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CHAPTER VIIL 
Pass in safety through the Boshisman's Path. — Beau- 
tiful vale of Long CluflF described. — Humorous 
conversation of the crew. — Reach the settlement of 
a blind colonist : their reception and entertainment 
described. — The crew separate. — One of them marries 
in the country. — Perceive vast forests of the aloe, 
tree. — Captain reaches Zwellingdam, and proceeds 
to the Landorse-house. — His reception.— Arrives at 
the beautiful settlement of Stallenbush. — The place 
described. — Arrives at the Cape. 
The colonists, I found, as we proceeded, 
raised some tobacco ; but it was of a bad 
quality, owing, perhaps, to their not being 
sufficiently acquainted with the manner of 
rearing it. They all expressed a wish to 
have seed from America, and to have peo- 
ple from that continent established in their 
neighbourhood. An American well ac- 
quainted with the growth and manufac- 
ture of this plant must, in a few years, if 
settled in these parts, become not only 
independent, but opulent. 
