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US into the gi'ouiids, v, here oranges, lemons, figs, peaehes, and other 
fiuits grow in rich abundance. Tliis is owing to the qu.uitity of water, 
by y> hich he is able to irrigate all his orchartis, gardens, and vine- 
yards. Seeing some Hottentot wouien sitting under the siiade of 
a large orange tree, Brother Schmitt addressed them, asking some 
questions relating to their knowledge of spiritual thmgs, as one of 
them professed to belong to Mr. Seidenta iea's congregation. She 
seemed however, to have little concern about the way of salvation, 
and very seldom attended the ministry of that good man, or visited 
his institution. She said, her name was written down, and thought 
that enough; but Brother Schmitt very earnestly adnio* isiicd licr 
and her companions, not to neglect tiie opportunity affl)rded them 
to hear the Avord of God, nor to be content with having their names 
Avritten down in man's book, but to turn in faith to Christ the oaly 
Saviour, that they might, on the great day of judgment, fiiid their 
names written in the book of lite. They seemed attentive to his 
serious but alfectionate address. 
The view up the vale of the Vat Revier is grand, high mountains 
forming the back-groimd. One of them has a remarkable precipice 
towering above the otlier summits. V\ e left Zef"koeg:,t towards 
evening, and had two young lively slaves lor drivers, but the leader 
was a poor timid old Mlow, who could hardly creep along. We there- 
fore dismissed him, at a place where he had a home, and made 
Johannes leader, which, though an office intierior to that of driver, he 
willingly undertook, 'i'he slaves drove their oxen at a gallop, some- 
t mes to the enclangering of our salety, on a road full of holes and 
slopes. But our remoristrances a\ ere answered only by good-humour- 
ed laughter. After travelling ibr some miles, we found the chain of 
hills, to which the road had long run parallel, take anottier direclion, 
and assume a difi'erent appearance, presenting an outline of Table- 
Mountain's, round-lopped, triangular, conic;;!, or gently-sloping sum- 
mits. We were sorr}^ that by darkness and fogs, they were so soon 
hid from our view. About nine o'clock we arrived at an outspann- 
place, Soete-Meik's-Valley, and encamped in the held. 'Jlie name 
