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marriage-license (and if he did not get it, they would 

 license themselves !), and concluding thus : — 



" And now, my clearest, farewell. May God bless you ! Let your 

 affection be towards Him much more than towards me ; and, kept by 

 His mighty power and grace, I hope I shall never give you cause to 

 regret that you have given me a part. Whatever friendship we feel 

 towards each other, let us always look to Jesus as our common friend 

 and guide, and may He shield you with His everlasting arms from 

 every evil !" 



Next month he writes from Mabotsa with full accounts 

 of the progress of their house, of which he was both 

 architect and builder : — 



"Mabotsa, 12th September 1844. — I must tell you of the progress 

 I have made in architecture. The walls are nearly finished, although 

 the dimensions are 52 feet by 20 outside, or almost the same size as 

 the house in which you now reside. I began with stone, but when it 

 was breast-high, I was obliged to desist from my purpose to build it 

 entirely of that material by an accident, which, slight as it was, put a 

 stop to my operations in that line. A stone falling was stupidly, or 

 rather instinctively, caught by me in its fall by the left hand, and it 

 nearly broke my arm over again. It swelled up again, and I fevered 

 so much I was glad of a fire, although the weather was quite warm. 

 I expected bursting and discharge, but Baba bound it up nicely, 

 and a few days' rest put all to rights. I then commenced my architec- 

 ture, and six days have brought the walls up a little more than six 

 feet. 



" The walls will be finished long before you receive this, and I 

 suppose the roof too, but I have still the wood of the roof to seek. It 

 is not, however, far off; and as Mr. E. and I, with the Kuru- 

 manites, got on the roof of the school in a week, I hope this will not 

 be more than a fortnight or three weeks. Baba has been most useful 

 to me in making door and window frames ; indeed, if he had not 

 turned out I should not have been so far advanced as I am. Mr. 

 E.'s finger is the cause in part of my having no aid from him, 

 but all will come right at last. It is pretty hard work, and almost 

 enough to drive love out of my head, but it is not situated there ; it is 

 in my heart, and won't come out unless you behave so as to quench 

 it! . . . 



" You must try and get a maid of some sort to come with you, 

 although it is only old Moyimang ; you can't go without some one, and 

 a Makhatla can't be had for either love or money. . ; . 



" You must excuse soiled paper, my hands won't wash clean after 

 dabbling mud all day. And although the above does not contain 



