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Jieenhraafen^ the Jlompneus^ and fome others, 
Thefe excellent fifli make a confpicuous figure 
at every good table. . Oyfters are very rare 
here, and none are found any where but ia 
the bay of Falfo. Eels however are ftill more - 
uncommon. Crayfifh I never faw; but the 
people eat fea ears, which are called kle^kou-* 
fen. 
To find game, one muft go a great many 
leagues from the Cape. The moft common 
kinds are the Jleenbock^ the duyhr^ the ree-^ 
bock^ the gryjhock^ the bontehock^ and all the 
different fpecies of antelopes, concerning 
which I fhall fpeak more at length in my de- 
fcription of quadrupedes. Hares, above all 
that fmall fpecies called the down hare, are 
found here in great abundance, but they have, 
not the flavour of ours. 
Partridges alfo of different kinds, fmaller or 
larger, and more or lefs delicious than thofe of 
Europe, are found here; but the quail and 
the fnipe do not differ from ours. They are 
never feen here but in their paffage. 
Whatever the enthufiafts of the Cape may 
fay, I am of opinion that our fruits tranfplanted 
thither have greatly degenerated. The grapes 
D alone 
