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the forefts every where around arc magnifi- 
cent ; and thty could be more eafily cut down 
than anywhere eife: for it is not to fteep moun- 
tains that one muft go in fearch of wood, as 
in the country of Auteniqua ; it is here ready 
at hand. Warehoufes, as I have faid, ought 
to be erefted clofe to the bay ; and, during 
the fine monfoon, it might be tranfported to 
the Cape in a fliort time, and without any 
rifque. This eafy expedient would open the 
eyes of the inhabitants to their own intereft : 
the exportation would be renewed, and would 
foon increafe. Thefe inexhauftible lands once 
cultivated, befides affording hopes of abundant 
crops, would draw thither a great number of 
intelligent planters, on account of the ready 
communication which they could have with the. 
Cape : and thefe people would procure from 
all parts neceflaries and conveniences which 
they muft now renounce ; becaufe, to find 
them, it is neceflary to go more than an hun- 
dred and fifty leagues into the country. Were 
this fcheme carried into execution, thefe ho- 
neft Dutchmen would no longer be loudly 
and fincerely wifhing that fome nation would 
form a fettlement in their neighbourhood, and 
furnifti them with thofe articles that contribute 
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