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to decay ; but which, if skilfully managed, 
would produce an inexhaustible and im- 
mense revenue to the settlers.. 
From the seventeenth to the twenty-first 
we travelled a mountainous country ; but 
the valleys constantly presented farms and 
habitations w4iere the industry of the hus- 
bandman was amply rewarded. Their flocks 
of sheep were prodigious ; but their cattle 
were not so numerous, nor in such good 
condition as those we had seen in the more 
advanced colonies. 
On the twenty-second we arrived at 
Zwellingdam, and proceeded to the Lan- 
dorse-house. The Landorse is the chief 
man of the place, and his settlement con- 
sists of about sixteen or eighteen houses, 
surrounded by a delightful country, and 
producing grain, vegetables for culinary 
purposes, grapes, and fruits of almost every 
description. 
This gentleman gave me a very hos- 
pitable reception, took me into his stables, 
where he showed me two fine zebras which 
he was endeavouring to reconcile to the 
harness. The next morning he furnished 
