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of commodious dimensions, built of stone, and neatly 
thatched, was just on the point of completion, and 
was also intended to be used as a Church. A new 
Mission-house had recently been erected, a respect- 
able and convenient building that would not have 
diseredited an English village. 
Waterboer appears to be a man of considerable 
acuteness and intelligence, exceedingly desirous of 
promoting the moral and religious welfare of his 
people. The Griquas at this Station are becoming 
much more settled and industrious, their migratory 
habits having been to a great extent abandoned. 
Marriage rites had been instituted and regarded ; 
many had been taught to read; religion and useful 
knowledge was already widely disseminated, and 
nearly two hundred children attended daily instruc- 
tion in the school. A considerable portion of land 
had been brought under cultivation; water had 
with much labour and ingenuity been conveyed 
by channels for the purpose of irrigation; the com- 
forts and convenience of good dwellings began to 
be duly appreciated, and several substantial stone 
houses had already been erected. In short, altoge- 
ther, a state of general improvement was perceptible 
throughout the whole establishment. 
The peaceable and friendly conduct evinced by 
Waterboer towards the tribes in the interior, had 
induced numbers to quit their own turbulent and 
distracted territories, with their cattle and little pro- 
