1698.] ISAAC TAILLEFER. 287 



from tlie bad Winds. Spring-water flows at the foot of 

 these Hills, and waters in its course the Gardens and 

 Orchards, which are fiU'd with all sorts of Fruits, Herbs, 

 and Pulse, as well European as Indiau. 



One of the Refugees, named Taillefer^ a very honest and 

 ingenious Man, and curious above all things in these Par- 

 ticulars, has a Garden which may very well pass for fine. 

 Nothing there is wanting, and all is in so good order, and 

 so neat, that it may very well pass f^r Charming. He has 

 likewise a great Yard very well fill'd, and a large quantity 

 of Oxen, Sheep and Horses, which, according to the Custom 

 of the Country, feed all the year without-doors, and find so 

 great plenty of Nourishment, that they have no occasion for 

 Winter-fodder. This generous Man receives and regales all 

 those that are so happy as to come to see him. He has the 

 best Wine in the Country, and which is not unlike our small 

 Wines of Champaf/ne. 



All this consider'd, 'tis certain tlic Cajjc is an extra- 

 ordinary Refuge for the poor French Protestants. They 

 there peaceably enjoy their Happiness and live in good 

 Correspondence with the Hollanders, who, as every one 

 knows, are of a frank and down-right Humour. 



The Cafrc Hottentots are extreamly ugly and loathsom, if 

 one may give the name of Men to such Animals. They go 

 in Companies, live in Holes or vile Cottages, and have no 

 other care than to rear and feed their Cattle, of which tho' 

 they have great Numbers, yet as I have been credibly as- 

 sur'd, they will kill none for their Use, but eat such as 

 generally die of Diseases. They are extreamly Lazy, and 

 had rather undergo almost Famine, than apply themselves 

 to any Labour, contenting themselves with what Natul'e has 

 produc'd of her self They set great store by a Eoot that 



1 Isaac Taillefer's name is second in the list of distribution before 

 mentioned (p. 284), and, with his wife and four children, was allotted 

 720 gulden of Indian currency (each equal l.<. 4(/. English). 



