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my people v/ere obliged to walk ; from this 
untoward circumftance, feveral v/lio were 
iinabie to travel had remained with the fet- 
-tiers. They received every encouragemeht 
to ftop, efpeeialiy fach a,s were in the leaft 
acquainted with the cultivation of land, cr 
bred to any particular trade. One of my 
crew, who was a cooper^ having ftopt at a 
farm-houfe, was immediatel)^ ernDloyed ; 
and havino; mended all the tubs wim an ex- 
pedition that aftoniflied the proprietor, he 
gave him a preffing invitation to remain. 
The farmer was an lioneft Vv^orthy raan^ and 
the ftran^er acceded to the pronofal. This 
accident, I have been informed iincej has 
been attended with no lefs confeqnences to 
the cooper, than his- m,armng the farmer's 
daughter, and being fettled on ih-2 ipot as 
an independent coloniil. 
On the morning of the feventeenth we 
Separated, and I took with "me my chief and 
third mates^ together v/ith one or two more 
who were folicitous to accompany me. The 
country^ as we advanced, increafed in pop- 
ulation ; and the farm-houfes were, in fev- 
eral places fiot more than two hours diftance 
from each other. Many of them were beau- 
-tifuHy fituated, and their lands produced 
•grain, oranges, ngs, and Icm.ons in abun- 
•dance. Their grapes iikewife appeared to 
liourilh, and foppiied them v/ith v^^ine and 
brandies v/hich they vended chiefly at the 
■Cape. We law vail herds of deer, partridg- 
