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CHAPTER. VIII. 
Fat} in fa throucrh the BosHiS'MAn^s path. — Beciutifnl 
vale of LONG CLUFF defer ibed. — Hu7nourGu^_ cGnverfar 
tlou of the crenx). — Reach the fetthnmut of a blind colonifl ; 
their , reception and enteriainnient defcrlhed,~The c^enx) 
fparat€,~One of them marry in the coimtry. — Perceive 
vajl forefls oftheKhOY.-T?.z^ . — Captain reaches z w e l l- 
iNGDAM, and proceeds to the landorse-house.— i7/V 
reception. — Arrive at the beautiful fettlement of stal- 
L E N B u s H * — The place defer ibed. — -A r rives at the Cape, 
THE colonifts I found as we proceeded, 
raifed feme tobacco : but it was of a 
bad quality, owing, perhaps to their, not 
being fufficiently acquainted with the man» 
ner of rearing it. They all expreffed a vviih 
to have feed from America, and to have 
people from that continent eftabliflied in 
their nei|>:hbourhood. An American well 
acquainted with the growth and manufac- 
ture of this plant, mull, in a few years, if 
fettled in thefe parts, become not only inde- 
pendent but opulent. 
Having pafled, on the feventh, the Bofhi^- 
mail's path in perfecl fecurity, we began to 
coniider ourfelves releafedfrom theirattacks, 
and therefore went on with unufuai cheer- 
fulnefs. Vv^e proceeded through a delight- 
ful country, abounding in gazelles, and 
plentifully ftocked witfi porcupines. We 
found their quills in vaft quantities on the 
ground, and a great number of their holes. 
I had the curiofity to examine feverrd of 
