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councillors, and spoke to them on the folly and wickedness 
of their conduct in torturing persons for a sickness which 
God had sent the Captain. All they could say was, the 
doctors accused them, and they were finding out the bewitch- 
ing matter. During this time the poor man continued 
weeping and trembling; at length he cried out, “U Pama! 
(Palmer) I want to go with you! Let me go with you 
now!” Upon which I addressed the councillors, saying, 
“Tt is usual in this land to afford protection to any one who 
claims it in distress. I cannot refuse to let this man go 
with me, and shall therefore take him to the Station; if he 
has done wrong bring his accusers to the Station; and if 
you prove any thing against him worthy of punishment, 
I shall not object to its being inflicted; but until that be 
proved, the man is under my protection, and no one shall 
hurt him.” They replied, « You are killing the Captain.” 
But as they were indebted to the Missionary Station for 
their protection, they could not prevent my taking the man 
home; accordingly one of the people belonging to the 
Station loosed the man, and he ran like a hart before my 
horse to the Station. The brethren Satchell and Davis 
kindly accompanied me to Gaiya’s kraal. 
The tribe above referred to is not a very large one; and 
would long since have been destroyed by their more power- 
ful neighbours, were it not that they live near the mis- 
slonary, who is always ready to step in as mediator, and 
hitherto he has been successful. This, of course, gives the 
missionary considerable influence, which I considered it my 
duty to use, when I saw that by it I could save the life of a 
fellow-creature. On my arrival at the Station I found that 
the man I had released was younger brother to the sick 
Captain; and I have no doubt was selected by the doctor 
because the young Captain was jealous of his influence. 
