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JOURNEY IN ALBANY. 
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fires, and we repaired to our tents to sup. Mats were 
then spread under the thicket, where most of our 
people had a good night's rest. 
11th. After sun-rise, Mr. Read led the worship, 
when we departed with the view of reaching a boor's 
place, where there was a military station, that they 
might have an opportunity (being the Lord's day,) to 
hear the gospel of Jesus Christ. The country through 
which we travelled, though compleatly in a state of 
nature, was beautiful in the extreme, much resembling 
a nobleman's park in England. The ground was 
covered with the finest grass, interspersed with single 
trees and clumps of trees in all directions, which 
appeared a charming spot for a missionary settlement. 
About eleven A.M. arrived at the military station. 
The officer with his soldiers, and the boor with his 
family attended our meeting for worship, and thank- 
fully received the tracts we had for distribution. There 
being another military station about three hours journey 
distant, where many of the Bethelsdorp Hottentots, 
belonging to the Cape regiment were, we employed 
one of our waggons and went to visit them. Our road 
was a kind of foot path over hills, and was attended 
with some difficulty to the waggon. At five P.M. we 
came in sight of a beautiful valley between the moun- 
tains, of about four miles extent. The sides of the 
mountains were covered with Caffre gardens, among 
the trees, from whence they had lately been driven by 
the military. The skeletons of many of their houses 
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