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it is particularly towards strangers that they exercise their surly and pitiful arrogance . -Though neighbours to the planters who inhabit the interior of th- ° ' country , you must " not suppose they regard them as brethren - , on tire contrary , in the true spirit of contempt , they have given themjhe name or Rauw-boer , a . word answering to the lowest description of clown . _ Accordingly , when these honest cultivators come to the town upon any kind of buston bthe at the houses of the gentry I am speaking

siness , they never y way of ; they k now too we ' ll the . i nsul ting manner i a which they would be received . One rn ' iaht suppose them to be two inimical nations , always at war , and of whom some individuals only met at distant intervals , upon business that related to their mutual interests . ' Of the hospitality of the colonists , of the second class ,-M . Le Vaillant gives a very flattering account .

' What proves still farther the extreme good-nature and benevolence of these people , is , that a stranger , the moment he is received by the master of the house , becomes in a manner a member of the family . Accustomed to a family life , thev delig ht in ties of affinity , aud consider in the light of a relative every person they love . Tiie children who climbed my knees , either for the purpose of caressing me , or ' to admire and count my buttons , called me their grandfather . I was the cousin of the parents , and the uncle of the daughters ; and among my nieces , I frankly confess , there was more than one whose artless importunities and eloquent eyes have frequently made me

forgetful of the hour I had fixed for leaving them-. < Upon entering a house , the form of salutation is , to shake hands first with the master , and then with every male person in the company , arrived at years of maturity . If there happens to be any one whom we do not hke , _ the hand is refused to him ; and this refusal of so common a testimony of friendship , is locked upon as a formal declaration that the visitor considers him as his enemy . It is not the same with the females in the company . and to make would be

They are all embraced one after another , an exception a signal affront . Old or young , all must bs kissed . It is a benefice with the duties attached to it . ' At whatever time of the day you enter the house of a p lanter , you are , sure to find the kettle and tea-things upon the table . This praftice is universal . The inhabitants never drink pure water . If a stranger presents himself , it is tea they offer him for refreshment . This is their common lithe when it often

quor in the interval of meals , and in one season of year , happens they have neither beer nor wine , is their only beverage . ' If a stranger arrives at dinner time , before the cloth is taken away , he shakes hands , " embraces , and immediately seats himself at the table . If be wishes to pass the night , he stays without ceremony , smokes , drinks tea , asks the news , gives them all he knows in his turn ; and the next day , _ the kissing and shaking -hands being repeated , he goes on his way , to perform elsewhere the same ceremony , To offer money on these occasions would be

regarded as an insult . ' The strength of our traveller ' s imagination and his sensibility on contemplating the grander parts nature , give a great richness and delicacy to fejs descriptive scenes . His account of an evening prospeft , from'the summit of Table Mountain , is poetical , and sublime . ' The approach of nig ht made me some amends for this disappointment , by presenting a very different picture , less uncommon , indeed , but more sublime than the grand tempest with the sight of which I had flattered myself . The pi £ lure I mean , was the sun . setting in the ocean . One might

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS , &c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
ON THE MANNERS OF ANCIENT TIMES. Article 5
NOBLE SPEECH. OF A NATIVE OF AMBOYNA TO THE PORTUGUESE. Article 7
A DROLL CIRCUMSTANCE. Article 7
HISTORICAL FACT Article 8
A TURKISH STORY. Article 9
Untitled Article 10
ACCOUNT OF THE LATE GLORIOUS NAVAL VICTORY * Article 11
ORIGINAL LETTERS RELATIVE TO IRELAND. Article 18
LETTER I. Article 18
LETTER II. Article 21
ANECDOTE RELATIVE TO THE BASTILLE. Article 22
RISE AND FALL OF BEARDS. Article 24
ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RENDER THE RETROSPECT OF PAST AGES AGREEABLE. Article 27
ON THE FASCINATING POWER OF SERPENTS. Article 30
ANECDOTES. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 35
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 38
REVIEW or NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 41
POETRY. Article 51
AN HYMN ON MASONRY, Article 51
SONG. Article 51
HYMN. Article 52
THE MAID's SOLILOQUY. Article 52
YRAN AND JURA. Article 53
THE SOUL. Article 53
LOUISA: A FUNEREAL WREATH. Article 54
SONNET II. Article 54
LINES, ADD11ESSED TO A YOUNG LADY, Article 54
ON ETERNITY. Article 54
SONNET. Article 54
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 55
Untitled Article 56
REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 57
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 58
MONTHLY CHRONICLE Article 63
OBITUARY. Article 71
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it is particularly towards strangers that they exercise their surly and pitiful arrogance . -Though neighbours to the planters who inhabit the interior of th- ° ' country , you must " not suppose they regard them as brethren - , on tire contrary , in the true spirit of contempt , they have given themjhe name or Rauw-boer , a . word answering to the lowest description of clown . _ Accordingly , when these honest cultivators come to the town upon any kind of buston bthe at the houses of the gentry I am speaking

siness , they never y way of ; they k now too we ' ll the . i nsul ting manner i a which they would be received . One rn ' iaht suppose them to be two inimical nations , always at war , and of whom some individuals only met at distant intervals , upon business that related to their mutual interests . ' Of the hospitality of the colonists , of the second class ,-M . Le Vaillant gives a very flattering account .

' What proves still farther the extreme good-nature and benevolence of these people , is , that a stranger , the moment he is received by the master of the house , becomes in a manner a member of the family . Accustomed to a family life , thev delig ht in ties of affinity , aud consider in the light of a relative every person they love . Tiie children who climbed my knees , either for the purpose of caressing me , or ' to admire and count my buttons , called me their grandfather . I was the cousin of the parents , and the uncle of the daughters ; and among my nieces , I frankly confess , there was more than one whose artless importunities and eloquent eyes have frequently made me

forgetful of the hour I had fixed for leaving them-. < Upon entering a house , the form of salutation is , to shake hands first with the master , and then with every male person in the company , arrived at years of maturity . If there happens to be any one whom we do not hke , _ the hand is refused to him ; and this refusal of so common a testimony of friendship , is locked upon as a formal declaration that the visitor considers him as his enemy . It is not the same with the females in the company . and to make would be

They are all embraced one after another , an exception a signal affront . Old or young , all must bs kissed . It is a benefice with the duties attached to it . ' At whatever time of the day you enter the house of a p lanter , you are , sure to find the kettle and tea-things upon the table . This praftice is universal . The inhabitants never drink pure water . If a stranger presents himself , it is tea they offer him for refreshment . This is their common lithe when it often

quor in the interval of meals , and in one season of year , happens they have neither beer nor wine , is their only beverage . ' If a stranger arrives at dinner time , before the cloth is taken away , he shakes hands , " embraces , and immediately seats himself at the table . If be wishes to pass the night , he stays without ceremony , smokes , drinks tea , asks the news , gives them all he knows in his turn ; and the next day , _ the kissing and shaking -hands being repeated , he goes on his way , to perform elsewhere the same ceremony , To offer money on these occasions would be

regarded as an insult . ' The strength of our traveller ' s imagination and his sensibility on contemplating the grander parts nature , give a great richness and delicacy to fejs descriptive scenes . His account of an evening prospeft , from'the summit of Table Mountain , is poetical , and sublime . ' The approach of nig ht made me some amends for this disappointment , by presenting a very different picture , less uncommon , indeed , but more sublime than the grand tempest with the sight of which I had flattered myself . The pi £ lure I mean , was the sun . setting in the ocean . One might

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