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and arrived long after sunset, at a place called Kloetes Kraal. 
Here was neither house, nor Hottentot's hat; but some pieces 
of tinsber, the remnants of an old habitation, lying on the ground, 
enabled us to kindle two large fires. I had been troubled with 
iieadach during the latter part of our journey, and as soon as my 
mattrass could be got ready, lay down in the waggon to rest. 
While supper was cooking, which for some days was our only 
meal, Sister Schmitt, knowing that I generally find relief in strong 
coffee, but should have refused giving her additional trouble, pre- 
pared it unobserved, and unexpectedly brought me a basin of 
it into the tent, before I ascended into my dormitory. Services 
so generous, and unasked for, deserve to be recorded with grati- 
tude; nor is this the first time, that I have experienced the exqui- 
site delight of indulging a grateful sense of the disinterested and 
unsolicited services of my South African brethren and friends, 
whose unmerited kindness towards me on every occasion, will ever 
remain deeply impressed upon my heart. 
The situation of our encampment was dreary in the extreme, 
high and bleak, surrounded with low eminences, which shut out 
the view of the mountains, not a tree in sight, and far distant from 
the dwellings of men. During the night, which was very dark, I 
was roused from sleep, by perceiving some odd motion of the 
waggon. I sat up, and for a moment felt afraid, that some wild 
beast had approached our camp, when one of the wheels seemed 
fairly lifted off the ground by some external force. Being so closely 
shut in, that I could not discover the cause, I called to the Hotten- 
tots, who were sleeping round the fire, to come to my assistance, 
and my shouts alarmed the whole party. It was soon found, that 
the innocent author of this disturbance was one of our horses, who, 
having returned from the place, where he had been sent to feed, was 
amusing himself by scrubbing his back against the wheel. He was, 
of course, driven awa}^ but soon returned to my great annoyance, 
till my patience being exhausted, I got up, and sent him off to some 
distance. Notwithstanding my rest had been thus broken, when 
