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merce to the parent country. The grape 
flourished beyond their most sanguine ex- 
pectations, and from which they produced 
the Constantia wine, so highly valued at 
this day throughout the nations of Europe. 
Oranges, citrons, figs, and corn, were soon 
found to yield the most abundant crops, 
nor were their cattle less fruitful in their 
propagation and quality. 
The prosperous situation of the first ad- 
venturers tempted others to quit Europe, 
and settle in Africa. They proceeded far- 
ther into the interior, and found the lands, 
as they advanced from the Cape, increase 
in fertility. They reared cattle and corn 
in abundance; but were not so conve- 
niently situated for trade as those who 
were settled nearer the Cape ; it was, 
however, fruitless to complain, as they had 
no other market. Again, others came, and 
advanced still farther, until at length their 
numbers became formidable. The first set- 
tlers, as they increased in wealth, increased 
in haughtiness ; they erected mansions, on 
an expensive scale, from the Cape to Table 
Bay, formed pleasure-grounds, and gave 
