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his assagai, and thus succeeded in making his 

 escape. He came to me in the middle of the night, 

 and I furnished him with a pass to Captain W., who 

 kindly allowed him an asylum at his post. 



" The wife of this poor person was not, however, 

 so fortunate ; for when the CafFers found that their 

 victim had eluded their grasp, they took his cattle 

 and other property, burnt his hut, and seized his 

 wife as a prisoner; she, judging torture was to be 

 her portion, in despair caught hold of an assagai 

 and attempted to commit suicide. The CafFers, 

 however, seized and bound her, and then applied the 

 red hot stones to the most tender parts of her body, 

 until she confessed that she knew where the charms 

 were. The sister, an inhabitant of this institution, 

 hearing what had befallen her, went in search of the 

 poor woman, and found her in this dreadful situation, 

 and brought her here. I dressed her wounds, and 

 am happy to say she is fast recovering. 



" Such are some of the scenes that are acted 

 around us, and which, independent of the indiffer- 

 ence to the declarations of the gospel, call forth our 

 deepest sympathies." 



However painful may be the recital of these 

 scenes, and however revolting to the feelings of 

 humanity, they nevertheless sadly realize the de- 

 claration of Scripture, " that the dark places of the 

 earth are full of the habitations of horrid cruelty." 



During our stay at this settlement, we made re- 



