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himself near the Station, and consequently near the 
Amatembu. Between Umyeki and Amatembu there has 
been war for these several years past; and now that they 
are near together, the temptation to steal cattle, by way of 
retaliation, seems too great for the Amatembu to. resist. 
On several occasions, they have stolen cattle lately, but, 
by the interference of the Missionary, open war has hitherto 
been prevented. fy 
By the following extracts from my journal, you will 
see, that this is truly a land of darkness and of blood; 
but that, in the midst of all, we are not without en- 
couragement. 
_ July 14th.—I heard that three of Faku’s men, who 
were coming to see their friends at this Station, had 
fallen into the hands of a company of Umyeki’s men that. 
were hunting. I sent off messengers to make inquiry. 
15th.—This morning the messengers returned, from whom 
I learned that one man had been killed, and the other 
made prisoner; but they succeeded in procuring the release 
of the latter, and brought him with them to the Station. 
In the afternoon, accompanied by my assistant and a 
few men, | went to inter the murdered man. We discovered 
the body in a valley not far from Morley, and found that 
every kind of ornament, as beads, rings, &c., had been taken 
off; that the head had been beaten with clubs; that one 
deep wound had been made by an assagai; that both legs 
were nearly severed, by cuts under the knees, and that one 
foot was almost cut off, just above the heel. This agrees 
with the account given by the man who escaped to the station 
with the news, viz.: That, when they were taken, and stated 
they were on their way to this Station, some of the party pro- 
