58 TRAVELS IN 
with thatch ; and at the upper end is a parsonage-house, with 
garden, vine3'ard, and fruit-groves ; and a large tract of very 
fine land. No attention seems to have been omitted by Go- 
vernment in providing comfortably for the country clergy. 
The blocks of granite, the Paarl and the Diamond, that over- 
hang this village, I have particularly noticed in the first chap- 
ter of the first volume. 
d. e. Dall Josephat and Waagen-maaker's Valley are two 
small dales enclosed between the hilly projections that branch 
out towards the north or upper end of the valley of Draken- 
stein ; the best oranges, as well as the best peaches, and other 
fruit, are said to be produced in these dales ; and the wines 
are among the first in quality. 
f. Groeneberg is the largest of these projecting hills that run 
across the northern extremity of the valley, and the soil is pro- 
ductive in fruit, wine, and corn. 
The whole valley, comprehending the above subdivisions, 
is comparatively so well inhabited, that few animals, in a 
state of nature, are now to be found upon it. Of hares, 
however, there is no scarcity ; and two species of bustards, 
the red-winged and the common partridge, and quails are in 
great plenty. The KUp-springer antelope, and the reehok are 
plentiful in the mountains, and diii/kers, griesboks, and steen- 
boks not very scarce among the hills towards the northern ex- 
tremity of the valley. The inhabitants are also annoyed with 
wolves, hyaenas, and jackalls, which descend in the nights 
from the neighbouring mountains. 
