""several beautiful country seats, vineyards and gardens are to be seen on almost every side of the table-hill. the company has here two very spacious, rich and beautiful gardens. in one of them stands, erected at the company's expense, a noble pleasure-house for the governor, and near it a beautiful grove of oaks, called the round-bush from which this garden (rondebosch) takes its name, being called the round-bush garden. the other garden which is at some distance from this is called newland because but lately planted. both these gardens are finely watered by the springs on the table-hill and the company draws from them a very considerable revenue.""