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produce. If such beneficial consequences re- 
sulted from the exercise of the spirit of forgiveness 
between two ignorant and savage nations, what 
encouragement does it yield to Christians to act 
at all times in conformity to the lovely disposi- 
tion of their Divine Master, "I say not until 
seven times, but until seventy times seven!" 
It effected more than all the punishments which 
had been formerly inflicted. 
28th. About midnight, when all were asleep 
except myself, . a wolf came howling within fifty 
yards of the waggons. The fires were out, and 
the dogs kept very still ; however, he was afraid 
to advance nearer, and retired. 
We held our worship at eleven a. m., when a 
numerous congregation of Corannas and Bush- 
men assembled, who were addressed from 
Col. i. 13, 14. Kruisman prayed in theCoranna 
language ; the quick and strange sounds of which 
were so curious and seemingly unnatural, that, 
had it been heard in Europe, all would have been 
surprised that they could be uttered by any 
tongue, or understood by any ear. We conversed 
with the Corannas and Bushmen on the state of 
things amongst them, and afterwards visited the 
kraal near the waggons. I had a conversation 
with a Coranna woman who could speak Dutch, 
which language she acquired in the service of a 
