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[1813. 
1 Q. Could not the boys be persuaded to dress them- 
selves ; it is shameful to see them running about in 
their present condition ? 
A. Though they were to receive a present of 
clothes to day, they would be fond of them for a few 
days, and be proud of them, but would soon lose or 
throw them away — it is not so easy as many persons 
suppose to produce a change of habits among such 
people. 
t'C.Q. Could not the females be prevailed upon to 
dress better? If^dl t^r 
A. They have often been advised to do so, and 
many dress better than they did. 
In consequence of it being currently reported in the 
colony, that the settlers at Bethelsdorp had brought 
with them about six thousand cattle, which had been 
reduced to two thousand, from their idleness, I made 
the following investigation of this matter in the pre- 
sence of Mr. Read and six Hottentots belonging to 
the settlement. 
In Mr. Read's book, it is stated, that in the year 
1 803, the number of cattle at the settlement was S 1 8. 
In 1808, the next year of which there was any 
record, tliere were 1181, of which number about 300 
were calves of that year. 
