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A better fyftem of tillage of the corn lands could not fail to 
be productive of a confiderable increafe in the returns of grain. 
The breed of horfes has fo much improved fince the capture by 
the Englifli, that thefe may foon be fubftituted for oxen in all 
the purpofes of hufbandry, and fmall Englifh ploughs made to 
fuperfede their prefent unwieldy machines. 
"With refpe£t to the country boors, it will require a long time 
before any effedual fteps can be adopted for the improvement 
of their condition. One of the moft eligible plans, perhaps,, 
would be the eftablifhment of fairs or markets at Algoa Bay, 
Plettenberg's Bay, MofTel Bay, and Saldanha Bay ; to which, 
at certain fixed periods, once a month or quarter for inftance, 
they might drive down their cattle, and bring their other articles 
of produce for fale. 
This might immediately be efFeded by prohibiting the but- 
chers from fending round their fervants to collect cattle at the 
boors' houfes ; and by giving public notice of the times at which 
the markets would be held at the different places. At Algoa 
Bay a great variety of produce, befides fheep and horned cattle, 
might be exhibited together, not only from the boors, but alfo 
from the KalFers and the Hottentots. Thefe people would, no 
doubt, be very glad to give their ivory and fkins of leopards 
and antelopes in exchange for iron, beads, and tobacco, and 
perhaps coarfe cloths, provided they were allowed to take the 
advantage of a fair and open market. The honey that abounds 
in all the forefts would be collected by the Hottentots and 
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