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BETHELSDORP. 
[1813. 
Question — Could you not clear part of the hill on 
the east-side of Zwartkopts river ? 
Answer — The bushes are always green, and will 
not burn — we have tried it frequently, but without 
success. 
Q. Could you not try to improve some other parts 
of the lands, according to the methods employed in 
Europe, which you might learn from books on agri- 
culture ? 
A. Mr. Wimmer, who is very industrious in culti- 
vating the ground allotted to him, insisted that the 
means employed in Europe, would be of no use in 
Africa. I stated in reply, that agriculture was an 
extensive science — that different kinds of manure 
suited different grounds, which has been discovered by 
a variety of experiments ; and observed, that it might 
do good were the Society to send out some publi- 
cations on that subject. 
I next stated the various complaints made against 
the miserable appearance of the village. 
A. The people have had many discouragements 
from building better houses — uncertainty of being 
permitted to remain at Bethelsdorp — many calls upon 
the people to public service — the present houses looked 
much better when they were first built* 
