SOUTHERN AFRICA. 235 
consisting in a regiment of the Prince of Waldec, al)oat six 
hundred strong; three hundred cavalry; three hundred ar- 
tillery ; two or three companies of grenadiers, and the rest 
jagers or a light rifle corps, totally undisciplined, and com- 
posed of almost evcMy nation on the face of the earth, 
being, for the most part, deserters from German regiments. 
And, with regard to the artillery, ihey were so miserably de- 
fective that, out of the whole corps, they could not select a 
sufficient number of trained men to tire the salutes intended 
to be made on hoisting the Dutch flag on the first of January; 
but made application to the commanding officer of the 
British artillery, for a party to assist them : yet, when the 
orders for the surrender of the colony were countermanded, 
and it became a probable event that hostilities would ensue, 
it was industriously circulated by the Dutch officers, or 
rather by the French officers nominally in the Dutch service, 
that their corps of artillery was in the highest state of disci- 
pline and order, the greater part of the men having distin- 
guished themselves at the battle of Marengo ! 'i'hey were 
commanded, however, as well as the cavalry, by active and 
intelligent officers. 
The services of the Burgher Cavalry are not likely ever to 
be again demanded. Were thejs indeed, ever so well dis- 
posed to fight, the number that it would be found practi- 
cable to raise is far from being great. Those who dwell in 
the interior parts of the settlement would find it extremely 
inconvenient to quit their homes, on account of their slaves 
and Hottentots, who might be induced to take advantage of 
their absence ; and the Cape district, containing only about 
II II 2 
