TRAVELS IN AFRICA. 
)aJbeV liofpitable Air. Tunyirs, the coinpa- 
ny’s overfeer, till the twenty-fifth, and proceeded to the farm 
of Air. Jacob Van Renan, which is the mofl beautiful of any 
I ever faw in this country; and, from the indufiry and ingenu¬ 
ity of Mr. Van Renan, I am well convinced, it will be brought 
to produce every thing as good as at the Cape. 
On the twenty-fixth, we proceeded to Groot Faders Bofch, 
or Grand Fathers Wood, where we were obliged to flop for 
a few hours on account of the rain. We lent our w^aggon 
the bed road to the Plata Kloaf, and went a nearer way our- 
felves, which, however, was fo very flippery that we could 
not poflibly ride. We crofTed the Doven- Hocks Rivier, and 
late in the evening came to a farmer’s hoiife, fituated clofe to 
the pafs, or Kloaf. This difl:ri<5t is called the Land of Egypt, 
and apparently contains about thirteen farms, which are dif- 
perfed at the diflance of from four to fix miles from each 
other: here we were regaled with excellent fruit, particularly 
oranges, and fome European fruits. Our waggon not arriving 
detained us till the twenty-eighth, which gave me an oppor¬ 
tunity of examining the country, where I found many curious 
plants. I obferved, that in confeq^uence of the rains, the 
white ants (with which the whole country abounds) were all 
out, and with wings. Several of the Hottentots, and flaves, 
were colleding thefe infe6ls, which I found, upon inquiry, 
were intended for food. Prejudice, indeed, alone has prevented 
the Europeans from making a fimilar ufe of them ; for, in my 
* Pigeon-houfe River. 
