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to circumstances, than was collected that night upon 
the same occasion in London. The whole of it was in 
very small sums. 
AH the inhabitants of Bethelsdorp were called out 
this morning to be numbered. They had indeed a 
motley appearance, being mostly clothed in sheep skins* 
The young people enjoyed it much, though several 
of those who were very young, seemed greatly terri- 
fied at the number, noise, and bustle with which they 
were surrounded — they screamed incessantly till their 
mothers removed them from the scene. — Thermometer 
n. seventy-five. 
,i 6th. A pleasing circumstance occurred. Hav- 
ing heard a few days ago that my valuable corres- 
pondent, the late Rev. Mr. Newton, of London, had 
written an excellent letter to Dr. Vanderkemp, soon 
after his arrival in Africa, I was anxious to see it. 
Mrs. Vanderkemp, (his widow,) kindly promised to 
search for it. During a fruitless search for this letter, 
she found what no one knew existed, viz. a life of the 
Doctor, written by himself. I had inquired both at 
Cape-town and at Bethelsdorp on my arrival, whether 
the Doctor had left any thing of this kind behind him, 
but they assured me he had not, which they accounted 
for by relating some things he had said while he was 
with them. 
7th. The Landdrost came to the settlement this 
morning to mark the limits of their ground, but after 
