Saturday ; the owner, Mr. Cloeder, 

 had sent us an invitation to visit him. This gentleman 

 entertained us with the greatest hospitality. He received 

 us with music, and a band also played while we were at 

 dinner ; which, considering the situation of the place, 

 might be reckoned elegant. He showed us his wine-cellars, 

 orchards, and vineyards ; all which inspired me with a 

 wish to know how these industrious people could create 

 such plenty, where, I believe, no other European nation 

 would have attempted to settle. 



" ' In the afternoon we crossed the country, and passed a 

 few plantations, one of which seemed very considerable, and 

 was laid out in a taste somewhat different from any other we 

 saw. In the evening we arrived at a farm-house, which is 

 the first in the cultivated tract, called the Pearl. We had, 

 at the same time, a view of Drakenstein, the third colony, 

 which lies by the foot of the lofty hills already mentioned, 

 and contains several farms or plantations, not very ex- 

 tensive. 



" ' On the morning of the 20th, we set out from the 

 Pearl ; and going a different road from that by which we 

 came, passed through a country wholly uncultivated, till 

 we got to the Tyger Hills, when some tolerable corn-fields 

 appeared. At noon, we stopped in a hollow for refresh- 

 ment ; but, in walking about here, were plagued with a vast 

 number of mosquitoes or sand-flies, which were the first I 

 saw in the country.' ' 



Here Captain Cook added to his original stock of live 

 animals, by purchasing two young bulls, two heifers, two 

 young stone horses, two mares, two rams, several ewes and 

 goats, and some rabbits and poultry. All of them were 

 intended for New Zealand, Otaheite, and the neighbouring 

 islands, or any other places, in the course of their voyage, 

 where there might be a prospect that leaving any of them 

 would be useful to posterity. 



The following is an extract from Captain Cook's letter on 

 this subject : 



Cape of Good Hope, 28th November, 1776. 



I am now ready to put to sea with the first wind, having filled 

 the sloops with provisions, and made some considerable addition 

 to the live stock on board the Resolution intended to be sent to 

 Otaheite. As I have taken the liberty to do this with a view of 



