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A VISIT TO LANDS 
repelled oa each occasion ; yet they nevertheless suc- 
ceeded in carrying off upwards of a thousand head of 
cattle. In consequence of these repeated attacks, the 
Hottentots, under the direction of the Missionary, Mr. 
Ulbricht, (since dead,) raised with great labour a forti- 
fication, composed of strong pahsades, eight or nine feet 
in height, and capable of containing the whole popula- 
tion, with their cattle. The sight of this fortification so 
discouraged the Caffres that they did not venture to 
attack them any more. 
The lands of Theopolis, in the original grant, only 
extended down the valley to about a mile from the sea; 
but encouragement was given, both by Governor 
Cradock and Colonel Cuyler, the Landdrost of the 
district, to expect that afterwards this tract, lying be- 
tween the former lands of Theopolis and the sea, should 
be added to the settlement, provided the Hottentots were 
industrious, and the number of their cattle so increased 
as to require more pasturage. While I was travelling in 
the interior, his Excellency Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin, 
acting Governor of the Cape, granted to Dr. Philip, 
for the Society, this land, which grant affording free 
access to the ocean, as well as more pasturage for the 
cattle, is likely to prove extremely beneficial to the 
settlement. It will operate as an inducement to the 
natives to pay more attention to fishing, for which they 
might find a regular market at Graham's Town, being 
only about eighteen miles distant from Theopolis. 
It may not be uninteresting to the friends of the Mis- 
sionary Society to relate a visit, made by Dr. Philip and 
myself, to the above-mentioned lands, during our stay at 
Theopolis, in the month of July, 1819. 
On the afternoon of the 19th, accompanied by Mr, 
Ulbricht, we left the settlement on horseback, to ride 
