250 CLAIM OF THE BUSHMEN. [1820. 
sons. Still higher up the valley the meetings are 
conducted by Bally. These, and several more 
persons, residing in that district, are members 
of the church at Griqua Town. 
Old Cornelius Kok, who is the chief man at 
Campbell, and is the eldest of all the Griqua cap- 
tains, was last year occupied in cutting down 
part of a wood, and in digging out the roots of 
the trees, to render the ground fit for the growth 
of com. The captain of the Bushmen, who re- 
sides there, complained to Kok that he was de- 
stroying what afforded to him and his people a 
shade during the heat of summer. Cornelius gave 
him, as a recompence, two oxen and ten goats. 
He also ploughed land for him, in which he sowed 
a bushel of wheat, that in the harvest produced 
six sacks of wheat. The Bushman being so suc- 
cessful in his demand on the father, was encou- 
raged to ask something of his son Abraham for 
the ground he had ploughed up ; and he obtained 
from him six sheep. These were free-will offer- 
ings, for the poor Bushman had no means to 
enforce his demand. This generosity to the 
Bushmen is one of the happy effects produced 
by Christianity. For some years after Mr. 
Anderson resided among this people, they nei- 
ther planted nor sowed, nor exercised any sen- 
timents of justice or mercy to their neigh- 
bours. 
