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SWALLOWS. 
27 Dec. 1810. 
additional species for my herbarium j besides seventeen more at 
subsequent visits. * 
In the bay there is only one house, which is government pro- 
perty, but it was in a very neglected and dilapidated state ; yet, sur- 
rounded by lofty mountains, its situation deserves a better edifice, 
and might well be the site of an elegant villa. A slave, who had 
the charge of it, permitted us to spread our dinner in one of the 
rooms. There we found the swallows f had long had possession ; 
for at the corners under the ceiling were several nests ; and these 
birds had become so familiar, that our presence did not in the least 
interrupt their constantly flying out, and returning with food for 
their young. In most countries there are some few birds to which 
man has allowed the privilege of approaching him without mo- 
lestation. In England the " Robin Redbreast" and " Jenny Wren," 
as they are familiarly called, are respected by every one ; and at the 
Cape, the familiarity of this swallow and of the Cape wagtail J is 
greatly owing to the same cause. 
Our meal finished, we ascended the foot of the mountain, where 
a multitude of new flowers caused me to be always far behind ; while 
my companion continued frequently calling out to me that I must 
come on, or that otherwise we should be benighted. I hastened my 
Gethyllis ciliaris 
Leucospermum Conocarpam 
Protcea Lepidocarpoii 
Junciis ? serratus. Th. 
Selago spuria 
Dilatris corymhosa 
Diosma rubra 
Salicornia fruticosa. Th. 
Statice scahra 
Cyperus polystachyos 
Myrica cordifolia 
Bryonia Africana 
Phylica huxifolia 
Hallia cordata 
Solanum tomentosum 
Cyperus lanceus 
Mahernia pinnatifida. 
J* 
Cussonia thyrsiflora 
Fucus tomentosus 
Fucus corneus ? &c. 
-j- Hirundo Capensis, Linn. Systema Nature, editio Gmelini. — L' Hirondelle rousseline, 
Le Vaillant, Oiseaux d'Afrique, planche 245., figure 1. 
\ Motacilla capensis. Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. — La Lavandiere Irune, Le Vaill. Ois. 
d'Af. pi. 177. It is called Ktsoikstaart in the colony. 
