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ever enters it without experiencir>g thore pleaf- 
ing atteations, the r^fult at once of pohtenefs 
and generofity. Becker, however, was not 
born at the Cape, but is, I beUeve, a German. 
As we advance into the country, the planters 
are a fort of farmers ; and conftitute, by their 
maniaers, cuftoms and occupations, a clafs by 
themfelve?., perfeflly diftind from that I 
have been defcribing. Situated farther from, 
the Cape ; and, of confequence, not having 
the fame opportuniti,es for dlfpofing of their 
commodities, they are lefs rich than the firft. 
We fee among them none of thofe agreeable 
country-houfes, which, placed at different diC- 
tances from thetovvii, embellifh. the country as 
we pafs, and afford fuch charming profpeds. 
1 heir habitation, w^hich is about the fize of a 
large coach-houfe, is covered with thatch, and 
divided into three rooms by means of two par- 
titions, Vi^hich reach only to a certain height. 
The middle apartment, in which is the en- 
trance to the houfe, ferves at once both as a 
parlour and eating-rpom. It is there that the 
family refide during the day, and that they re- 
ceive their tea and other vifitors. Of the two 
pth^i" rooms, one forms a chamber for the male 
E 3 children^ 
