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Cable. In the Morning they ftruck the Top-mafts, in or- 
der to get the Fore and Main-top-gallant Yards down* 
and began to unftrip the Fore-maids, in Order to fit new 
Truffel-trees: Sent their empty Calks for Water in the 
Warwick" s Long-boat-, and, at Eleven, received on board* 
by the Salisbury's Boat, frefh Provifions, fuch as Beef and 
Mutton, for the Ship’s Company. The Dutch Comrho- 
dore fired the Morning and Evening Gun * and on the 
1 8 th, in the Evening, they received on board an Anchor* 
3860 lb. Weight, and a Cable of nineteen Inches and a halt 
about, and 120 Fathom long * bent the Cable to the An- 
chor, to make it ready for Ufe. At Four in the Morning 
they weighed, and warped in towards the Fort, and then 
new moored, having the following Bearings * the Cattle 
and Town S. W. and the Body of Penguin Illand N. W. 
the Water Fort S. W. diftant three Quarters of a Mile. 
On the 14th, the Commodore went afhore in the Barge * 
at his palling by the Salisbury and Warwick , they faluted 
him with eleven Guns. The next Day they began to un- 
rig the Fcre-maft, and over-hale their Rigging, and began 
to clear the Hold, that they might get at their Ground- 
tier. On the 1 6th in the Morning, they fet up a Tent 
for the Ufe of the Coopers on fhore, and fent their Cafk 
by the Launch to be trimmed by them. In the Afternoon, 
two Dutch Ships anchored there, which had been five 
Months coming from Spithead * and, at Nine, came in and 
and anchored the Margaret , Captain T. Hays, which had 
been twelve Weeks coming from Holland. They fent 
the Launch to feek the bell; Bower Anchor, which the Ca- 
ble parted from on Sunday Night laft, the Buoy being funk 
or loft, that hook’d the Cable. Their Carpenter found 
four Shot-holes within the Lining, under the Fore-chains, 
above the Water, and took abundance of ftnall Shot out * 
which they believed was the Occafion of the Ship’s being 
fo leaky at Sea. This Day they fent all their fick People 
on thore. 
On the 1 8th, at three in the Morning, they received 
from the Shore, by two Dutch Boats, eighteen Coils of 
Ropes, and a Remnant of white Rope for a Tiller-rope, 
with other Stores. At Noon, they fent a large Dutch Boat 
to weigh their beft Bower. They brought the Anchor on 
board, and the Cable, being near a whole one. On the 
19th in the Afternoon, they heeled Ship to the Starboard, 
and then ferubbed it, and paid it with Tallow and Lime* 
then heeled the other Way, and ferubbed: But the Sea- 
breeze came in, and caufed fo great a Swell, that they 
could not make an End. The next Day, two Dutch Ships 
anchored there, one of which had accompanied them from 
Java * the other was outward-bound, and had fpent three 
Months in coming from Spithead. On the 2 2d, there an- 
chored another Dutch Ship outward-bound, which had been 
five Months in failing from the T exel thither. That Day 
and the next, they fent their Launch feveral times for Wa- 
ter* but could get none, the Pipes being flopped: But 
that Evil was foon remedied, and the Launch came off in 
the Night, with ten Calks filled* and, in two or three 
Days, they made a great Progrefs in their Watering. On 
the 25th, a Dutch Ship anchored there from Amjlerdam. 
On the 26th, another arrived. The next Morning, 
about fix o’Clock, the Dutch Commodore ftruck his Flag, 
and the other Dutch Ship hoifted it at the Mizen-top-maft, 
and, about feven, failed for Batavia. On the 27th, the 
Winchejier anchored in the Bay, and faluted them with 
eleven Guns. She had been thirteen Months from England , 
and fix Weeks in her Paffage from Fernambuca on the 
the Coaft of Brafil, into which Port fthe had been obliged 
to put, in order to repair fome Damage fhe had received at 
Sea. This Day, they received the Commodore’s live Stock, 
and a fmall Quantity of Wine for his Sea-ftore. The next 
Day, they fent on fhore 5000 Dollars * and, on the 29th, 
received on board thirteen Calks of dry Provifion. On the 
30th, the Commodore and Captain Bret came on board, 
and they began to prepare for their Departure, having fpent 
about three Weeks at the Cape * which gave them an Op- 
portunity ol obferving the mighty Advantages that the 
Dutch make of that Settlement, which had been flighted 
by us. 
They were very kindly and hofpitably treated, and had 
Leave to purchafe whatever Stores or Provifions they had 
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Occafion for. Such as live in this Country have things very 
cheap, as well as very good * but Strangers pay a pretty 
high Price for Liquors and Provifions, which is occafioned 
by the high Duties impofed by the Eafi India Company. 
This is a thing, ol which Englijhmen are often apt to com- 
plain * biit, perhaps, without any great Reafon, fince the 
Dutch Eajt India Company have no other Way to indemnify 
themfelves for the great Expence they are at in the Support 
of this Settlement, which carries on little or no Trade, ex- 
cept this * and therefore there is no Wonder, that they 
make ufe of every Method poftible, in order to make it 
turn to their Advantage. The Town at the Cape is pretty 
large, confifting now of 400 Houfes and upwards * and yet 
there are but few Publick-houfes or Places licenied to fell 
Liquors by Retale. In thefe Houfes Strangers drink the 
Cape Wine at about fix Stivers a Quart, at leaft one half 
of which is paid for Excife, and fo in proportion for other 
things. The Inhabitants purchafe both Indian and Euro- 
pean Commodities at a cheap Rate from the Sailors, which 
they vend again, with great Profit, to the Farmers and Plant- 
ers, who have no Opportunity of making any fuch Bargains, 
the neareft of their Plantations being twenty Miles from the 
Sea-coaft. 
Our People can by no means be reconciled to the Hot- 
tentots, but look upon them as the bafeft and moft brutal 
People in the World* which is chiefly owing to their ill 
Smell, occafioned by their greafing themfelves continually : 
Yet this is not a Cuftom peculiar to the Hottentots, but is 
ufed by moft of the Negroes on the Coaft of Guiney. It 
is true, that the latter, generally fpeaking, make ufe of Oil, 
which is lefs offenfive * but, when they cannot get that, 
they, like the Hottentots , content themfelves with fuch 
Greafe and Kitchen-ftuff, as they can purchafe from the Eu- 
ropeans who trade with them. This Cuftom like wife pre- 
vails in the Eajl Indies, particularly on the Malaca Coaft * 
but more efpecially in the Elands, as for Inftance, at Su- 
matra, where the Natives greafe themfelves as much, and 
fmell to the full as ftrong, as the Hottentots. The Java- 
nefe likewife prablife the fame thing * and fo do the People 
ot the Philippines , and of the Spice Elands * but then they 
commonly make ufe of Cocoa-nut Oil, which is far from 
being difagreeable. In one refpcbl, however, the Hotten- 
tots excel them all* for they are particularly careful to greafe 
and fmut their Faces * which is what the Indians never do. 
This Cuftom of anointing is not altogether unknown to the 
Americans, tho’, generally fpeaking, they rather affebt 
painting their Bodies, perhaps from the fame Caufe that the 
Hottentots and Indians anoint themfelves, in order to defend 
their naked Bodies from the Inclemency of the Weather. 
It is plain therefore, that, even in this refpebt, the Man- 
ners of the Hottentots are not much groffer, or more bar- 
barous, than thofe of other Nations * and a nearer Infpeblion 
would have fhewn us, that, notwithftanding their Guts and 
their Greafe, thefe poor Peopleware endowed with Qualities, 
that would not at all diferedit even the politeft Nations : 
For inftance, the Hottentots are exceedingly fincere * they 
profefs the utmoft Readinefs to affift fuch Strangers as come 
among!! them, and they are never known to falfify their 
Profeffions. The Hottentot is not Mafter of much Elo- 
quence, even in his own Language * but has a ftrib! Regard 
to the Truth of what he delivers in any Language, even in 
that of Nature, I mean, by Signs * which is a Matter of 
great Confequence among an untaught, and, as we affebt 
to call them, a barbarous People. Therewas another Qua- 
lity extremely confpicuous in the Hottentots, which ought 
to have fecured them from our Contempt, and that is, their 
generous Love of Liberty: The Hottentot will rather die, 
than be a Slave * and what could a Roman , what could an 
Athenian, do more ? I know it may be faid, that this pro- 
ceeds from Lazinefs : But I cannot allow that * for the Hot- 
tentots will work for the Dutch for Subfiftence, tho’ not as 
Slaves. They claim a Right of judging what and how much 
is neceffary for their Maintenance, and, having acquired 
this, they are content. I do not pretend to fry, that they 
reafon right about the Neceffaries of Life: Indeed, who 
does ? But I fay, that they have true Notions of Liberty, 
which confifts in doing what we think fit ourfelves, and not 
what is impofed upon us by others. 
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