APPENDIX. 305 
The man whom I rescued refuses to leave the station; 
and my prayer is, that this deliverance may lead to a greater, 
even the salvation of his soul. His wife and child are come 
to reside with him. 
March 13th.—I heard that two persons were found dead 
near the station. I therefore went to see, and found the 
two bodies in the bed of the Imbozisi river. Their karosses 
were on the side of the river, a few yards lower down than 
themselves. ‘They were in a state of perfect nudity, and 
from the manner in which their karosses, ornaments, &c., 
were placed on the bank, it was clear that they had been 
taken off very deliberately, as the strings with which they 
had been fastened were not broken. They were both in the 
water, and in the same position, viz., on their knees and 
face, with their hands extended, but the water was not deep 
enough to cover more than one-half of the body. The man 
was a little in advance of the woman, and from their heels 
being towards their ornaments, &c., it would seem they walked 
into the water, determined to destroy themselves, or that 
the one succeeded in murdering the other and then himself. 
It appears they were husband and wife, but lately had 
lived together very unhappily. A short time ago, the man 
lent his wife to another man, on the condition that that 
man lent him his wife for the same time; after which, the 
woman found dead was accused by her husband of cohabit- 
ing with another man besides the one to whom he had lent 
her, and the last time they were seen together alive, they 
were quarrelling on the subject. Had I consulted my own 
feelings, I should not have written the above; but as it will 
give you a fair specimen of the morals in this land, I con- 
sidered it my duty to do violence to my own feelings of 
delicacy, that you may see the wretched state of the in- 
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