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who not only provided me with food during 

 the time, but helped me in many other ways, 

 and found me servants a woman to cook, who 

 only stopped a mouth, declaring she did not 

 care to be in service ; and a " Chobi " boy to 

 fetch wood and water, &c., who remained with 

 me about two years in fact, proved himself a 

 true friend in need. 



In a few days I of course became acquainted 

 with the very few English-speaking gentlemen 

 here, and they all gave me what assistance 

 they could, one sending a few panes of glass, 

 another a few planks for shelves, another some 

 paint and whitewash, and a busy time of 

 repairing and general cleaning then began. I 

 was amused to see the Kafirs wash the very 

 dirty floors. The cottage is fifty feet long, and 

 divided into four good rooms and a store-room ; 

 so I got three Kafirs and set them to work, 

 and they literally squeezed the dirt out of the 

 boards with the palms of their hands, occasion- 

 ally making use of a dry mealie (Indian corn) 

 cob to scrape up the thickest dirt, but quite 



