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last; and had a multitude of those people collected under 
his charge, when the restoration of the Colony to its ancient 
masters threw every thing again into confusion. The boors, 
who detested the institution as a scheme to inveigle the 
Hottentots from their service, lost no time in representing the 
matter to Governor Jansens, and that in so óbnoxious a light, 
that Vanderkemp was recalled to Capetown as a partizan of 
the English, and detained there, as a prisoner at large, until. 
the Colony returned once more into our possession. On 
this auspicious event, he was remanded to his charge with 
renewed promises of protection ; where, it is to be hoped, 
he will finally succeed in an undertaking the most gratifying 
to a benevolent mind, alleviating the miseries of an oppressed 
and degraded race. i 
* Still, however, a sort of jealousy appears to exist between 
Vanderkemp and the Government. The spot on which the. 
institution has been established is confessedly the least 
proper that could be selected for the purpose. Barren, 
destitute of wood, and adapted solely for pasturage, it affords 
no scope for the exertion of industry, and the people are 
lost in a hopeless state of idleness. Both parties are ag 
on this capital defect, and on the propriety of removing the 
establishment to a more eligible spot; but the difficulty of 
fixing on this spot has hitherto frustrated their endeavours. 
Vanderkemp, whose views are still directed towards the 
conversion of the Caffres, is desirous to have the institution 
transferred to the banks of the Sunday River, so as to get 
within call of his old friend King Gaika; but Government, 
eyeing the matter in a political light, wish to avoid any 
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tending eventually to disturb the peace of the Colony; : 
would have it, on that account, removed nearer the cap! 
What the arguments are that sustain the weaker against the 
stronger side, I have not learned; but thus the business - 
present rests, in verification of the proverb. dm 
rg The Hottentots of the institution were constantly about 
o PN iting their friends of the Cape regiment. Ther 
people are passionately fond of riding; and; as the keeping 
