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frequent expostulations by the missionaries. All was 
in vain till they gained over to their sentiments the 
two captains, and a few of the principal men. The 
missionaries deserve great credit for their patience in 
submitting so long to that wandering life. 
Twenty-four waggons belong to the people, but 
most of them are nearly worn out by use, as from 
their ignorance and simplicity, they are often taken in, 
by the boors in the colony, from whom they purchase 
their old waggons. The boors have only to cover 
them with pitch or tar, and though fotten to the heart, 
the simple Griquaas will purchase them as good, and 
new, and however frequently they may have been 
taken in formerly, it makes them no more cautious in 
purchasing the next ; a few fine words from the boor 
makes all right. If any of them in travelling through 
the colony, express a desire to be able to purchase a 
waggon; there is hardly a boor who will not give 
them one on credit, if he has it to dispose of; 
they are so faithful in paying their debts. In this 
manner many a veteran waggon has found its way to 
Griqua land, there to deposit its dust. 
Trades can scarcely be said to exist in Griqua 
land. There are some who may be termed bambus- 
makers, or makers of vessels of wood for holding 
milk or water. Some can do a little at smithVwork, 
in repairing waggons, and one man (Fortuyn at 
Hardcastle) can construct a waggon. From the 
appearance of the new meeting house they are building, 
