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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
Home Government, was then first promulgated. 
It introduced British silver money as a legal 
tender, and directed it to be taken in exchange 
for the Cape paper rix-dollar, at one-shilling 
and sixpence sterling, although it had been ori- 
ginally issued, and recognized at the value of 
four shillings for every rix-dollar. 
The three great grievances, however, under 
which the Dutch considered themselves to be 
mainly the sufferers, were the three questions 
of, first the Hottentots, second the slaves, and 
third the Kaffirs — and these combined, finally 
induced them, during the period between 1815 
and 1835, to "trek" — and attempt to establish 
their own republic. 
"We shall endeavour to give a brief digest of 
the circumstances connected with each of these 
points, taking first, the "Hottentot question." 
This appears to have had its rise in that ani- 
mosity which sprang up between the boers and 
the early Missionaries, who were connected with 
Dr. Yander-Kemp, and Mr. Eead, and which 
has already been mentioned. From these dis- 
agreements the worthy Moravian Missionaries 
appear very justly to have been exempted, and, 
amidst them all, to have grown in the estimation 
of the whole community, and become deservedly 
entitled to their respect and admiration, through 
their unostentations and persevering labours 
