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kraal can at present. We then walked to a rising 
ground behind the kraal, to obtain a view of their 
situation, to which we were accompanied by almost 
the whole kraal, men, women, and children. The 
young people played around us with uncommon cheer- 
fulness. I doubt if they had ever before witnessed so 
happy a day in their kraal. I trust this is a people 
prepared of the Lord for receiving the gift of eternal 
life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
The Landdrosts lady has a taste for collecting the 
natural curiosities of the country, and she has been 
pretty successful. I was gratified by a sight of many 
of them, but the little time I had to spare prevented 
me from seeing many more. 
