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553.
Some account of the Cape of Good Hope

[Margin note]  Recover
ourselves experiencd  our sick recovering very little for the first fortnight & after that very slowly  so that after a months stay several of them were far from recruited

[Margin note]  Plenty
The industry of the Dutch so well known & so constantly exerted in all foreign settlements has supplyd this place with a profusion of all kinds of European provisions  Wheat & barley is here as good as in Europe hops however will not grow here so beer they cannot make even tolerable  Cattle are in great plenty & beef very tolerable  Sheep likewise in great plenty  both these the Native Hottentots had before the Dutch settled the place so they both differ a little in appearance from those of other places  the Oxen are lighter & more neatly made & have vast spreading horns  the Sheep instead of Wool are coverd with a kind of Substance between hair & wool  their tails are also very large  I have seen such as could not weigh less than 10 or 12 pounds & was told that they are often much larger

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