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BETHELSDORP. 
[1813. 
Boosak stated, that with his two Hottentot servants, 
he had, during the last month, earned fifty-two dollars, 
and had lent his waggon to a merchant of Uitenhagen, 
to go to Graaf Reynet, for thirty dollars. Another 
Hottentot, with his two servants, by cutting and saw- 
ing wood, earned in two weeks, some time ago, one- 
hundred dollars — but in consequence of the great 
number constantly called away during the last twelve 
months to public service, few have been able to earn 
much, but they hope this hindrance will only continue 
for a short time. 
INQUIRY RESPECTING SHEEP AND GOATS. 
I inquired if at any former period they had more 
of these animals than there are at the settlement at 
present. 
They unanimously declared, that there are as 
many at Bethelsdorp now as at any former period. 
Boosak said, that when he came to the settlement, he 
brought with him a hundred sheep and goats, but that 
having afterwards gone with them to the place of 
Mrs. Varoy, most of them died of a disease pre- 
valent at that time; he then sold the remainder, 
lest they should die also. There are at present be- 
longing to the people at Bethelsdorp, about fourteen 
hundred sheep and goats : and a few months ago, an 
order was given to settlers that no ewe fit for breeding 
should be killed. 
