July.] ALARM FROM THE BUSHMEN. 
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He said those who had it were all rich. He was 
informed that riches did not fall down upon them 
like rain from the clouds, any more than on the 
Bootshuanas, but God's word condemned idleness 
and commanded industry, and industry, attended 
by the blessing of God, was successful in obtain- 
ing many comforts for mankind, which they 
would otherwise be without. 
At five p. M. I attended the usual meeting of 
young people, who repeated several remarks 
they had heard during the day, and answered 
many questions which were put to them. They 
did so as well as children instructed in England 
could have done. The questions which I put 
were not previously known by them. It was 
interesting to see children, living so far in the 
interior of a dark and barbarous continent, readily 
replying to questions relating to the great truths 
of the Gospel. . 
Mr. Hamilton, in the evening, preached to the 
Coranna visitors through an interpreter. Therm, 
at noon 44. 
12th. Early in the forenoon we heard the 
alarm-cry spreading over the town. On going out 
to ascertain the cause, we found it arose from 
suspicious Bushmen having been seen near some 
of the cattle-posts. Proceeding to Mateebe's, to 
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