July.] PROGRESS OF THE CHILDREN. 
murdered by a king, more to the eastward, who 
asked them for their waggon, which they refused 
to part with ; being determined to have the wag- 
gon, he put them to death. 
Mahootoo took tea with us in the afternoon, 
and drank out of cups with considerable propriety. 
I examined the children of the school, and found 
them acquainted with the leading truths of reve- 
lation. The following is a statement of their 
progress in reading. 
The children of Sedrass, the Bootshuana inter- 
preter : — Dinah, speaks Dutch, and reads the 
Bible in that language, she can write a little, and 
has some knowledge of arithmetic. 
Mooana (a boy) can read the Testament. Two 
others of his children also read and spell a 
little. The family understand the Dutch lan- 
guage by having lived among the Griquas. 
April, a boy, can spell, 
Boonsing, a girl, do. 
Moutsanna do. 
Another Dina do. 
Several other young people had acquired a 
knowledge of the letters. They were much 
pleased by my recording their names. 
Munameets called, and observed that he had 
