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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
soap, aloes, butter, tallow, wine, and brandy. 
To these may also be added skins, feathers, and 
wool, which are exported to a considerable ex- 
tent, for England, from a Port called St. Sebas- 
tian's Bay, or Port Beaufort, situated on the line 
of sea coast within the district. 
The more Northern divisions of Beaufort West, 
and Clanwilliam, which have been named in 
common with these others, partake of a dif- 
ferent character of soil, and are more adapted 
for grazing and cattle breeding, than for agri- 
cultural products. In Beaufort, " the Grouph," 
an extensive tract of undulating country, inter- 
spersed with wide plains, covered with heath, 
spreads out over 6000 square miles of country, 
lying between the Zwartzberg and Meudweldt 
mountains, and supports about 200,000 sheep, 
8000 head of horned cattle, and 600 horses. 
Throughout this division, it has been estimated 
that about 200,000 acres of land lies unappropri- 
ated — the cause of non-occupation, being sup- 
posed to be the great want of water. The 
average price of land here is from sixpence to 
five shillings the acre. 
Another large tract of country, used as a 
sheepwalk, is the Meudweveldt, extending to 
the Karee Bergen, and covered with flocks and 
herds of cattle, of the finest and most appro- 
ved descriptions. The Beaufort division thus 
