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were obliged, at great inconvenience and loss, to seek another 

 position. They had purchased land at some distance, and 

 the missionary was preparing to accompany them to their 

 future home. 



Leaving Avontuur and descending the Montague pass, we 

 revisited Pecaltsdorp, and held a more satisfactory meeting 

 with the people. We also visited Zuurbraak, where the 

 people prepared a public breakfast, which was followed by an 

 encouraging public meeting. I had sketched a number of 



ZAMIA CAFFEA. 



ALOE VULGABIS. 

 (Medicinal aloe.) 



ALOE FEROS. 



natural objects during the journey, and on our way to this 

 station I added a drawing of a beautiful Aloe ferox in flower. 

 I had previously sketched the Aloe vulgaris, which abounds 

 near Bethelsdorp. The gum of this plant, the medicinal aloe 



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