September.] CONVERSATION WITH TKAI. 311 
presence of several of his people. The substance 
of which was, that his father's name was Hortin, 
that he had lived all his days at Tkannee, [or 
Hephzibah,] and will not leave it, therefore he 
came now to ask for a Missionary, that he might 
hear the gospel preached ; he has only been 
once on the other side of the Cradock River ; 
his people were formerly more numerous, many 
had gone over the river, and others to the colony. 
Still he said many Bushmen reside in Ms district, 
but they are not fond of living in one place, 
they like to wander about; that before the Mis- 
sionaries came, the parents had nothing to tell 
their children, but after they came, he told his 
children about the word of God ; before that time 
they never heard that men had souls, but now 
they believe they have, and that when they die 
their souls will go to God in heaven. When 
any fight and try to murder each other, he ad- 
monishes, and desires them to listen while he tells 
them what he knows ; he exhorts all to live in peace 
with one another, and to pray that they may be- 
come better acquainted with the scriptures. 
Being asked if any of them prayed, he pointed 
to one sitting next the door, and to another near 
to me, and said, that they prayed, but no more, 
except himself. " Those men," said he, " when 
they feel their hearts sweet, seem as if they could 
not contain what they felt, and they say to the 
