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hospitable reception which we received from the Mission- 
aries, Messrs. Lemue and Rolland, and their kind-hearted 
ladies, I guessed that our sufferings on this journey were 
drawing to a close. 
During the four days that we remained with those worthy 
people, we received every attention to our comforts and 
wants that children could expect from their parents under 
such circumstances; Mr. Lemue kindly supplying us from 
his wardrobe with everything which our distressed situation 
required; and when we left them they would not suffer us 
to fatigue our horses to Kuruman, but sent their waggons with 
us to that place, which is two days’ journey from Mateto. 
To the excellent and intelligent Missionary, the Rev. 
Mr. Moffat, of Kuruman and his lady, I am also under the 
greatest obligations for a repetition of the hospitalities that 
I received at Mateto, and also for sending their waggon 
along with me to Campbell, a distance of four long days’ 
journey. 
The improvements at Kuruman since my last visit are 
truly astonishing! There I found a printing-press in full 
activity, with a native compositor, taught by Mr. Moffat, 
who, you know, is an adept at everything. The Mission- 
houses and gardens are extremely neat, comfortable, and 
unassuming ; but the new church is a stupendous work 
for the means which they have had of building it, and 
would do honour to any Christian community of much 
longer standing than the Missionary town of Kuruman. 
What pleased me much, both here and at Mateto, was to 
see large fields of yellow wheat belonging to the natives, 
vieing with the crops of the Missionaries, having been well 
cultivated and irrigated. 
This is one grand step towards civilization, and, would 
my time permit, I could tell you many more. What a 
pity if Masilikatsie, or any such powerful chief, should one 
