APRIL.] 
JOURNEY IN ALBANY. 
upon two soldiers of the 60th regiment. Walking 
alone on the shaded banks of a brook, a few willows 
appeared which arrested my attention, as they were 
the first I had yet seen in Africa. 
A boor and family attended our worship, at which 
an address is always given from the part of scripture 
read upon the occasion ; after which we walked with 
them to their house. They did not appear social at 
their meal, for two of the elder daughters sat by them- 
selves in one part of the large room, eating boiled 
pumpkins ; and two smaller girls sat on the floor in 
another quarter, employed much in the same way ; 
while the parents treated us with a dish of coffee at 
another corner. The boor's wife had serious thoughts 
respecting a judgment to come, and many fears, but 
her husband said, he knew that whatever kind of a 
man he was, he had grace within him, and that he 
had no fear. Poor creatures, they are far removed 
from all means of instruction, and like most of the 
boors in the interior, have almost nothing to do, in 
consequence of living by their cattle, without culti- 
vating the ground. This idleness produces a sottish- 
ness and stupidity evident in many of their vacant 
countenances. Here they have only to smoke their 
pipe, and once a day to count their cattle. 
In consequence of an invitation from Captain S. 
we waited on him, and conversed for an hour. At 
four P.M. we prepared for our departure, when 
several of the officers attending the court martial came 
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