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the station on Sundays to attend service, and bring home to 
her all they could remember. ‘She then made them repeat 
to her what they had heard every day, sometimes for ten 
days following. Very frequently, to her disappointment, her 
messengers’ memories proved treacherous; and all they 
could say was the usual excuse of an inattentive Cafler 
hearer—“ { had it all in my head when I was hearing it, 
but when I come out of the house it was all knocked to 
pieces, and now it is gone.” 
July 9th.—William Fynn returned to the Amatusens 
with a temporary supply of food for the refugees. In the 
afternoon, two old men—one of them Faku’s foster-father, 
and his principal guardian when young, the other his doc- 
ter, who carries his kaross when he goes to battle, and who 
smears his body with cow-dung, as a charm to protect him 
from danger—came to converse privately with me, observ- 
ing—“ We see you are not pleased with us; let us know 
your heart.” My grievances were soon stated—viz., “ Faku’s 
hostile imtentions towards the chiefs near Morley; his 
aspersions upon Mr. Shepstone; and his delay in making 
the station clean from the scandal thrown upon it by Boko- 
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twa.” ‘lhe men promised that these things should be soon 
settled to my satisfaction. All this was merely introductory 
to their principal object in coming, which was to ascertain 
how I felt towards the Englishmen from Natal, whom Faku 
was inclined to consider as his enemies, and also what news 
they had told me. I gave them the news as I[ heard it from 
Mr. Fynn, which satisfied them, as it corresponded with 
what he had previously said to Faku. Wishing Faku fully 
to understand the reasons which influenced me in my con- 
duct towards the Englishmen, I sent him word that I knew 
nothing of the Englishmen from Natal but this: « They are 
my countrymen and in distress, therefore I should help them 
