An Account of the Hottentots, 2(43 
ftantia, which is made genuine only at one vineyard, aboiit 
ten miles diftant from the town. There is another vineyard 
near it, where wine is made that is called by the lame name, 
but it is greatly inferior. 
The common method in which (Grangers live here, is to 
lodge and board with fome.of the inhabitants, many of whole 
houfes are always open for their reception : the rates are from 
five (hillings to two (hillings a day, for which all neceffarie* 
ste found. Coaches may be hired at four and twenty (hillings 
a'day, and horfes at fix (hillings ; but the country affords very 
little temptation to ufe them. There are no public entertain- 
ments : and thofe that are private, to which Grangers, of the 
rank of Gentlemen are always admitted, were fufpended 
while we were there by the breaking out of the mealies. 
At the farther end of the high (Ireet, the Company have a 
garden, which is about two thirds of an Englifh mile long - t 
the whole is divided by walks that interfedl each other at right 
angles, and are planted with oaks that are dipt into wall 
(ledges, except in the center walk, where they are fuffered to 
grew to their fulL fize, and* afford an agreeable (lra.de, which 
rs the more welcome, as, except the plantations by the fides 
of the two canals, there is not a (ingle tree that would ferve even 
for a (hepherd’s bu(h, within many miles of the town. The 
greater part of this garden is kitchen ground ; but two fmall 
fquares are allotted to botanical plants, which did not appear 
to be fo numerous by one half as they were when Oldenland 
Wrote his catalogue. At the farther end of the garden is a 
menagerie, in which there are many birds and beads that are 
never feen in Europe ; particularly a beaft called by the Hot- 
tentots Coe Doe, which is as large as a horfe, and has the fine 
fpiral horns which are fometimes feen in private and public 
colledions of curioilties. 
Of the natives of this country, we could learn but little, 
except from report ; for there were none of their habitations, 
where alone they retain their original cuftoms, within lei's 
than four days journey from the town ; thofe that we faw 
at the Cape were all fervants to Dutch farmers, whofe cattle 
they take care of, and are employed in other drudgery of the 
meaneft kind. Thefe are in general of a dim make, and ra- 
ther lean than plump, but remarkably ftrong, nimble, and 
aftive. Their (ize is nearly the fame with that of Europeans, 
and we faw fome that were fix feet high : their eyes are dull 
and without expreflion : their (kins are of the colour of foot, 
but that is in a great meafure caufed by dirt, which is. fo 
wrought into the grain that it cannot be diftinguifhed from 
complexion ; for I believe they never wafh any part of their 
bodies. Their hair curls ftrongly, not like a negroe’s, but 
fells in ringlets about feven or eight inches long. Their 
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