338 JOURNEY BEYOND THE GREAT RIVER. [1815. 
people, and tries sometimes to say a little to them 
from what he reads, and remarked that he hoped 
after a while to be able to say a little more. He gave 
us the following account of himself 
" The first thing that led me to think of religion 
was observing two Hottentots, who belonged to Zak 
river mission, giving thanks when eating. I went 
afterwards to that settlement, where I heard many 
things, but felt no interest in them. But one day, 
when alone in the fields, I looked very seriously at a 
mountain, as the work of that God of whom I had 
heard. Then I looked to my two hands, and for the 
first time noticed that there were the same number of 
fingers on each. I asked, why are there not five on 
this hand, and three on that; it must be God that 
made them so. Then I examined my feet, and 
wondered to find them both flat, not one flat and the 
other round. God must have done this, said I. In 
this way I considered my whole body, which made a 
deep impression on my mind, and disposed me to hear 
with more interest, till I M^as brought to trust that 
Jesus died for my sins.'* 
He said he would accompany us part of our journey, 
that he might hear a little more. The people of this 
little village seem to live as one family ; for a large pot^ 
full of quacha flesh, was on the fire in the open air, 
which contained as much flesh as would dine all the 
inhabitants. 
