32 TRAVELS IN 
I was aftonifhed to find neither a cofFee<. 
houfe nor a tavern, In a place at which fo 
many ftrangers arrive ; but one may procure 
lodgings in every private houfe. The ufual 
charge for bed and board Is a dollar a day ; 
which is dear enough, when we confider the 
cheapnefs of the produ£tions of « the country. 
During my refidence here butchers meat was 
exceedingly cheap. I have feen thirteen pounds 
of mutton fold for about fixpence fterling, aa 
ox for twelve or fifteen rixdollars'^% ten quar- 
ters of corn for fourteen or fifteen, and fo ia 
proportion for other things. During the war 
the price of every commodity was raifed to an 
exorbitant degree ; and in the latter part of It 
forty-five rixdollars were given for a wretched 
bag of potatoes, and above two {hillings fter- 
ling for a fmall cabbage. The charge for 
board, however, was not increafed. 
Fifh are very abundant at the Cape. Among 
thofe moft efteemed, the principal are the roo^' 
mariy a red fifh found in the bay of Falfo ; and 
the kkpvis^ which has no fcales, and which 
is caught on the rocks bordering the fea j the 
* A rixdoliar is about three {hillings and nine pence 
fterling. 
Jleenbraafen^ 
