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was cooled by every person we asked
information concerning it. It is some
thing like the land of ice from whence
very few travellers return. If you are
overtaken by a fog up the mountain
(and it often is foggy) you may give
yourself up for lost as there are any
amount of precipices and it is a case
of life & death the next step Mefs
Donald Curries boat the Edinburgh
Castle lay in the docks & she took
our letter dated Jany 24th written
before we landed at cape Town
There was a very fair quantity of
shipping in the bay. When we land
ed at the Pier head we found a
tram line (for cape Town can boast
of its city Tram Car Co but having
been penned up for a few days
we availed ourselves of riding on