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relative to the best situation in the interior for a third missionary 
settlement. They proposed an examination of the banks of the 
Chamtoos Revier in Uitenhagen district, where they mentioned a 
place formerly occupied by Hottentots, and abounding with wood 
and water. It was also their opinion, that several suitable situa- 
tions might be found on that river, and many Hottentots from 
Gnadenthal would be willing to remove into that part of the co- 
lony. We determined to visit some of the most intelligent far- 
mers in the neighbouring country, and consult them about the 
best means of making a journey into the interior. 
Being desirous of penetrating as far as possible into the kloof, 
the missionaries Thomsenand Lemmerz accompanied me into it, 
this afternoon, and as M-e were new-comers, we enjoyed all the 
pleasure expectation aftbrds, in making a journey of discovery. 
We arrived at the spot, where the kloof is divided by three round- 
topped hillocks, which are partially covered with brush-wood. 
The brown-red rocks, on all sides, have a singular appearance, their 
layers inclining chiefly from east to west. We turned to the right 
along the brook, which flows under hanging rocks, shelving for- 
wards to a considerable height, and scrambled along, through 
thick bushes, and over huge masses of stone, till we were stopped 
by the quantity of water, rushing in numberless cascades between 
them, in all directions. Here are some very picturesque groups 
of brush-wood, rock, and water, which would furnish interesting 
subjects for the pencil of an able artist. 
In the evening, I spent a very agreeable hour with Father Mars- 
veld, whose instructive conversation I delight to enjoy. He gave 
me a detailed account of the troubles which he and his two worthy 
associates experienced, in the beginning of their labours in this de- 
sert, till God sent the English to put a stop to the opposition of evil- 
disposed people. These misguided men went so far as to hand 
about a paper, to be signed by the neighbouring farmers, by which 
they should bind themselves not to supply the missionaries with 
the necessaries of life, which, at that early period, they could not 
