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unusual degree of freedom, which they seldom 
abuse. 
The mode in which journeys are performed 
in Southern Africa is by hiring large waggons, 
drawn by a team which consists of ten or 
twelve oxen. These travel from five to fifteen 
hours a-day, generally at the rate of three miles 
in the hour. After passing the Table moun- 
tain, Mr Barrow and his party came to the 
isthmus, which consists of a sandy flat, not more 
than twenty or thirty feet above the level of the 
sea. Here, along the eastern coast, are found 
numerous shells, several hundred feet higher, and 
accumulated chiefly in the caves of the moun- 
tains. Mr Barrow is of opinion, that they have 
been conveyed thither by the myriads of sea-fowl 
that frequent the African shores. The travellers 
next entered into an extensive valley, bordered by 
detached mountains, called the Tigerberg, Paarl- 
berg, Simonsberg, and by a very lofty range, 
which shuts in its eastern extremity. The most 
copious and most profitable produce is wine. An 
acre of ground will yield five pipes of one hun- 
dred and fifty-four gallons each, which will sell 
from L. 10 to L. 30 a-pipe. The grapes raised 
at the Cape are equal to those of any other coun- 
try ; the inferior quality of the wine, therefore, 
can only be imputed to the imperfect fermenta- 
tion, and to the practice of pulling the grapes 
before they ar€ ripe. The brandy also, being 
