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Saltpetre abounds greatly at this place ; in some 
parts the ground is covered as with snow, half an inch 
deep, yet the water of the springs is not brackish, 
as in every other place I have yet seen, where there 
is much saltpetre in the ground. The day was 
pleasant, and though winter, and on high ground, 
several fine flowers displayed their beauty. We 
returned to our waggons to dinner. 
Five languages are spoken in the village, viz. Dutch, 
Coranna, Bootchuana, Hottentot, and Bushman. The 
Bushmen live by themselves on the east side, and next 
to them the Bootchuanas, who are here only as tem- 
porary servants. In the evening I visited their huts. 
The Bushmen seemed particularly pleased by my 
calling on them, and noticing their children. The 
Bootchuanas were dancing, in a savage kind of way, 
around a fire; the women beating time with their 
hands, and singing, exactly as at Lattakoo. Their 
attitudes were disgusting and terrific. While they 
were thus engaged, I was thinking how their present 
conduct will appear to themselves, if ever they are 
brought to the knowledge of God, and of his Son 
Jesus Christ, whom truly to know is Hfe eternal 
They will certainly say, " I was as a beast before 
thee, O Lord." I was gratified to hear that the 
Bushmen were to assist this year in cultivating the 
ground, and were to receive a portion of the produce. 
Tasting the sweets of industry may produce the 
spirit of it. 
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