jQ THE LANDING. 26 Nov. 1810. 
and that heart can be but faintly warmed with love for the 
Creator, which is ignorant of the stupendous wisdom and countless 
multitude of his works ; works which seem formed expressly to 
conduce in every way to our happiness, and which fill the world 
we inhabit with beauty, inviting the mind to study their importance 
and admire their perfection. 
At length the anchor was cast ; and the voyage ended. 
It was six o'clock before the boat was ready to leave the ship ; 
when Captain Waldo, whose attentions had contributed to render 
my situation during the passage, as comfortable as circumstances 
would permit, accompanied me for the purpose of being my guide, 
as he was well acquainted with the place. In ten minutes we 
reached the shore, and my foot stepped, for the first time, on the 
land of Africa. 
The Vignette represents a part of the Jutty, the usual and only safe landing-place at 
Cape Town, It is also the only wharf, and, therefore, at all times a very busy spot. Some 
interest may be felt in this httle representation, when the reader recals to mind the many 
celebrated or well-known characters who have passed along this same platform, and here 
first set their foot on the African shore. Eminent navigators and men of science of all 
nations ; crowds of European passengers to or from India and the eastern colonies ; all, 
not less than the weather-beaten sailor or the invalid, have leaped from their boat on to 
this wooden structure with a pleasure which a long and irksome voyage, and the view of 
a fine town, have equally contributed to heighten : some looking forward to the refresh- 
ments and to the amusements which the place is to afford, and others to the acquirement 
of knowledge, and the investigation of Nature under new forms. 
