42 . ‘THE BECHUANAS. 
perty, and settle at Griqua Town under his protec- 
tion; so that at a spot not far from the Mission- 
house, set apart expressly for the use of these new 
comers, might now be seen specimens of nearly all 
the various tribes which constitute the Bechuana 
nation. Many improvements in the neatness and 
peculiar style of constructing their huts were 
strikingly observable ; but these have been so acecu- 
rately described by Burchell and other travellers, 
that any further account would be here unnecessary. 
Mr. Moffatt had recently returned to Litakou 
through this place from Cape Town, where he had 
been superintending the printing of his translation 
of St. Luke’s Gospel, and other books, into the 
Sichuana language. He had taken with him a 
small printing press, which was likely to prove of 
very important service in evangelizing the heathen 
population of that extensive and interesting country. 
“'The customs of the Bechuanas differ little from 
those of the Caffers. The resemblance is obvious toa 
person visiting both tribes. It may be seen in their 
physiognomy, their athletic forms, and their language. 
Scarcely a doubt can remain as to their having had 
one common origin. ‘The Bechuana women, in 
the same manner as the Caffer females, build their 
houses, and for the most part work the soil. The men 
take charge of the cattle. Still the Bechuanas are 
in advance of the Caffers in point of civilization ; 
they are more active and more industrious, possessing 
