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eftablilh ftore-houfes on the banks and at the 
mouth of the Berg. At the Bay itfelf there 
might be a magazine for the coafting trade ; 
and this trade might be carried on Vv^ith the 
Cape by means of floops, which, embracing the 
moment of favourable winds, would foon get 
thither with their merchandife, and would thus 
fupply with provifions, very advantageoufly, 
and at a cheaper rate, both the town itfelf, and 
all the fhips from India and Europe which 
might put into Table Bay. From the abun- 
dance of paftures in the diftrid:, great numbers 
of cattle might alfo he raifed in it. This fer- 
tile country, fo highly favoured by nature, 
would furnifh even timber for building ; fmce 
the trees, having lefs to fuffer in this quarter 
from the violence of the fouth-eaft winds, 
could not fail to thrive, if the inhabitants would 
only take care to form proper plantations. Sal- 
danha Bay might ferve likewife as a central 
magazine for all that part of Swart-Land which 
lies near it, and which is too far from the Berg 
to fend its grain down that river. This ma- 
gazine, befides the utility it would be of to the 
planters in the interior parts of the fettlement, 
would become a real benefit to the fliips of all 
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