326 PACALTSDORP. 



Leaving this place we proceeded to the London 

 Missionary Institution at Pacaltsdorp, under the 

 charge of Mr. Anderson, an old and venerable Mis- 

 sionary, and his family, from whom we received 

 every kind attention. I visited the school, which 

 was well frequented, and also the huts of the Hot- 

 tentots. These for the most part were neat and clean, 

 and had small gardens attached, where the culture 

 of tobacco appeared to be most conspicuous. This 

 institution is surrounded by a turf wall supported 

 by poles, and contains between forty and fifty Hot- 

 tentot families, among whom are several respectable 

 mechanics. The church is a substantial building, 

 with a large and lofty steeple, the summit of which 

 commands a fine view of the surrounding country, 

 and the Southern Ocean. 



Here Klaas, one of my Hottentot servants, having 

 been with me five months, a long period for a Hot- 

 tentot to remain from home, expressed a wish to 

 return to Beaufort, where he resided. From the Sta- 

 tion I succeeded in procuring another in his place, 

 whom I agreed to remunerate with twenty dollars 

 for his services as leader of the oxen to Cape Town. 

 This matter being arranged, we pursued our journey 

 on the following morning, and halted for refresh- 

 ment at Botha's farm, where we regaled ourselves 

 upon some of the finest oysters that I had ever eaten 

 in the colony. 



I persuaded Botha to accompany me to a forest, 



