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from the Berg River to the great chaui of mountains, and to 
the Picquet Berg, in length, to the northward. They are con- 
fidered as the granaries of the colony. The crops, however, 
in Zwartland, are a^ uncertain as the rains, on which, indeed, 
their fuccefs almoft entirely depends. In the Four-and-twentv 
Rivers the grounds are capable of being irrigated by the num- 
berlefs ftreamlets that iffiie from the great chain of mountains, 
in their courfe to the Berg River. Many of thefe, in their pro- 
grefs over the plain, form large trads of fwampy ground that 
have been found to produce very fine rice. Wheat, barley, 
and pulfe are the principal articles that are cultivated in thefe 
two divifions, but they have plenty of fruit, and make a little 
wine for their own family ufe. Should the Bay of Saldanha, at 
any future period, become the general rendezvous of fhlpping^ 
thefe two divifions will be more valuable than all the reft of the 
colony. 
15. The Tlcquet Berg terminates the plains of the Four-and- 
twenty Rivers to the northward. Here, befides com and fruit, 
the inhabitants rear horfes, horned cattle, and fheep. And 
from hence, alfo, is fent to the Cape market a confiderable quan= 
tity of tobacco, which has the reputation of being of the beft 
quality that Southern Africa produces. 
16. OUfanfi River is a fine clear ftreara, fiow^ing through a 
narrow valley, hemmed in between the great chain of moun- 
tains and an inferior ridge called the Cardoww. This valley, 
being interfered by numerous rills of w^ater from the moun- 
tains on each fide, is extremely rich and fertile j but the great 
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