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repentance. This was the first instance I saw of that great change 
wrought in the heart of a heathen, who in his former state, thought 
drunkenness no sin, but now mourned over his being again over- 
taken, and seduced to the commission of the crime. 
In the afternoon, all the missionaries met in conference, with a 
view to the conclusion of the year, and offered up prayer and 
praise to God our Saviour for all His mercies vouchsafed to them 
as a family, during the year past. In the evening, we walked into 
the settlement, and entered several houses and huts. In one we 
conversed with a venerable old man, upwards of eighty, who had 
descendants in the fifth generation. The conclusion of the year 
was made at twelve o'clock at night, in the manner usual in all 
our congregations, and we felt ourselves truly united in spirit w ith 
all, who here and in every place call upon the name of the Lord, 
and constitute altogether the family of God on earth, however dis- 
tinguished by names, forms, and customs. 
CHAPTER III. 
Account of Groenekloof, Burial-ground, and part of the Settlement, 
described. Conversation with the Hottentots. Arrival of mission- 
aries from Gnadenthal. Father Marsveld. Conferences. Captain 
Klapmus. Order of Baptism. Journey to Capetown. Mr. Pole- 
man's description of a Cave in Kango. Visit at Nexvlands. Moun" 
tains of Stellenbosch. Farms and Vineyards. Hottentot Hollands- 
Kloof. Journey to Gnadenthal. Arrival. 
G!"ROENEKLOoF is the name given to a district, situated about 
thirty miles to the north of Table-Bay, comprising several large 
farms. That, now occupied by the missionaries of the United 
Brethren, which is more particularly called Groenekloof, was for- 
merly known by the name of De Kleene Post, (The Little Post). 
