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and beetles of Natal, made by one of tbe Miss Oolensos. 
Returned next day to Pieter-Maritzbnrg. 
Sunday, May 4th, We attended morning service at the 
eatliedral," so called, a plain small stone building, where 
Bishop .Colenso did the duty, and in the evening we went 
to hear Dr. Macrorie preach at the other cathedral," a 
wooden structure, but more pretending in its interior 
decoration and furniture than the other. It seems a great 
pity that there should be such strong feelings of opposition 
upon the subject of religious opinions between the partizans 
of the rival bishops in Natal, which, in many cases, have 
destroyed long established friendships, and caused a con- 
siderable amount of unnecessary expenditure in the 
erection of opposition churches, and maintenance of double 
establishments, in a Colony where there are many places 
up the country beyond the reach of any church at all. 
May 7th, At last we are beginning to see the end of 
our preparations, but fresh items for our outfit are 
continually cropping up. To-day I obtained the necessary 
government permits, first to buy the powder I wanted, and 
secondly, to take it out of the Colony ; and, further, I was 
obliged to enter into a bond for £50, and obtain a surety 
for a like sum, which, as far as I could understand, was 
intended to prevent my selling the powder to the natives 
in Natal; as, under a liability to the above penalty, I 
was supposed to produce the permit to the Transvaal 
authorities, who were again supposed to see that I had in 
my possession the quantity of powder the permit entitled 
me to ; and by endorsing the same, notify that fact to the 
Natal authorities, to whom I was su.pposed to return the 
valuable document, and free myself from the bond I had 
entered into ; but the whole thing was a farce, as the 
authorities at Leydenburg never ascertained whether I 
had the quantity of powder or not, and the permit was 
lost in the post on its way back to Natal, but I never 
