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and very active in doing good, in every way in their 
power. 
At nine A.M. we halted by the side of a salt lake, 
to breakfast and to refresh our horses. A cloth was 
immediately spread on the grass, on which the pro- 
visions which the ladies had brought with them were 
placed, around which we sat and partook in the 
patriarchal fashion. We brought fresh water for 
ourselves, but our poor horses had none. They tasted 
the salt lake at various points, but could not drink of 
its water ; had they not possessed this valuable sense 
of taste, their feelings would have induced them to 
drink plentifully, which must have greatly increased 
their thirst. The value of this sense never struck me 
more powerfully than on this occasion. 
After leaving the lake we travelled along the west 
side of Tiger Mountain, till we came to a pass across 
the mountains. About two P.M. we halted at a 
boor s, and dined on what we had brought with us, 
and at seven P.M. arrived at Mr. Roos's at Paarl, 
which is about thirty-six miles from Cape-town. At 
eight, about a hundred people assembled, to whom 
Mr. Read preached. 
The christians here have frequent meetings to con- 
verse on the scripture, and for prayer. Every house, 
as is common throughout the colony, has a large room 
fit for a chapel, where the family generally sit during 
the day. These rooms readily accommodate a 
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