JOURNAL OF A 
CHAPTER II. 
Transactions on our arrival at Capetown. Journey to Gruenehloof. 
Bullock JVaggo?is described. First meeting with the Christian 
Hottentots. Conclusion of the year 1815. 
I),:c EMBER 24tli. We had not been long on shore, before Mr. Henry 
Hancke, a friend of Mrs. Disandt's family, came to bid us welcome, 
and kindly oft'ered to render us every assistance. From this gen- 
tleman I have received so many favours during the whole time of 
my abode at the Cape, that I should not discharge the debt of gra- 
titude I owe to him, did I n-ot, immediately on introducing his name 
into my narrative, express my great obligations to him, as they re- 
gard both the mission and my own person. He had promised our 
late Avorthy friend, Mr. Disandt, shortly before his death, that he 
would not only befriend his family, and assist them with his advice, 
but endeavour to promote the interests of the Brethren's Mission 
among the heathen in this colony, to which Mr. Disandt had al- 
ways approved himself a kind friend and benefactor. Mr. Hancke 
has in every respect fulfdlcd the wishes of his dying friend with ex- 
emplary faithfulness, and both the family and the mission have de- 
rived the most essential benefit from his active services. To find 
such a friend on our arrival, added to the kind and hospitable re- 
ception we met with from Mrs. Disandt and her children, made us 
soon forget the tediousness of a long voyage, and feel ourselves 
quite at home in her house. 
The fust conversation I had with Mr. Hancke upon the general 
concerns of our mission at Gruenekloof, considerably relieved my 
mind, and I perceived, that, by the gracious providence of God, 
tilings were in such a state of preparation, that my transactions with 
his Excellency, the Governor, and with the colonial Secretaries, would 
be rendered nuich more eas}^ than I expected. As they have no 
