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thousand. The number of Hottentots, in the whole district, 
does not exceed two to each family ; and that of slaves is 
about five. 
Zwellendam affords no great supply of cattle to the Cape 
market, and still less so of sheep. Horses are brought up for 
sale in considerable numbers. The revenue of the farmers 
is principally derived from timber, grain, butter, soap, and 
dried fruits. To a naturalist, this district is the least inter- 
esting, except in botany, and in this department it offers au 
ample field. Of the number of those who have made that 
branch of science their particular pursuit, and who have 
visited this colony, none have sufficiently attended to the 
native forest trees, so as to be able to assign them their places 
in the prevailing system of arranging the vegetable part of 
the creation. Few antelopes, except the Reebok, Steenbok, 
and Duyker, are now remaining in the district of Zwellen- 
dam. Formerly the Bonte'bok, the Scripta of the Systema 
'Naturae, was almost as numerous near the Drosd}', as the 
Springbok still continues to be in the Sneuwberg. At pre- 
sent they are rarely seen in troops exceeding a dozen. At 
one time also in the vicinity of Zwellendam were a few of 
that elegant species of antelope, the Leucophcea, or blue an- 
telope, an animal that is now no longer to be met with in the 
whole colony, at least none have been seen or heard of these 
ten years past. Hares and partridges are plentiful in every 
part of the district. The woods of Autiniequas land abound 
with a variety of birds, both great and small. 
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