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ever, there are extensive plains equally good for the cultiva- 
tion of grain and the grazing of cattle. No direct road has 
yet been made through the forests along the sea-coast, so as 
to be passable by waggons, but the inhabitants are obliged 
to go round by the Lange Kloof They bring little to the 
Cape market on their annual visit, except salted butter and 
soap. In the forests of Sitsikamma are elephants, buffaloes, 
and rhinosceroses ; and on the plains the large hartebeest and 
koodoo antelopes, besides an abundance of small game. 
The population and produce of Zwellendam, as ascer- 
• tained by the Opgaaff, taken on oath in the year 1798, are 
as follows : 
Population. 
Men - - 1070 
Women - - 639 
Sons - - 971 
Daughters - - - 987 
Servants and free people of color 300 
Christians 39^7 
Men slaves " ' 1 
Women slaves ' " f 2196 
Slave children - - J 
Hottentots in the service of the 
peasantry, on a calculation 500 
Slaves and Hottentots 2696 
Total population of Zwellendam 
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