PROSPECTS OF THE JOURNEY. 21 
for us, and to assist us in every way he can. We 
found him most kind and obhging in every way in 
Pietermaritzburg. " 
On August 4th, the writer, still at Bamangwato, 
adds : — " Willie, Buckley, and Gilchrist have gone 
on. They started yesterday, and I intend to start 
to-morrow, and shall overtake them. I believe the 
prospects of the journey are very satisfactory. I 
have had a long talk to-day with Mr. Mackenzie, 
one of the missionaries here. He is a very nice 
fellow, and knows all the country well, and has 
written out for me a long list of the various watering- 
places on the road to the Tati and on to Mosili- 
katze's. He is the author of a book called Ten 
Years North of the Orange River, and is now in- 
structing some natives for missionary work — some 
six or eight, I think, living in a sort of college. 
The other missionary is a Mr. Hepburn, who 
gave a little service in his house yesterday. I 
am certain they will both do anything they can to 
help us." 
Three years later, one of these missionaries, the 
Rev. John Mackenzie, left Shoshong for Kuruman, 
where suitable buildings had been erected by the 
London Missionary Society for the embryo theo- 
logical institution he was at the time of the events 
now narrated conducting at the former place. His 
loss must have been felt by many, both travellers 
and others, to whom he was ever ready to lend a 
helping hand. On the present occasion, Frank 
Oates felt strongly sensible of what he owed him 
