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from whofe berries, and thofe of the Ardu'ina^ feme of the 
farmers had made a fweetifli wine, not unlike that which in 
Europe is procured from the Alder. 
The forefts of Plettenberg's bay, and the Autlniequas land, 
had ceafed to clothe the feet of the mountains from the point 
diredtly north of Mufcle bay. Another clump now appeared, 
about twenty miles to the eaftward of the Drofdy of Zwellendam, 
called the Grootvader's bofch. This wood, in the early ftages 
of the colony, contained as great a variety of large timber trees 
as the others, but being fo much nearer to the Cape, is now 
ftripped of moft of the wood that is valuable. 
From Grootvader's bofch, a beautiful valley ftretches along the 
feet of the mountains, as far almoft as the Drofdy. This village 
is compofed of about twenty houfes, fcattered over a fertile 
valley, with a perpetual ftream of water flowing down it. The 
habitation of the Landroft ftands at the head of the valley ; is a 
very comfortable building, and has an extenfive garden attached 
to it, furrounded with plantations of oaks, and well ftocked 
with a variety of fruits. 
The diftrid of Zwellendam, is compofed chiefly of that trad 
of country lying between the Black mountains and the fea-coaft, 
and ftretches to the eaftward, as far as the Camtoos river, where 
Graaff Reynet firft begins. The number of families contained 
in it, are between five and fix hundred ; and the whole population 
of whites amounts to about three thoufand. The number of 
Hottentots, 
