68 ADVENTURES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 



2(1 of January I reached Kuruman, where I was enter- 

 tained by Mr. Moffat with his usual kindness and hos- 

 pitahty. The following day was Sunday, when I at- 

 tended Divine service in the large church morning and 

 evening, and saw sixteen men and women who had 

 embraced the Christian fai^h baptized by Mr. Moffat. 

 It was now the fruit season, and the trees in the gar- 

 dens of the missionaries were groaning under a burden 

 of the most delicious peaches, figs, and apples. The 

 vines bore goodly clusters of grapes, but these had not 

 yet ripened. My runaway Hottentots had passed 

 through Kuruman some time previous to my arrival, 

 and it was reported that disease had overtaken them at 

 the missionary station of Campbellsdorp, where they 

 were now all four stretched upon a bed of sickness, and 

 in a state of the most abject want and misery. Isaac 

 had likewise made his appearance in due course, and 

 he came boldly forward to claim his wages, which I 

 honestly paid him. I left in Mr. Moffat's kind keeping 

 one of the wagons with its contents (whicii we stowed 

 away in a room obligingly lent me by Mr. MoHat for 

 the purpose), and also the whole of my oxen, with the 

 exception of one span, with which, on the evening of 

 the 7th, I set out for Koning, which I reached at an 

 early hour on the following morning, having marched 

 during the greater portion of the night. 



Leaving Koning on the afternoon of the 8th, I re- 

 sumed my march for Daniel's-kuil. Between Koning 

 and Daniel's-kuil occur two interesting caves, lonw 

 famous as affording a residence and protection to hordes 

 of marauding Bushmen. The larger of these caves is 

 situated on the west side of the wagon-track ; it is of 

 great size, and contains a perpetual fountain of delicious 

 water, and its sides have been adorned by its Lillipu- 



