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lier to come in the morning, and show cause, why she had beaten 
the child. This morning, she came into my room, bringing her 
daughter with her, and made me understand, that she was the per- 
son summoned. I called Brother Schmitt, and by her very mod- 
est and intelligible account of the girl's behaviour, it was clear, that 
the latter well deserved the chastisement. We spoke, however, to 
the mother about the passionate manner in Avhich she administered 
her correction. That she acknowledged, but said, that it was oc- 
casioned by the girFs biting and kicking, and seeking to hurt her. 
The girl confessed all the mother had said to be true. Brother 
Schmitt then, in a fatherly manner, gave her due admonitions, and 
exhorted her to ask her mother's pardon in our presence, and to 
thank her for having punished her for her wicked conduct. This 
she immediately did, with many tears. The child being dismissed, 
the missionary added some words of advice to the mothei- respect- 
ing the treatment of her children, which she very humbly received, 
and of her own accord, begged his pardon for not having immediately 
on his entering her cottage, left off beating the child, and jj^ her hur- 
ry, asking, who he was, as if she meant lo treat him with disrespect, 
which had never been her intention. She is known as a woman of 
very good character and understanding. 
It was affecting to see, with what grief the Hottentots parted with 
Brother Bonatz, his wife, and children, and to hear their warm ex- 
pressions of gratitude for their labours of love in this congregation. 
After dinner, the waggon being ready, and the family seated, about 
two hundred Hottentots, old and young, assembled under the grove, 
sung a farewell-hymn, and once more expressed their best wishes for 
them, that the Lord would bless and reward them. Above a hun- 
dred accompanied the waggon beyond the river Sonderend. 
When they were gone, we began to prepare for our journey in 
good earnest, and I finished my many letters, written to Europe and 
the Cape, with which I was likewise busily engaged on the 5th, 
during the whole of the forenoon, though continually interrupted 
