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2nd. There was an intense white frost during the 
night, and at sun-rise the thermometer was at S6, At 
nine, A.M. some of us walked to Bern's kraal, two 
miles higher up the river. It stood on a barren spot, 
all gravel, without an inch of cultivation; but the 
scenery about the river was charming. Another part 
of the kraal was on the front of a hill about half a mile 
to the south. Boosak sat in the middle of a group for 
about two hours, telling them of the true God, and 
Jesus Christ, whom he had sent into the world to 
save sinners. The interest which a young man, who 
sat immediately beside him, seemed to take in what 
he said, I shall not soon forget. After it was over, 
this young man said, " From what I have just heard, 
I feel as if I were a new man ; as if I had entered 
into a new life. I wonder that God has preserved me 
from lions, tygers, and elephants, which I have en- 
countered, that I might hear the things which I have 
been told to-day." His eyes were constantly fixed on 
the lips of Boosak, and a most significant smile was 
continually on his countenance. The people expressed 
willingness to join any mission we might establish 
among them. They assured us that no more people 
could live at Klaar Water than were already there, and 
that some belonging to the settlement were obliged to 
live as far from it as they were. 
The day was oppressively hot, notwithstanding the 
coolness of the morning. The thermometer in the 
sun at noon was 80. Most of the kraal followed us 
to our waggons, when Boosak addressed them again. 
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