178 TRAVELS IN 
terreftrial paradife of Southern Africa; thofe' 
foiiling plains which I have elfewhere de- 
fcribed ; and thofe odoriferous groves of orange 
and fhaddock trees, which feparate the habit- 
ations from each other, and which make us re* 
gret that they are thereby too frequently broken 
and difcontinued. 
Though determined, agreeably to the refo- 
lution I had formed, not to flop at the houfe 
of any planter, I could not however difpenfe 
with paying my refpeds, as I paffed, to Hans 
Liewenburg, a rich land-holder, who on va- 
rious occafions had treated me with confider- 
able kindnefs and efteem, and with whom 
I had lodged in my preceding excurfion through 
this diftridt. Though Liewenburg, as well as 
his neighbours, employed the moft preffing fo- 
licitations to detain me, I refifted a long time 5 
but it was impoffible not to comply, when 
one of his fons, uniting his entreaties tp thofe of 
his father, promifed to afford me an oppor- 
tunity of killing two magnificent birds, which 
were continually feen near the plantation. At 
firft, this vague promife appeared to me to be 
only one of thofe ingenious ftratagems which 
politenefs fometimes allows itfclf to employ. I 
put 
