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" and were satisfied, and why should not we be the same. The 
*' Enghsh want us to use their ploughs, instead of our heavy wooden 
" ones, and recommend other implements of husbandry than those 
" we have been used to, but we like our old things best." 
From Gaense-Kraal, we proceeded to Soete-Melks- Valley, and 
Hartebeest-Kraal, the farm of Mr.William Teunis. As we approach- 
ed this place, the chain of mountains to the right assumed an ap- 
pearance singularly romantic, and beautiful. They are chiefly huge 
masses of rock, extremely rugged and precipitous, full of kloofs, and 
chasms, within which, upon but a scanty portion of soil, trees grow, 
to a considerable height. The sides of the mountains, in many pla- 
ces, look like immense v/alls, supported by conical buttresses. 
Mr. AVilliam Teunis is an intelligent man. He had been em- 
ployed as a commandant in the wars, both against the Caffres, 
and the rebellious boors, but seemed cautious in giving his opi- 
nion respecting the cause of the rebellion. 
An old schoolmaster, who attended his children, hearing that we 
were lovers of music, treated us with some pieces on the violin. 
We obtained here likewise some useful information, and after din- 
ner, set out for GnadenthaL Our driver, Paul, set his oxen a- 
going at a rate I had never yet seen. Ten of these long-horned 
animals in full gallop, is a sight truly ridiculous. About eight 
in the evening, we reached our home. Here we heard, that a 
tyger had been seen behind Brother Leitner's garden, at the en- 
trance of the kloof, and that a great many Hottentots, armed with 
guns and other weapons, had gone in search of him, but in 
vain . 
4lh. After the forenoon's service, and the baptism of a child, we 
attended the funeral of a poor Hottentot woman. I guess the 
company that followed her remains to the grave, to have been a- 
bout three hundred in number. The Hottentot mode of burying 
in our settlement is this : The corpse being neatly tied or sowed up 
in skins, is laid on a bier, and covered with a white sheet, The 
