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to discover, how our hospitable landlord had provided for so many 
guests! We found Brother Clemens and his wife, Ijing in one. 
Sister Kohrhammer in another, and a bedstead for us, in a third 
corner of the room. A square hole in the wall served for a window. 
A savoury supper, without any thing to drink, had created sufficient 
thirst, to keep our friends awake. They were eagerly expecting 
' our arrival, as Brother Bonatz had the key of the waggon-chest, 
who was now called upon to administer a draught of wine and 
water to each of the party. Trying to open the shutter for air, it 
fell out, and as we could not leave the square hole open, for fear of 
a visit from some of the numerous dogs, which guarded the pre- 
mises, I had some trouble in recovering and fastening the shutter 
again. These operations, and the amusement occasioned by the 
remarks made on the accommodations afforded in the mansion of 
an African 'squire, kept us some time awake, and when at last I 
attempted to Join my friend in his narrow couch, I found it utterly 
impossible. I therefore put on my boots and great coat, and sit- 
ting on the bed, leaning my head against the wall, got a very sound 
nap. To complete our happiness, we were all night serenaded by 
the cries of Mrs. Linde s children, in an adjoining apartment; and 
roused early in the morning by the dying screams of a poor pig, 
w hich, as we were afterwards informed, was butchered, to provide 
us with a good breakfast. This was the first time I had spent a 
night in the enjoyment of African hospitality, and Brother Bonatz 
assured me, of what I was in the sequel sufficiently convinced, that 
it was much better, than I had to expect, when travelling into the 
interior. We were greeted by our cheerful host in the morning, 
' Avith his hopes, that we had found ourselves comfortably lodged, 
and v.diich we could answer in the affirmative without hypocrisy, for 
his goodwill, and desire to please us, made every thing bearable. 
He provided us with an excellent breakfast, broiled pork, omelets, 
eggs, tea and coffee, with milk and grapes in abundance, and 
though custom has excluded attention to what Englishmen call the 
comforts, yet there seems to be no want of the necessaries of life, 
and no feeling of inconvenience attending the absence of neatness, 
