CHAPTER III. 
A SKETCH OF CAPE TOWN AND THE COLONY. 
It may, perhaps, conduce to the purpose of the narrative, if in this 
place be drawn the outhnes of a view of Cape Town, and of the 
Colony in general. They may be useful, as giving some general no- 
tions which may render the peculiarities of this settlement, and 
those allusions to local circumstances and customs which frequently 
recur in the course of this journal more clear and intelligible. 
Nothing can be neater, or more pleasant, than the appearance 
which this town presents, spreading over the valley, from the sea- 
shore towards the mountains on each side. It contains more 
than twenty streets, all of which, intersecting at right angles. 
