TRAVELS IN 
rix dollars the muid in order to fecure a certain portion from 
each farmer for the ufe of the garrifon, which they inftantly ac- 
cepted. The following year barley rofe to five dollars the muid, 
and, at one time, v/as not to be had for lefs than ten. A brewer 
of the name of Van Reenen, employs a fmall quantity, but the 
beer he makes is fo execrable, that none drink it but fuch as can- 
not afford to purchafe European beer. 
Rye is a thriving grain at the Cape, but is little ufed ex- 
cept for cattle, and then only while it is green ; and oats 
run fo much into flraw, that they are fit only for horfes as green 
fodder. ' . 
Peas, beans, and kidney beans are abundantly produdlve, 
and might be fupplied to any amount ; but they are in little de- 
mand except by fhips that touch at the Cape. Indian corn or 
maize grows here fully as well as in any part of the world, and 
might be cultivated to any extent ; the plant for cattle, and the 
prolific heads for hogs and poultry. The fame may be obferved 
with regard to the various kinds of millet, three of which I 
cultivated here with the greateft fuccefs, but neither one nor the 
other are much known beyond the Cape peninfula. 
The different kinds of grain and pulfe that are brought up 
to Cape Town, except oats, are fubje£l to a certain toll at the 
barrier, which, at the prices they bore under the Dutch Go- 
vernment, amounted to about the tythe or one-tenth of their 
value. The following table fliews the quantity of each that 
paffcd the barrier, and whichy of courfe, includes the confump- 
tion 
