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above, produced such a grand effect, that we amused ourselves for 
some time with great zeal, in repeating the experiment. 
Meeting an old grey-headed Hottentot, with a long beard, dress- 
ed only in a kaross and skin apron, we entered into conversation 
with him. I presented him with a few doppelgens (penny pieces). 
He thanked me, and observed, that of all things in the world he 
loved money best. Brother Schmitt asked him, whether he did not 
love God better, to which he replied, that he knew nothing of him. 
This gave the missionary an opportunity of dccla.ring to him the 
love of God to man, and to direct the poor old man to Jesus, who 
had loved him unto death, and deserved to be loved above every 
thing inearth and heaven. The Hottentot listened with attention 
and surprise, and promised to think on that which he had now 
heard, and pray to God to give him grace to understand it. 
After a tedious and troublesome walk, we arrived at a kraal, near 
a valley, where an aged Hottentot lived, with two slaves. The 
kraal consisted of a circular building of reeds and rushes, covered 
with grass, a garden near the brook, and a small enclosure for cattle. 
Two shaggy dogs announced our arrival with loud barking, Avhich 
brought out the old man, accompanied, to our comfort, by Leon- 
hard, who had reached the place before us, and turned our horses 
into the field to graze. The man seemed much pleased with our 
visit, and not well fitted for a hermit. On leaving him, we descend- 
ed into the valley, crossed the brook, and mounted a steep hill, 
from which, in a short time, we discovered our waggons coming 
down the woody glen. They followed us up the hill, which proved 
one of the longest ascents, and heaviest roads in the whole journey. 
Here I found the first chrystals of quartz, diminutive indeed, but 
clear, in veins and fissures of sand-stone, and, in general, more dis- 
position to chrystallization in the quartz, than I had ever met with 
before in this country. Had we foot-passengers not got so far 
forward up the hill, before the waggons arrived at the bottom, it 
was the boor's intention to have spent the night in the valley. 
After gaining the summit, we passed through a barren heath, 
