TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
We ftaid here with the hofpitable Mr. Tunyirs, the compa- 
ny's overfeer, till the twenty-fifth, and proceeded to the farm 
of Mr. Jacob Van Renan, which is the moft beautiful of any 
I ever faw in this country ; and, from the induftry and ingenu- 
ity of Mr. Van Renan, I am well convinced, it will be brought 
to produce every thing as good as at the Cape, 
On the twenty-fixth, we proceeded to Groot Faders Bofch, 
or Grand Fathers Wood, where we were obliged to ftop for 
a few hours on account of the rain. We fent our waggon 
the beft road to the Plata Kloaf, and went a nearer way our- 
felves, which, however, was fo very flippery that we could 
not pofiibly ride. We crofTed the Doven- Hocks Rivier, and 
late in the evening came to a farmer's houfe, fituated .clofe to 
the pafs, or Kloaf. This diftriO: is called the Land of Egypt, 
and apparently contains about thirteen farms, which are dif- 
perfed at the diftance of from four to fix miles from each 
other : here we were regaled with excellent fruit, particularly 
oranges, and fome European fruits. Our waggon not arriving 
detained us till the twenty-eighth, which gave me an oppor- 
tunity of examining the country, where I found many curious 
plants. I obferved, that in confequence of the rains, the 
white ants (with which the whole country abounds) were all 
out, and with wings. Several of the Hottentots, and flaves, 
were collecting thefe infefts, which I found, upon inquiry, 
were intended for food. Prejudice, indeed, alone has prevented 
tjie Europeans from making a fimilar ufe of them ; for, in my 
* Picreon-houfe River. 
