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tility, wraps the beholder, the moment 
he perceives it, in a kind of ecstasy. The 
vines here are reared with great attention, 
and are highly productive. Grain, vege- 
tation, and fruits, yield abundant crops 5 
and camphire-trees of very large dimen- 
sions thrive also on this settlement. In- 
deed the whole seemed to be so precisely 
what it should be, that any alteration must 
be a deformity. The people here dress 
well, but nearer the English than the 
Dutch style. They have nothing of that 
sullen taciturnity belonging to the cha- 
racter of the Hollander, but are sprightly 
and good humoured. 
My habiliments, when I reached this 
happy spot, were in a deplorable con- 
dition ; and this being soon perceived by 
the excellent lady of the mansion, she 
ordered my stock of linen to be washed, 
and provided me with such necessaries as 
I wanted for the present. 
I remained two days under the roof of 
this liberal and benevolent gentleman. He 
pressed me to stay longer ; but I was de- 
sirous of reaching the Cape, and there- 
fore declined his hospitable invitation. In 
