August.] 
VISIT TO KEEWET. 
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Piet Sabba, a native Griqua teacher, resided as 
a Missionary to the wild Bushmen in that part 
of the country. He, and some Griquas who live 
there, have built four neat houses, in the Eu- 
ropean form, placed in a row, and having a fifth 
standing on a rising ground opposite. The Bush- 
men and some Griqua huts are situated behind. 
About forty persons attended worship in the 
evening. The place could have contained one 
hundred. It is very neat, being whitewashed on 
the outside, and having the inside painted with 
some taste, in imitation of stained paper. 
29th. We visited Keewet in the morning, the 
captain of the Bushmen in that part of the 
country, an aged man, whom I found living in a 
half hut, with about twelve persons, young men 
and women, who were relations, crowded into it. 
A potful of flesh stood boiling in the midst of the 
crowd. It was part of an ox that had died of 
some disease, and which the Griqua owner had 
divided among the Bushmen families. I inquired 
of Keewet why he and his people did not attend 
,the meetings for instruction ? He said he sent 
his people last night, but they did not go. Two 
young men, sitting behind, observed that they 
could not be there, for they were at the river. 
" But," we said, " it is not last night only, but 
for a long time that you have not attended regu- 
