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2(5th. After breakfast, Brother Clemens accompanied me into 
the garden, the burial-ground, and other premises, when I men- 
tioned to him some ideas of improvement, by which regularity and 
beauty might, in my opinion, be much furthered, at a small expense. 
But I will candidly confess, that by the time I had been a few 
months in Africa, and become better acquainted with the difficul- 
ties presenting themselves on all sides, in promoting improvement, 
both moral and physical, I was rather disposed to stand astonished 
at what had been done, in so short a time, by our Brethren in this 
place, and at Groenekloof, than to expect immediate attention to 
my suggestions. Those venerable men, Marsveld and Schwinn, 
heard my remarks Avith great patience and forbearance, as they were 
never made, but under a conviction of my being a novice, and with 
all due and unfeigned deference to their better judgment. I also 
saw an improvement, which pleased me. We visited the people 
who were cuttino- and drying peaches in the missionaries' garden. 
Formerly the fruit was laid upon a platform constructed of broom, 
fastened to, and supported by uprights fixed in the ground. If it 
rained long, the peaches were spoiled, as they could not be removed, 
and the platform itself suffered great damage during the wet season. 
The Brethren were now gradually introducing moveable racks or 
platforms, made of bamboo and reed wattling, and placed loose 
on a frame, which could be easily taken off, and with the load of 
fruit carried into a dry shed, and when not in use stowed away in 
a small compass. 
In the forenoon, we met in conference. Thirty-four persons were 
appointed for advance in church-privileges, from a list of about fifty 
under consideration. After dinner, they were called by the chapel- 
servants into the dining-room; first, those to be admitted among the 
candidates for baptism; then, the persons to be baptized, and lastly, 
some, who, having been baptized as children, were to be received 
into the congregation. After being informed of the advance they 
were to make, they were earnestly exhorted to walk worthy of the 
grace conferred upon them. The answers given to the very solemn 
questions put to them, were generally clear, and evidently proceed- 
