CHAP. XXIL 
JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. 
FROM LATTAKOO TO MALAPEETZEE. 
July Tth, 1815. 
Exactly at noon our waggons began to move 
from Lattakoo, surrounded by a gazing multitude. 
Our journey was now to be directed eastward, to a 
part of Africa hitherto unexplored by any European 
traveller; but having heard that a considerable number 
of people inhabited these parts, who would be acces- 
sible by missionaries, we deemed it desirable to pay 
them a visit, in hope of being able hereafter to send 
missionaries among them. 
While moving from Lattakoo, I could not but con- 
tinue looking back towards it, so long as it remained 
visible, as an interesting place — a city which may yet 
become a Jerusalem to Africa. Paul had talents, 
before his conversion, suited to the work he had to 
perform after it. In point of natural abihties, they ap- 
peared to me superior to any of the African nations we 
had seen. They are a sprightly and ingenious people. 
