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and towards night reached the abode of farmer 

 Rainsberg, Veld Cornet of this district, having 

 passed six days in travelling through the valley of 

 Lange Kloof. 



Quitting the waggon here, I proceeded on horse- 

 back to the Knysna, a long day's journey from the 

 farm, over one of the most frightful passes in the 

 colony, called the Devil's Kope, from the summit of 

 which, as far as the eye could reach, was " a sea of 

 mountains, wild, boundless, desolate." 



Reaching the hospitable mansion of Mr. Rex, I 

 remained there two days, during which I visited 

 the enchanting scenery for which the Knysna is 

 so justly celebrated. This part of the district of 

 George is said to be the most beautiful in the 

 colony. Mr. Rex, having recently purchased the 

 land on the opposite side of the river, now pos- 

 sessed nearly the whole extent of the Knysna, com- 

 prising upwards of twenty-four thousand acres. The 

 river takes its rise from the mountains, and empties 

 itself into the sea through an opening eight hun- 

 dred and forty feet broad, between two perpendicular 

 cliffs. I was informed by Mr. Rex, that up to that 

 time one hundred and four vessels had visited the port, 

 and that there had hitherto been only four wrecks. 

 The Conch, a schooner of eighty or ninety tons, had 

 lately been coppered there, and had just sailed. A 

 vessel, which Mr. Rex had recently built of timber 

 from his own estate, and called the Knysna, had been 

 driven from her moorings during the late heavy rains, 



