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and the Hottentots who had taken refuge under the 
protection of the fort, in number about a hundred. 
After much conversation we retired to rest. 
12th. During the night there was much rain. At 
seven A.M. Mr. Ulbricht preached to the people, who 
were, as on the former occasion, very attentive. Mr. 
Bogle had resided here eighteen months, during which 
time he had received but three visitors, all officers. 
It is wonderful that men are found willing to make 
so great a sacrifice, for such an object. Their country 
can scarcely repay them. The garrison is surrounded 
by a ditch and palisadoes sufficient to prevent surprise 
from the Caffi'es in the night. 
We resolved to depart in search of a place which 
Colonel Vickers recommended as proper for a mis- 
sionary station, but had difficulty to ascertain where 
it was, as hardly any place in that paradise of a 
country has received a name. No doubt the Gona- 
quaas, and after them the Caffi^es gave names to 
many of the hills, rivers, and brooks, but most of these 
are unknown. 
Had there not been war, we certainly should have 
visited Geika, the Caffire king, whose residence is 
hardly five days journey from Mr. Bogle's post. 
At eleven we departed, attended by the guide we 
had brought from the fort at Sand-flat, where the rest 
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