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lady. Mr. Read preached to her numerous family of 
slaves and Hottentots. 
4th. Mrs. Vandervesthuis's slaves, &c. croud the 
house. She said, in their presence, that when any of 
them behaves ill, she gives them forty stripes save one; 
yet I do not suppose that she treats them harshly, for 
they seemed cheerful. She well remembered Vaillant, 
who lived a good while at her house. She said he 
qever was above ten days absent from her house, 
when he went farther up the country, and these he 
spent among the Kamis Mountains opposite, seeking 
birds, stones, and flowers, which appeared to her 
very idle employment. She also remarked, that the 
wind sometimes blew so violent in that part of Africa, 
as to upset their waggons. The water here is thick, 
as if mixed with pipe clay. 
Having mentioned to Mrs. Vandervesthuis that 
Vaillant had published an account of his travels in 
Africa, and had mentioned her in it, she enquired 
very anxiously, if he had mentioned in his book that 
she had given him a good drubbing with a sanibuck*' 
when they were travelling together to the Cape, for 
speaking improperly of her daughters ; but she added — - 
Had I been alone he would have given me a drubbing 
too, but two of my sons were present, both stout young 
men. She is a tall and still a strong woman, though 
* A kind of whip made of the skin of the sea cow, 
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