TRAVELS IN 
their flock. For every hundred flieep he pays a florin, or fixteen- 
pence, and for every ox or cow one penny. With the utmoft dif- 
ficulty Government has been able to coile(9: about two-thirds an- 
nually of the rent of their loan-farms, which is only 24 rix dollars 
a year. Under the idea that they had been dreadfully opprefled 
by the Dutch Government, and that their poverty was the fole 
caufe of their running in arrears with their rent, the Britifli 
Government forgave the diftrid of Graaf Reynet the fum of 
200,000 rix dollars, the amount to which their arrears had ac- 
cumulaied. By defcending a little clofer to particulars we ihal! 
be able to form a better judgment of the condition of thefe peo- 
ple, and how far their poverty entitled them to the above men- 
tioned indulgence. 
The diftrid of Graaf Reynet, as we have already obferved, 
contains about 700 families. Among thefe are diftributed, ac- 
cording to the Opgaaff (and they would not give in jnore than 
they had, being liable to an afleffment according to the num- 
ber) 118,306 head of cattle, and 780,274 flieep, which, to 
each family, will be about 170 heads of cattle and 11 15 
Iheep. 
Out of this flock each boor can yearly difpofe of from 15 to 
20 head of cattle, and from 200 to 250 flieep, and, at the fame 
time, keep up an increafing flock. The butcher purchafes them 
on the fpot at the rate of 10 to 20 rix dollars a head for the 
cattle, and from 2 to 2j for the flieep. 
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