AFRICA; 
feferit routes. This examination, which is 
foreign to a work merely hiftoricali I fliall 
referve for my defcription of animals, 
I had never yet taken a clofe furvey of tht 
bay, very improperly called Blettemberg. The 
attention I paid to my health, at the clofe of 
my diforder, had hitherto prevented me from 
examining it ; and, when I went thither for 
the firft time, I was much furprifed to find 
that it was only a very open roadj fcarcely 
extending into the country at all. It is very 
fpacious, and has a fufficient depth of water 
for the largeft velTels ; the anchoring ground 
is fure ; and, by means of boats, they may 
be eafily carried to a beautiful part of the 
fhore, which is not confined by the rocks that 
abound there, as they are all detached from 
one another. By advancing a league from 
the coaft, the crews would arrive at the mouth 
of the Queur-Boom, where they would find 
water. Refrefhments might be procured from 
the inhabitants of the environs ; and the bay 
would fupply fifh, with which it abounds ; 
and excellent ^dyfters, with which all the 
rocks are covered. This bay is one of thofe 
places where government ought to efta-" 
bliih warehoufes and repofitorics for timber : 
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