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TRAVELS IN 
Hottentots, in the whole diftridt, do not exceed two to each 
family ; and that of flaves is about five. 
Zwellendam affords no great fupply of cattle to the Cape 
market, and ftill lefs fo of fheep. Horfes are brought up for fale 
in confiderable numbers. The revenue of the farmers are prin- 
cipally derived from timber, grain, butter, foap, and dried fruits. 
To a naturalift, this diftrift is the leaft interefting, except in 
botany, and in this department it offers an ample field. Of the 
number of thofe who have made that branch of fcience their 
particular purfuit, and who have vifited this colony, none have 
fufficiently attended to the native foreft trees, fo as to be able 
to affign them their places in the prevailing fyftem of arranging 
the vegetable part of the creation. Few antelopes, except the 
Reebok, Steenbok, and Duyker, are now remaining in the 
diftridl of Zwellendam. Formerly the Bonte'bok, the Scrlpta 
of the Syjlema Natures, was almoft as numerous near the Drofdy, 
as the Springbok ftill continues to be in the Sneuwberg. At 
prefent they are rarely feen in troops exceeding a dozen. At 
one time alfo in the vicinity of Zwellendam, were a few of 
that elegant fpecies of antelope, the Leucophcea, or blue antelope, 
an animal that is now no longer to be met with in the whole 
colony, at leaft none have been feen or heard of thefe ten years 
paft. Hares and partridges are plentiful in every part of the 
diftri£t. The woods of Autiniequas land abound with a variety 
of birds, both great and fmall. 
On the twelfth we entered the diftrldl of Stellenbofch, by 
croffmg the river Zonder-end, and proceeded to Zoete Melk 
valley, 
