SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
Amount of his income brought over 
T « 
K. D. 920 0 
Outgoings. 
2 Waggons 800 r.t/. Interest - R, D. 48 
Clothing for 8 persons a 15 r.d. ~ 120 
Tea, sugar, tobacco, brandy - - 150 
Powder and shot - ^ - 20 
Rent to Government and stamp - 25 
Parochial assessments _ - 8 
Contingencies, cattle to Hottentots, &c. 80 
Amount of Outffoino-s R, D. 451 0 
Yearly Savings R. D. 469 0 
or ^.93 16 0 
In what part of the world can even a respectable peasant 
do this ? much less the commonest of all mankind, for such 
are the generality of the Cape boors. After quitting the 
ranks, or running away from his ship, he gets into a boor's 
family and marries. He begins the world without any pro- 
perty, the usual practice being that of the wife's friends giv- 
ing him a certain number of cattle and sheep to manage, half 
the yearly produce of which he is to restore to the owner, as 
interest for the capital placed in his hands. He has most of 
the necessaries of life, except clothing, within himself ; his 
^vork is done by Hottentots, which cost him nothing but 
meat, tobacco, and skins for their clothing. His house and 
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