SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
In no part of the colony are fuch iinmenfe flocks of the 
fpringbok as in the divifions of the Snowy Mountains. Five 
thoufand in one group are confidered only as a moderate quan- 
tity, ten, twelve, or fifteen thoufand being fomeiimes found 
aifembled together, efpecially when they are about to migrate 
to feme other part of the country. The bontehok^ the eland^ the 
hai'tebeejl^ and the geinjhok are alfo plentiful, and fmall game in 
vaft numbers. On the banks of the Fifh River are two wells 
of hepatized water, of the temperature of 88° of Fahrenheit's 
fcale. They are confidered to be efficacious in healing fprains 
and bruifes, and favourable to rheumatic complaints, to which 
the great changeablenefs of the climate renders the inhabitants 
fubjed:. In feveral of the mountains of this divifion are alfo 
found, adhering to the fandftone rocks, large plates of native 
nitre, from half an inch to an inch in thicknefs, but not in quan- 
tities fufficient to make it an objed of attention as an article of 
commerce. 
3. Swaagers Hoeck is a fmall divifion within the mountains 
at the head of Bruyntjes Hoogte', tolerably well watered and 
fertile in grain, which, however, is very fparingly cultivated. 
4. Bruyntjes Hoogte lies upon the banks of the Great Fifh 
River, and is confidered as the bell divifion in the whole diftrifl 
for horfes and horned cattle, and equally fuitable for the cultiva- 
tion of grain and fruits ; but the enormous diftance from any 
market holds out no encouragement to the farmer to fow more 
grain than is neceffary for family ufe, and many of them take 
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