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APPENDIX III. 
The Amaponda Caffers—The Chief taken— Population—Extreme 
sufferings from want—Cruelties of the Natives—Bury a Child 
alive—Dreadful superstitions— Affecting particulars relative to 
the degraded state of the People. | 
THE following extracts are from the letters and journal of 
my esteemed friend the Rev. W. B. Boyce, with whose per- 
mission I lay them before the reader, detailing particulars 
of his travels and residence among the Amaponda Caffers 
in 1830, 1831, and L832 *. 
We left Morley on Monday, April 26th, crossed the 
Umtata, and proceeded to Amandola, the original site of 
Morley. The scenery near the Umtata baffles all power of 
description. We had to descend exceedingly steep banks 
before we could get to the river, and when the river was 
crossed, we had to ascend several hills very steep and by no 
means safe, as the path was very narrow, and a false step 
would have precipitated us into the rocky bed of the river. 
We found at Amandola the house which Mr. S. had built 
for a temporary residence burnt down; but the huts which 
the people had built were left standing, so that it appears 
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* “ To the Missionary we owe almost all the knowledge on which 
any reliance can be placed of savage life; the passing traveller is led 
away by first impressions; the trader is received with distrust; but 
the Missionary obtains the confidence of the savage, and enters his 
hut as his friend and benefactor."—Mr. Burton's Speech, House of 
Commons, July 15, 1828.—Missionary Notices. 
