VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA. 
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all the different wines made on her property. Among them were 
Hahnen Pootgen, white and red; Frontiniac; KHpp-wine, and ano- 
ther, of a rough taste. From her garden, a charming view presents 
itself. A narrow, woody glen, with a pretty vilhi at the farther end, 
belonging to one of her relations, runs up to the south-east side of 
the Table Mountain. Over the woods to the left, are seen the 
rocks and mountains forming Hout-bay. Near the dwelling, an 
avenue of large oaks affords some shade, but little attention lias 
been paid, either to convenience or elegance. 
We returned through a forest of ¥/itteboom, in which the late 
storm had done much mischief. Many hundred trees were thrown 
down, or torn up by the roots. On our return, Mr, Colin took us 
into his cellar, or rather warehouse, a long building, containing 
casks holding several tuns of wine, standing upon racks, in rows, 
down each side, leaving a wide passage between them. In the 
centre stands a table, set round with sophas and chairs, where 
the company is regaled with some of the choicest Constantia, at the 
fountain-head. 
After dinner, as soon as the cloth was removed, a merry fellow 
entered the room, took a chair, and seating himself between two la- 
dies, began to talk, laugh, and drink wine, as if he were one of the 
party. This man was an old slave, of a frolicsome turn, kept for 
the amusement of the family. He addressed me, in gibberish, 
which 1 did not understand, but suppose I lost no instruction by 
it. Though his office seemed to be that of a jester, kept to fill up 
the vacuities occurring in African conversation, his presence was 
very annoying. Much rather would we have seen the natural gri- 
maces and tricks of a tame baboon, generally holding the same 
situation with many farmers in the interior, than such a prostitution 
of human intellect. 
After dinner, we visited Mr. Cloete. His house, which is not 
far from that of his son-in-law, is situated on an eminence, com- 
manding an extensive prospect over the Cape Downs, to the 
