75 TRAVELS IN 
4. Bruyntjes HoogtS. 
5. Camdeboo. 
6. Zwarte Rtiggens. 
7. Zwarte Kops River, 
8. Zmire Veldt. 
9- Bosjesman's Rive?', 
10. Tarka, 
11. Sea-cow River and Rhinoscerosberg. 
12. Zwarte Berg. 
13. Nieuwveld and the Ghowp. 
1. The Drosdy, or residence of the Landrost, is a small 
village in the centre of the district, and rather more than 500 
miles from Cape Town. It consists in about a dozen mud- 
houses covered with thatch. That of the Landrost is of the 
same description, to which are annexed a garden and vineyard; 
but the grapes here seldom come to perfection, on account of 
the cold blasts from the Snowy Mountains, at the feet of 
which the village is situated. The land is red Karroo, and 
uncommonly fertile where the Sunday River can be brought 
to flood it. I observed here seventy distinct stems from one 
single grain of corn. 
Under the idea of civilizing the rude boors of this district, 
Lord Macartney made suitable provision for a clergyman ^ 
and the foundation was laid for a large church. Long, how- 
ever, before the outer walls were built, they thought fit to 
expel the clergyman that had been sent down to them ; and 
the building was only just finished when the English evacu- 
ated the place. 
