No. XV. 
JLETTER FROM MR. SCHMELEN, NAMACQUA LAND. 
\^Having requested Mr. Schmelen, missionary/ in Little Namacqua Land, to 
explore the mouth of the Great Kiver, Great Namacqua Land, and the 
Damara country, he readily undertook this dangerous journey. But 
not having been heard of for several months, painful apprehensions were 
entertained as to his safety. These, however, have been happily relieved, 
by a letter just received from him; an extract from which follows: — ] 
Klip Fountain- Great Namacqua Country, 
July '29, ISI 4, 
" My last, dated May 10, 1 hope has come to hand. 1 was 
then of opinion, that after I should have finished my journey 
in the Namacqua country, I should return to the Great 
River, and begin a mission there; but since I was there, 
Titus Africanus has made a fresh assault among tlie Great 
Namacquas, destroyed several of their kraals, and stolen 
some thousands of their cattle and sheep. Most of them are 
now poor, and have scarcely any thing to live upon. They 
have taken refuge in the place where 1 now am. These peo- 
ple, with another chief called Flemerius, entreat me not to 
forsake them in their present circumstances. Africanus has 
terrified them by a message, threatening that he would come 
and take off their skins to make shoes of ; that he would cut 
off their heads, and the breasts of the women, &c. &c. Tliey 
are so alarmed, that they say if I leave them, they must re- 
move entirely from the country. 
