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VOYAGE OF THE POTOMAC. [December, 
or two hundred and twenty-two thousand and seventy-two gallons 
of wine. 
The district of Stellenbosch contains four thousand six hun- 
dred square nailes, and is situated in the western division of the 
Cape of Good Hope, and about twenty-five miles from Table Bay 
The chief produce of Stellenbosch is wine, and the average quan- 
tity made is twelve thousand five hundred leaguers, and six hun- 
dred leaguers of brandy, per annum ; grain and fruits are abundant, 
when the season is favourable to farmers, though the district is 
not adapted for grazing. 
The district of Worcester, also, on the w^estern part of the cape, 
is one of the most extensive in the colony, being two hundred and 
sixty miles long, and, in one place, one hundred and thirty in 
width. It is divided into no less than twenty divisions ; the six 
first produce wine, grain, and cattle, and the remainder are only 
grazing farms. The cedar is found only in this district, and is 
procured from the mountains with great labour. 
The district of Swellendam once belonged to Stellenbosch, and 
was separated from it in the year 1745. It is estimated to con- 
tain nearly nine thousand square miles. The chief products are 
butter, tallow, soap, aloes, cattle, and a small quantity of grain 
and wine. The horses of this section of the country are cele- 
brated for draught and saddle, and some of the finest wool of the 
colony has been produced at Joetendal's Valley. But the capaci- 
ties of this district seem best adapted to grain; and, by proper 
industry and labourers, immense quantities might be produced for 
exportation. At this time, it is said, there are not less than eigh^ 
teen thousand five hundred acres under cultivation ; one hundred 
only in vines, one million four hundred and sixteen thousand in 
pasturage, and four millions two hundred and forty-eight thousand 
five hundred and twenty-nine uncultivated. At a village called 
Caledon, there are two warm medicinal springs, and their heat is 
92°. These baths have been found useful in chronic rheumatism, 
diseases of the skin, and scorbutic ulcers. 
On the southeastern coast of the colony is situated the district 
of George, adapted only to th^e raising of grain and cattle. Near 
the mouth of Courits and Small Brak rivers are a few small salt 
lakes, though not very productive in this useful article. Spanish 
sheep succeed well, and Small Brak river abounds in the greatest 
