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It is remarkable that the Dutch, being fo fond of fat, Ihould 
not pay more attention to increafe the breed of hogs. Except 
a few, that are fhamefully fufFered to wallow about the fliores of 
Table Bay, where, indeed, they are fo far ufeful as to pick up 
dead fifh and butchers' offals, that are fcattered along the ftrand, 
the hog is an animal that is fcarcely known as food in the co- 
lony. Yet, from the vaft quantities of fruit, the produdive 
crops of barley, of peas, beans, and other vegetables, they might 
be reared at a fmall expence ; whereas, from the manner in 
which they are at prefent fed in Cape Town, no one thinks of 
eating pork. 
Salt, in the greateft abundance, is fpontaneoufly produced 
■within a few miles of Cape Town, by the evaporation of the 
water in the fait lakes that abound along the weft coaft of the 
colony. Two kinds of fifh, the Hottentot and the Snook, are 
fplit open, falted, and dried in the fun in large quantities, prin- 
cipally for the ufe of the flaves who are employed in agriculture, 
to correct the bilious effedts of bullocks' livers and other offals 
that conftitute a great part of their food. They are eaten alfo 
by the inhabitants of the town, when boifterous weather pre- 
vents the fifhing-boats from going out ; for a Dutchman feldom 
makes a meal without lifli. Small quantities are fometimes 
taken as fea-ftock, but fo inconfiderable as hardly to deferve 
mentioning. 
Salt butter is a very material article both for the confumption 
of the town, the garrifon, and the navy, as alfo for exportation. 
The quality greatly depends on the degree of cleanlinefs that has 
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