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TRAVELS IN 
any interruption, about one hundred and fifty miles. The hills 
on the northern fide increafing to the height of mountains in 
their progrefs to the eaftward, terminate on the plains near 
Zwart Kop's river ; and the great chain of mountains on the 
fouth fide runs into the fea near Camtoo's bay, and extends to 
the weftward till it meets the high mountains of Hex river. 
Lange Kloof abounds with ftreams of water and good paftur- 
age. The ground throughout confifts of a fine rich foil, and 
to almoft all the habitations are good gardens, fruiteries, and 
vineyards. Being confiderably elevated above the level of the 
fea, and fituated in the midft of mountains, fnow frequently 
falls in . the winter months, and lies on the ground for a length 
of time. 
From one end to the other of Lange Kloof there is but one 
paflage for waggons over the fouth chain of mountains, and this 
is feldom made ufe of, being confidered among the moft formi- 
dable and difficult roads and palfes in the colony. It lies, in 
fa(3:, over the very fummit of one of the points in the chain, 
called the Duyvil's kop, or the Devil's head. We had fixteen 
oxen to each waggon, in order to effedl our palTage of this 
mountain. The road was dreadfully fteep and ftoney ; and as 
it approached the fummit, where the widch of the ridge was not 
above fifteen paces, the afcent was from ftratum to ftratum of 
rock, like a flight of flairs, of which fome of the fteps were not 
lefs than four feet high. Upon thefe it was neceffary to lift 
the waggons by main ftrength. Juft as we reached the fummit, 
the weather, which had been remarkably pleafant, the thermo- 
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