102 VOYAGE IN SEARCH 



the names of their progenitors. The only per- 

 fon that ftill underftood French was a woman 

 of fburfcore. 



It may not be unacceptable to my countrymen 

 to know the French families that ftill live in 

 the midft of theie mountains; their names are as 

 follow: 



Lombart, Faure, Rotif, Blignant, Dupleflis, 

 Maree, Ponte, Naude, Cronier, Hugo, de Villiers, 

 Marais, de Buiflbn, le Roux, Deprat, RoufTeaux, 

 Yilliers, Terrons, Hubert. 



We were in a pleafant valley, where the rap 

 of the fun being concentrated by the unround- 

 ing mountains, quickly ripen the grape, which 

 forms the principal wealth of thefc inhabitants : 

 they here alfo cultivate wheat. 



The two following days were employed in 

 climbing the neighbouring heights. Among the 

 number of plants which I here collected in great 

 quantities, were the frotea jlor'ula and ferraria. 



Thefe mountains were formed in a great mea- 

 fure of granite, and a very hard free-iloue: the 

 vegetable mould which covers them, goes to fer- 

 tilize the val lies, where the inhabitants refide; 

 thence they muft travcrfe the fands with which 

 y arc furrounded, in order to carry to the 

 . n the produce of their culture : this fituation 

 is common to all the fcttlcmcnts at a diftance 

 from the Cape. Individuals have been obliged 



to 



