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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
and menaces of the Dutch often not only ter- 
rified, but actually endangered, their meek and 
unoffending lives; and finally, on the 3rd of 
August, 1795 — a few days before the Colony 
passed into the hands of the British — they suc- 
ceeded in breaking up the station, and the 
Missionaries were obliged to return to Cape 
Town. This, however, was but a temporary 
interruption; for, by the British authorities, 
and, subsequently, by the Dutch during the few 
years of their second occupation, they were 
again kindly encouraged, 
Kbr was this the only, though but temporary, 
interruption they had to meet with. On the 
7th January, 1808, the British again landed in 
the midst of a violent cannonade, which, begin- 
ning at eight in the morning, lasted until night, 
and, for a time, again impeded their labours. On 
this occasion that eminently holy man and Mis- 
sionary, Henry Martyn, was present in Southern 
Africa, being, at that time, with the fleet on 
his way to India. After describing, at some 
length, in his journal the landing of the soldiers, 
and the horrors which he witnessed upon visit- 
ing the field of battle, he says, " At length I 
lay down on the border of a clump of bushes, 
with the battle field in view, and there lifted 
up my soul to God. May the remembrance of 
this day ever excite me to pray and labour 
