DEDICATION. 
ftreams^ that minerals of the firft clafs are 
to be found in their mountains. In the 
eaftern ^parts, v/hich include Caf&aria, the 
country of the AiifeniquGis^ Geneqtwis^ ?ind va- 
rious tribes of the Hottentot nation, I per- 
ceived a moft luxuriant foil ; and on reach- 
ing the fummit of their mountains, the eye 
frequently repofed on fuch a glowing fcene 
of paftoral beauties, that to faithfully delin- 
^'ate the whole, would require the infpired 
genius of Tasso, or the Mantuan. Thefe 
plains are generally frequented by a kind of 
antelope or gazelle ; and it is not unufal to 
perceive from the mountain tops, thoufands 
of thefe beautiful animals, alarmed by the 
i:cn^ the tvge?\ hyana or panther^ fcouring 
over the valleys to fecure a retreat, and 
forming a moving fcenery, of the moft ex- 
qiiifite beauty. 
The natives, as they feldom eat bread, are 
but little acquainted with the cultivation of 
corn. Beyond the habitations of the colo- 
nifis, a field of corn is fcarcely to be feen ; 
but I believe no part of the w^orld abounds 
in fuch flocks of cattle, or furnifiies a great- 
er plenty of game. Theie countries are juft 
Vvhat nature made them, and the inhabi- 
tants, who ereft their huts, and form their 
k?^aa!s on the firft fpot they find that affords 
pafturage for their cattle, remain until it is 
confumed, and then wander to fome dif- 
tant part, in fearch of a more propitious 
' vegetation. The plough, here., never turn- 
