CHAP. IV. 
JOURNEY TO THE MORAVIAN SETTLEMENT AT GE- 
NADENDAL, OR BAVIAN'S KLOOF, AND CALEDON, 
FORMERLY ZWARTEBERG. 
December 29. 
Mr . Roos, boor near Stellenbosch, having kindly of- 
fered to take me to visit Caledon and the Moravian 
settlement at Genadendal, we left his house before 
five o'clock in the morning, in his waggon and eight 
horses, with three slaves. The morning was cool and 
pleasant. We soon came to a district called Hottentot 
Holland, from whence we had an extensive view of the 
sea and Simon's Bay. 
There is a chain of high mountains at this distance 
from the Cape, which is thirty-six miles, commencing 
at the shore on the eastern side, and running more than 
half across to the western. The sides of these moun- 
tains are so steep, as to resemble a wall raised to the 
heavens, to prevent all access to the interior. I have 
heard only of two places where they can be crossed ; 
the one only by horses, the other by waggons. This 
last we were now to ascend. To me it would have 
appeared impracticable, only I knew it had been per- 
formed by others ; and our horses appeared as good 
