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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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Review Or New Publications.
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