296 MURMURING OF THE RAPIDS. [1820. 
is only a different dialect of the Hottentot 
language. 
At the end of his discourse he told us in 
Dutch, that when he observed divisions among 
the Corannas who were united under different 
chiefs, he was struck with the recollection of that 
part of scripture where our Lord, speaking of a 
certain description of evil spirit, says, " This 
kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." 
It occurred to him that the prevalence of a quar- 
relsome disposition in the natives might be owing 
to a want of fervent prayer for them in himself. 
Kruisman has no book to read but a Bible, with 
marcfinal references, and he seems to have made 
good use of it, from the great readiness with which 
he quotes passages of Scripture in his discourses. 
The two last nights being still, the murmuring 
of the river, as it rolled over the rocks at two 
neighbouring rapids, was calculated to raise in 
the mind the most solemn yet agreeable sensa- 
tions. It constantly impressed upon my mind 
the beautiful and figurative language in the Reve- 
lations, where the Lord's voice is compared to the 
sound of many waters.* Such a sound irresistibly 
commands attention, and compels the mind to be 
pensive and devout. Entire apathy appears to mark 
* Rev. i. 15. 
