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reaching the summit of their mountains, 
the eye frequently reposed on such a glow- 
ing scene of pastoral beauties, that to 
faithfully delineate the whole would re- 
quire the inspired genius of Tasso, or the 
Mantuan. These plains are generally fre- 
quented by a kind of antelope or gazelle ; 
and it is not unusual to perceive from the 
mountain tops thousands of these beautiful 
animals, alarmed by the lion, the tiger, 
the hyaena, or the panther, scouring over 
the valleys to secure a retreat, and forming 
a moving scenery of the most exquisite 
beauty. 
The natives of Caffraria, as they seldom 
eat bread, are not acquainted with the cul- 
tivation of corn. Beyond the habitations 
of the Christian settlers a field of corn is 
not to be seen ; but I believe no part of 
the world abounds in such flocks of cattle, 
or furnishes a greater plenty of game. 
These countries are just what nature made 
them, and the inhabitants, who erect their 
huts and form their kraals on the first 
spot they find that affords pasturage for 
their cattle, remain until it is consumed, 
