JULY.] RESIDENCE AT LATTAKOO. m 
industry ; that the inhabitants of my country were 
industrious, ^s he naight be convinced of, by our 
clothes, waggons, and so forth, which they made — 
that his people would not be compelled to receive 
instruction, for only those who were willing would be 
instructed, and they would not interfere with his go- 
vernment. After answering some other objections, 
the king said, " Send instructors, and I will 
BE A FATHER TO THEM." 
Adam Kok, on a late journey to the Cape, having 
with some of his people been exceedingly maltreated 
by boors and others near Tulbach, the report of it 
had circulated as far as Mateebe, who inquired re- 
specting what he had suffered among the white people. 
He also enquired respecting two boys belonging to 
his people, who were kept in captivity by the white 
people. He was informed that I would enquire about 
them, when I returned to the colony.^^ The king then 
rose up, shook hands with each of us, and went 
away. 
We could not avoid wishing that our English 
friends could have witnessed this scene, and it certainly 
was remarkable that it happened on the evening of 
the first Monday in the month, when christians in 
most quarters of the world were met to pray for the 
* The Landdrost of Tulbach engaged afterwards to make en-^ 
<}uiry respecting these boys. 
