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CAPE-TOWN. 
however, many slaves who consider themselves, by 
their own mutual consent, husbands and wives. 
A slave ship containing many slaves from Mada- 
gascar and Mosambique, w^as lately captured by one 
of our cruizers. The slaves were landed at Cape- 
town, and apprenticed to masters for fourteen years, 
who are bound by agreement to treat them well, to 
teach them a trade, and to instruct them in reading 
and in the principles of the Christian religion; all 
which in some cases will be performed. I visited a 
school of twenty of these strangers, entirely supported 
by Commissioner Shiels. They all appeared to be 
from eighteen to twenty-four years of age. Several of 
them read the new testament tolerably well, and 
repeated questions from Watts's catechism. On the 
Lord's day they are well dressed in a kind of uniform, 
and attend the church. I have no doubt that their' 
temporary captivity will not only be a blessing to 
themselves, but also to their country, should they ever 
return. 
On the 10th, at four o'clock in the morning, a party 
of us set off on a visit to the Moravian settlement at 
Groene Kloof, thirty-five miles from Cape-town. The 
morning was cool and pleasant. The sun rose beauti- 
fully from behind Tiger Mountain as we were leaving 
the town. Many people were walking about, the 
morning being the best time for taking exercise ; the 
succeeding part of the day in summer being too hot for 
much exertion. After travelling about ten miles we 
