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The afternoon was most agreeably spent with the landdrost 
and his ladj at the drosty. After dinner, we visited a young lion 
chained in the yard, larger than a mastiff, perfectly tame, of the 
large black breed, that is, having a black mane, and black busli at 
the end of his tail, but otherwise of a dingy brown, or tawny-colour. 
Like others of the feline tribe, he seemed fond ' of being stroked 
and petted, and, hke a house-cat, shoved up against the person 
fondling him. Yet it appeared prudent to keep one's hand at a 
respectful distance from his wide mouth. He continually uttered 
a kind of friendly growl, the double base to a cat's purring. A 
silver-grey monkey also, of singular beauty, full of tricks, but of 
what species I cannot tell, diverted us for some time. He had been 
a great favourite in the family, till, interfering too much with the 
children's comforts, stealing their victuals, and doing other mischief, 
he was now sentenced to exhibit his pranks in the yard, on a pole 
with a bar across, where he yet retained his friendly disposition. 
Both the lion and monkey had been inhabitants of the neighbour- 
ing hills. 
The landdrost entered with much interest into the business we 
w^ere engaged in, and showed himself well-disposed towards the ci- 
vilization of the Hottentots'. His lady had visited Gnadenthal. 
.Being so near Bethelsdorp, the principal establishment of the 
Missionary Society in London, he offered to furnish us with a 
relay of oxen to our travelling waggon, that we might visit that 
place. 
6th. About eight o'clock in the morning, we set out, taking Mar- 
cus, Johannes, and Lebrecht Aris, with us. The road is not inte- 
resting, but after crossing the Zwartzkops Revier, about an English 
mile from Uitenhagen, runs over a wild, level country, till within 
sight of the village. 
We were received with great kindness by the missionaries, Messrs. 
Messer and Hooper. The former is by birth a German, and the 
latter an Englishman. Mr. Read, the principal, or director of all 
the missionary establishments of the above-mentioned Society in 
