Mr.  anderson’s  Account,  See.  10  3- 
cere  intention  of  communicating  any  thing  ufeful  or 
curious  will  compenfate  for  thefe  deficiencies. 
The  ftone  is  fo  remarkable,  that  it  is  called  by  the 
people  here  the  Tower  of  Babel,  and  by  lome  the  Pearl 
Diamond.  It  either  takes  the  laft  name  from  a place 
near  which  it  is  fituated,  or  it  gives  name  to  the  tradt  of 
cultivated  land  called  the  Pearl.  It  lies  upon  the  top  of 
a ridge  of  low  hills,  beyond  a large  plain,  at  the  diftance 
of  about  thirty  miles  from  the  Cape  Town,  beyond 
Which,  at  a little  diftance,  is  a range  of  hills  of  a much, 
greater  height.  It  is  of  an  oblong  fhape,  and  lies  North 
and  South.  The  South  end  is  higheft;.  the  Eaft  and  Weft 
fides  are  fteep  and  high;  but  the  top  is  rounded,  and 
Hopes  away  gradually  to  the  North  end,  fo  that  you  can 
afeend  it  by  that  way,  and  enjoy  a moft  extenfive  profpecl 
of  the  whole  country.  I could  not  precifely  determine 
its  circumference,  but  it  took  us  above  half  an  hour  to 
walk  round  it;  and  by  making  every  allowance  for  the 
rugged  way,  and  flopping  a little,  I think  the  moft  mo- 
derate computation  muft  make  it  exceed  half  a mile. 
j The  fame  difficulty  occurred  with  refpe<ft  to  knowing  its 
height;  but  I think  that,  at  the  South-end,  it  is  nearly 
equal  to  half  its  length:  or,,  were  I to  compare  it  to  an 
object  you  are  acquainted  with,  I ffiould  fay  it  equalled 
the  dome  of  St.  Paul’s  Church. 
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