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MISSION TO THE CORANNAS. 
[1820. 
5th. Wc had a meeting- with four of the oldest 
and best-informed Griquas, to consult them about 
a mission to the Corannas around Hardcastle, 
having heard that they desired it. 
They stated that there were four kraals of that 
nation near Hardcastle, and that they had heard 
of instances in which some of them had planted 
tobacco and pumkins, but that it would be more 
difficult to bring them to work than even the 
Bushmen, for they were much more lazy. The 
Bushmen, they said, were obliged to be active, 
in order to provide food for themselves ; but the 
Corannas had plenty of cattle, from which they 
derived their subsistence. Their whole work 
consisted in milking, drinking the milk, and sleep- 
ing. They added that the Corannas were not 
fond of leaving the side of the Great River, yet, 
as some of their chief men had expressed a will- 
ingness to live about Hardcastle, if they could 
obtain a Missionary, probably their people, in 
that case, might be induced to plough and sow. 
The evening meeting in the place of worship 
was for prayer; when Mr. Helm and two Gri- 
quas, viz. Waterboor and Berend, engaged in 
prayer. During the intervals, they read the 
scriptures and sung hymns. ; 
6th. A little before sunset, Mr. Stokenstroom, 
