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each farmer for the use of the garrison, which tliej instantly 
accepted. The following year barley rose to five dollars the 
muid, an^, at one time, was not to be had for less than ten. 
A brewer, of the name of Van Reenen, employ's a small 
quantity; but the beer he makes is so execrable, that 
none drink it but such as cannot afford to purchase European 
beer. 
Rye is a thriving grain at the Cape, but is little used ex- 
cept for cattle, and then only while it is green ; and oats 
run so much into straw, that they are fit only for horses as 
green foddci'. 
Peas, beans, and kidney beans are abundantly productive, 
and might be supplied to any amount ; but they are in little 
demand except by ships that touch at the Cape. Indian 
corn or maize grows here fully as well as in any part of the 
■world, and might be cultivated to any extent ; the plant for 
cattle, and the prolific heads for hogs and poultry. The 
same may be observed with regard to the various kinds of 
millet, three of which I cultivated here with the greatest suc- 
cess, but neither one nor the other are much known beyond 
the Cape peninsula. 
The different kinds of grain and pulse that are brought up 
to Cape Town, except oats, are subject to a certain toll at the 
barrier, which, at the prices they bore under the Dutch Go- 
vernment, amounted to about the tythe or one-tenth of their 
value. The following table shews the quantity of each that 
