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A BAPTISM AND MARRIAGE. [182rt. 
larly." " The weather," answered Keewet, has 
been long cold ; it is now getting warmer, and 
we shall attend." I spoke to him of God, and 
his soul, and eternity ; but he seemed quite indif- 
ferent about these subjects, making no reply, and 
asking for a tinder-box. The only person in the 
group employed was a young woman grinding a 
red stone into powder for painting their bodies. 
Two of the females wore, on the crown of their 
heads, round copper plates, as ornaments, which 
were about eight or nine inches in circumfe- 
rence ; others wore beads, earrings, &c. 
The time of evening service was intimated 
here by beating against a plough-share. After 
addressing the people I baptised a child belong- 
ing to a member of the Church at Griqua Town,* 
and married a young couple by the names of 
Mattens and Carolina. In addressing the 
Bushmen the sentences were first repeated in 
Dutch, then in the Coranna language, and last in 
Bushman tongue. After worship I informed the 
Bushmen that the Griquas had engaged to plough 
and sow for them a piece of ground, but said 
they must give all the assistance in their power, 
and advised them, for the sake of their own 
health and comfort, to build better houses ; but 
they appeared as perfectly indifferent to such 
* The child's name was Greet. 
