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4. The graziers, properly fo called, are tliofe of Graaf Rey- 
net and other diftant parts of the colony. Thefe are a clafs of 
men, of all the reft, the leaft advanced in civilization. Many 
of them, towards the borders of the fettlement, are perfect No- 
mades, wander about from place to place without any fixed 
habitation, and live in ftraw-huts fmiilar to thofe of the Hot- 
tentots. Thofe who are fixed to one or two places are little 
better with regard to the hovels in which they live. Thefe 
have feldom more than two apartments, and frequently only one, 
in which the parents with fix or eight children and the hoyfe 
Hottentots all fleep ; their bedding confifts generally of fkins. 
Their hovels are varioufly conftru6ted, fometimes the walls be- 
ing mud or clay baked in the fun, fometimes fods and poles^ 
and frequently a fort of wattling plaiftered over with a mixture 
of earth and cow-dung, both within and without ; and they 
are rudely covered with a thatch of reeds that is rarely water- 
proof. 
Their clothing is very flight ; the men wear generally a broad 
brimmed hat, a blue fliirt, and leather pantaloons, no ftockings, 
but a pair of dried fkin fhoes. The women have a thick quilted 
cap that ties with two broad flaps under the chin, and falls be- 
hind acrofs the fhoulders ^ and this is conftantly worn in the- 
hotteft weather; a fliort jacket and a petticoat, no ftockings, and 
frequently without ftioes. The bed for the matter and miftrefs 
of the family is an oblong frame of wood, fupported on four 
feet, and reticulated with thongs of a bullock's hide, fo as to 
fupport a kind of mattrefs made of fkins fewed together, and 
fometimes ftufted with wool. In winter they ufe woollen 
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