STELLENBOSCH. 
[1812. 
but the crops were so thin, that English farmers would 
hardly be at the trouble to cut them down. They con- 
sisted chiefly of wheat. We reached Stellenbosch by 
eleven, A.M. where we were kindly received by Mr. 
and Mrs. Kuyper, under whose friendly roof I was to 
remain. After dinner Mr. Duncan returned to Cape- 
town in a hired waggon, for which they demanded 
thirty rix-doUars. I visited our missionary Mr. Bakker 
in the evening. He instructs poor slaves, both on the 
sabbath and through the week. He told us that that 
day nine and twenty years, a man of war, in which he 
w^as, after being almost a wreck by a long storm, sunk 
in the ocean off the coast of America, when, out of 
three hundred men, only about forty were saved, by 
getting in boats on board another vessel 
The town of Stellenbosch stands at the head of a 
valley surrounded by mountains, some of which are 
extremely high, and carrying rugged tops. Most of 
the houses are built apart, with gardens behind : the 
houses have much carved work in front, and like those 
in Cape-town, are all painted white as snow. The 
streets have a row of oak trees on each side, to shelter 
from the heat of summer. 
22nd. At half past two o'clock I attended Mr. 
Bakker s slave meeting, which was a very interesting 
one. They met in a large room in his house. About 
180 were present, the majority of whom were females. 
Some had very interesting countenances, indicating 
much mind ; others discovered very little. The ser- 
