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what precarious. In these circumstances I wrote letters 

 which I wished to be forwarded to the Colony, but all cor- 

 respondence with it was cut off. 



" The conduct of Suta, the principal widow of Gaika, in 

 saving the life of one of the traders deserves to be mentioned 

 with praise. The murder of the traders near the frontier 

 appears to have been perpetrated about the 22nd December ; 

 soon after that period, not fewer than one hundred and fifty- 

 armed men came to the trader's place near our Station, and 

 by their words and actions gave plain indications of their 

 hostile intentions towards him. The assao^ais had almost 



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pierced his breast, when Suta stepped in between his enemies 

 and him, appeased their rage, and brought him in safety 

 out of their hands. 



" You ought not to reckon that the Missionary Stations 

 have been erected to no useful purpose, had they done no 

 more than afforded refuge to the traders. The number of 

 the traders who have fallen is comparatively small, — much 

 smaller than it would have been had there been no Mis- 

 sionaries to protect them. 



<( \Ye received no regular intelligence from the Colony dur- 

 ing the greater part of the time we remained in Caiferland : 

 after the commencement of the irruption our principal ac- 

 counts were from the Caffers themselves, and by these we saw 

 that even at that time the CafFers conceived that in many 

 instances they have met with a warm reception. In con- 

 sequence of this, some of them refused to come forward at 

 the order of their chiefs, and others declared that the most 

 extensive forest in the country would be too small to afford 

 them protection when the great guns should be opened on 

 them. 



'' On comparing our situation with that of our other Mis- 

 sionary friends, I consider that during the troubles we en- 



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