252 DESPONDENCY OF THE HOTTENTOTS. [1820. 
Griquas, who were on a journey to the bead 
country [viz. the colony]. 
After this we had our meeting for worship, 
to attend which all remained ; the subject of ad- 
dress was, God being the God of Peace, and 
his Son Jesus Christ the Prince of Peace," 
Showing how the publication and reception of his 
message by the nations would bring peace to the 
world. After the address the interpreter went 
to prayer, and I could not but be gratified at 
witnessing a tent full of African kings and chiefs 
voluntarily bowing their knees with their faces to 
the ground before the God of Israel. I did not 
ask them to kneel, but they did it in imitation of 
those with me. 
I had observed for two or three days some of 
the Hottentots walking about with downcast 
countenances, but supposed it to be the effect of 
colds. I had also noticed that they had ceased 
to sing hymns round their fires in the evenings, as 
they had been accustomed to do on the journey. 
It turned out that their depression proceeded from 
a dread of advancing any farther into the interior, 
and from a suspicion that we should never be per- 
mitted to leave Kurreechane. They held a con- 
sultation in the evening on the matter, at which 
Cornelius, my waggon-driver, took a very active 
