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gistrate. I received, to-day, a letter from the landdrost of Zwel- 
lendam, Mr. Von Buissini, in which he generously accedes to my 
wishes respecting the poor at Gnadenthal, granting them certain 
exemptions, and directing in what manner the declaration of their 
disabilities must be made to the collector of taxes. 
In the following days, I was busily engaged at home with writing 
letters, and business relating to the Mission. 
29th. I had been requested to draw up rules or statutes, to be 
read to the congregation, at stated times, and particularly to new 
people, that they might know what was required of every one, who 
desired to become and remain an inhabitant of this place. For 
this purpose, I had a conversation with all tlie missionaries, and 
heard the remarks of each, made on every subject, connected with 
the internal and external state of the settlement. From these, 
and from the regulations of the settlements of the Brethren in 
Europe, as detailed in Loretz's Ratio Disciplinas Fratrum, I com- 
piled a set of rules, suited to the peculiar circumstances of this 
Mission. Having received the approbation of tlie missionaries, 
they were communicated and explained, first to the company of 
overseers, and afterwards, to the whole congregation, and agreed 
to with thankfulness. All promised obedience to them, and some, 
who had not understood every particular instruction, in the fol- 
lowing days came to ask explanation, to which they had been in- 
vited by the missionaries. I was pleased with the simplicity and 
confidence many of them showed on this occasion. 
SOth. I took a walk to the hill behind the Beastkraal, from 
whence a good view of the church, the missionaries' gardens, the 
burial-ground, the kloof, and the great mountain, presents itself. 
While I was making my sketch, clouds came rolling from the 
north, through the kloof, and enveloped the lower region of 
the mountain, the different peaks on its summit appearing above 
them. I wished for a better artist to give a faithful representation 
of th€ majestic scene, which, however, I ventured to do, in a cor- 
rect outline. 
