too TRAVELS IN 
pulfe, fruits, eggs, milk, and all other provi- 
fions abfolutely neceffary, can be tranfported 
thither, as there is always a fure and ready fale 
for them — an advantage which the other inha- 
bitants do not enjoy, on account of their dif- 
tance. 
For twelve miles round the Cape, the plant- 
ers no longer employ Hottentots, as they 
choofe rather to purchafe negrOes, who are 
not fo lazy, and on whofe fervices they can 
more depend. The Hottentots, naturally care- 
lefs and inconftant, often run away when they 
expe£l fevere labour, and leave their mafters 
in great embarrafTment. The negroes defert 
alfo, with the vain hopes of procuring their 
liberty ; but they arefoon taken. On fuch occa- 
lions they are put into the hands of the bai- 
liff of the canton ; the proprietor claims them, 
and, on paying a fmall fee, they are reflored, 
after receiving a flight correction ; for there is 
no country in the world where flaves are treat- 
ed with fo much humanity as at the Cape. 
The negroes of Mofambique, and thofe of 
Madagafcar, are confidered as the beft labourers 
and the moft affedlionate to their mafters. 
When they land at the Cape, they generally 
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