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venfT, that the Lord nii^ht soon cause the light of His Gospel to 
shine upon that benighted country, in full view of which, we tra- 
velled nearly the whole of the dn}^ at no great distance from the 
banks of the river, through a dry, barren waste. We halted near 
a farm, ^\ here we were long detained, to give our weary oxen 
time to pick some food. The young men from the farm paid us 
a visit. Our ignorant guides being quite unacquainted with the 
road, we had to depend upon the sagacity of our own people, 
to bring us to the Boschberg. Mr. Melville had left us this morn- 
ing, having received information, that his friend Mr. Swann, a Sur- 
veyor to Government, was employed at a neighbouring farm. He 
intended to join us again at Somerset, the residence of Dr. Mackrill, 
in Bruntjes Hoogte. 
At sunset, we arrived at a farm, to which the road prescribed by 
Colonel Cuyler, would have brought us in the forenoon. The far- 
mer, Van Klerk, received us civilly, and sent a lad to show us the way 
to Somerset. But on arriving at the ford of the Little Fish River, 
which we were now about to cross for the third time, and not know- 
ing, whether Mr. Melville had reached Somerset to announce our 
approach, we thought best to encamp on its banks, lest we should 
prove troublesome to the Doctor, by an unexpected arrival, at so 
late an hour. Our people kindled two large fires, for which we 
found plenty of fuel. As it was very cold, and the wind rose so 
much, as to threaten our tent with an overthrow, we spent the night 
rather uncomfortably. 
14th. Easter-Sunday morning. How different was our situation 
to that of most of our Brethren on this great memorial-day ! Li- 
stead of being, with them, early engaged in declaring our Joy 
over the glorious resurrection of the Lord, and remembering, 
at the graves of our departed friends, the truly Christian hope of 
a blessed immortality, imparted to us by faith in our glorified Re- 
deemer, in whose likeness we once shall rise, we were here encamped 
on the banks of an African river, never before visited by a member 
of our Church, and consulting how, we should best introduce our- 
