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JOURNEY ACROSS THE 
[1820. 
of them prayed with apparent devotion. For 
the sake of coohiess, we held our worship earlier 
than on former Sabbaths, commencing at seven 
in the morning. Our number had doubled since 
the preceding evening, twelve of the Griquas 
were women. I observed one of our Hottentots 
and a Griqua under a waggon, reading a chapter 
of Scripture together, they read the verses al- 
• ternately. 
During the day we were visited by many 
Griquas and Corannas. They attended our 
worship in the tent, when one of the Griquas led 
the singing with great propriety, after which 
Mr. Moffat gave an address. 
Several Griquas bathed two or three times ; 
when I asked one, who was going into the water 
a third time, his reason for it, he said it was 
to cool himself, for he was too warm. Therm, 
under thick shade, at noon, 90. In my waggon, 
at five o'clock in the evening, it stood at 98. 
Part of Mr. Anderson's people, who had seen 
him safe half way across the Bushman country, 
arrived at our waggons at two p. m. They re- 
turned by a new course, across a desert, where 
they met with no water, and in which they lost 
their way. After wandering in various directions, 
they at length got sight of White Hill, which is 
