LIFE OF C KOK. 
263 
Want of economy is an almost universal defect 
among the Griquas, though demi-civilized, of 
which the conduct of old Cornelius is a fair 
sample. Some time since, he and his son 
Abraham reaped from their fields one hun- 
dred and twelve sacks of wheat, fifty- six of 
which were the share of the father. The whole 
of this stock was consumed in less than six 
months. The people were continually lounging 
about his house, while his sacks were full, and 
he employed them at his hand-mill to grind 
a portion of the wheat, which was no sooner 
ground than it was baked into loaves, and a large 
proportion distributed among the grinders ; others 
were then asked to succeed them at the labour, 
and these were rewarded in the same manner. 
Thus the mill was kept constantly at work, and 
the proceeds insensibly dispersed among the 
most unworthy objects of charity. In fact, he 
acted with his store as if it had been inexhausti- 
ble, so that, in six months, more wheat was 
wasted than would have served a large English 
family for six years. His family were afterwards 
supplied from the stock of his son Abraham, who 
had not been so improvident. 
There is another circumstance in his conduct 
which exhibits similar imprudence and want of 
economy in the management of his family con- 
