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intimate acquaintance with the subject under discussion. The 

 examiner, for example, put a question to a scholar, whereupon 

 all the pupils yelled out the reply in chorus. But it was, on 

 the whole, astonishing, and indeed eminently suggestive, to 

 hear Hottentots, Caffres, and negroes, at the extreme southern- 

 most part of Africa, speaking of England, and her influence over 

 the destinies of humanity, as a commercial, maritime, and 

 industrial power. Already the youth of the settlement are 

 thoroughly interpenetrated with esteem and affection for the 

 mother country and its mighty people. As a Jlnale, the assem- 

 bled pupils sang a Dutch Bergmann's GrusSy " The Miner's 

 Welcome," and one of Mendelssohn's delightful songs. 



Before we quitted Genaaden Dal we breakfasted with the mis- 

 sionaries. They are all married, and manage their households 

 in common, and accordingly partake of their various meals 

 together, each with his family, all seated at one table, one of 

 their wives attending to change dishes and wait at the table. 

 Nowhere are any particular qualifications to be remarked, and 

 it is difficult to conceive more thorough harmony than exists 

 among the unpretending, yet zealously religious missionaries 

 of Genaaden Dal. 



As we were preparing for our departure. Dr. Roser unex- 

 pectedly packed up a number of objects of natural history and 

 scientific interest, which he kindly presented to the Imperial 

 expedition as a souvenir of Genaaden Dal. Besides these, there 

 were also given to us two valuable little books, — one a small 

 work upon the Nicobar Islands, written about the beginning of 



