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splendour through the leafy shade. Meeting some 

 Hottentots, who were going to the same village, we 

 found that we had rather digressed from the right 

 course ; but with the assistance of our new guides 

 we soon regained our path, and saw with satisfaction 

 the glimmering lights from the cottages before us. 



Theopolis is situated on the banks of the Kasonga 

 river, not far from the sea ; and contains a popula- 

 tion of from seven to eight hundred souls. It was 

 established by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, for the re- 

 ligious instruction of the Hottentots residing in this 

 part of the country. A new school-room had re- 

 cently been erected, in which I saw nearly a hun- 

 dred and fifty children, receiving instruction after 

 the Lancasterian system. For the adults there was 

 a Sunday School in the afternoon, which was well 

 attended, the church where it was held being nearly 

 filled, and many of the better informed among the 

 Hottentots acting the part of teachers. 



Proceeding on my journey at day-break over an 

 open and delightful country, bordering on the sea, I 

 reached, after a ride of some hours, the mouth of the 

 Cowie river. This part of the coast is not dis- 

 tinguished by that bold and rocky scenery so com- 

 mon along the African shores, but consists chiefly 

 of high and steep sand-banks, thickly covered with 

 brushwood, forming a covert for hyeenas and jackals, 

 which are numerous in this neighbourhood. The 

 beach is of a sandy nature, with occasional ridges 



