A F R I C A. i4t 
vices they have performed, either as foldiers 
or failors, eftabllfli themfelves at the Cape 
in virtue of a permiffion granted them by 
government ; fo that the meaneft and moft 
worthlefs of the planters always confider a 
fkilful fallor, or brave foldier, as a being in 
fome manner degraded, and unworthy of 
being connefted with them by marriage : 
and even the daughter of fuch a planter, 
educated in the fame principles, would rather 
perifh in mifery, than become the companion 
for life of one of thefe defenders of theisr 
country. 
. In fuch circumftances, a brave failor or 
foldier, fubjefted like all other men to the 
wants and imperious laws of nature, more 
powerful ftill in warm than in temperate 
climates, being unable to affociate himfelf 
with a white woman who would render him 
happy, has no other refource but to unite 
with a female Hottentot. Hence proceeds 
that immenfe number of baftard whites, who 
at prefent fwarm all over the colonies. The 
turbulent blood of the Europeans circulates 
and ferments in their veins ; and diftur« 
bances may every moment refult from it, 
\vhich the planters, too widely difperfed to 
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