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INDUSTRY AND IDLENESS. — NEW BIRDS. 
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In a spot so well adapted by nature for the production of fruits, 
I regretted exceedingly to see no more than one small garden. 
Tliis belonged, as might be supposed, to the most industrious man of 
the village, a Hottentot of the mixed race, named Willem Fortiiyn. 
He had been brought up in the colony, and learnt the business of a 
waggon-maker ; which he followed, in his present situation, as well 
as the want of many necessary conveniences would permit. He 
lived in a better house than the others, and enjoyed more comforts ; 
yet this had no effect in inducing them to imitate his industry. 
They contented themselves with their mat-huts ; the situation of 
which, on an open, dirty, barren spot, subject to be overwhelmed witli 
dust, they thought, or, their apathy and disinclination to labor, in- 
duced them to think, sufficiently agreeable. 
In the upper part of this valley, there are no large trees ; but at 
a short distance lower down, are some tall acacias, and large bushes of 
a new species of Rhus [pp'dides) ; in the habit, ramification, and broad 
deciduous foliage of which, there was a character which reminded me 
of the common wild pear tree of Europe. My attention was engaged 
by flocks of Coliiis erythropus, making a continued harsh chattering 
noise among its branches. I observed that, when this bird was 
silent, the crest was quite depressed ; but whenever it uttered a note, 
or stood on the watch, or was taken by surprise, the crest became 
considerably elevated ; which, with the length of its tail, caused the bird 
to appear mucli larger than it really was. I shot a swallozc, of a species 
not seen before, whose nests, formed of mud, were built under the 
crags of the Asbestos rock ; and three other birds equally new to me.* 
* The following birds were added to my 
Mountains. 
Saxicolaleiicomclana, B. Mas. Dorsum, 
gula, pectus, alsa, canda, rostrum et 
pedes, atra. Vertex et occiput, cana. 
Humeri, uropygium et abdomen, 
nivea. 
Sax i cola Le Traqiiet imitateur. 
Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afr . pi. 181. 
Sylvia Jlaviventris. B. Mas. Caput, 
■ollection, during my stay in the Jsbcstos 
dorsum, cauda et altx?, pallide mu- 
rina. Gula et j)ectus albida. Ab- 
domen citrinum. Remiges fuscaf 
marginibus albis. Cauda jequalis 
concolor. Pedes et ungues, nigra. 
Irides sangiiineae. Avis perpu- 
silla. 
Mutacilla macroura? Sys.Nat. ed. 
