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•Their beliavioiir towards me lias, indeed, tVom the beginning, been 
most kind and affectionate, and if I happened not to be in my 
place at church, which, however, occurred only two or three times, 
their inquiries after my health were continued for three or four 
days successively. I was engaged part of this day with Brother 
Beinbrech, who has the charge of the cutlery and smithy. Four- 
teen Hottentots were employed in these branches of business. 
Their busy hammers, files, and polishing-wheel, made me often 
fancy myself living in a London street, and forget, that I was in 
a part of Africa, but lately a horrid and lonely desert. Room 
being wanted, both for stores and family use, some arrangements 
were made, which were rendered practicable by the building of the 
new house, to the satisfaction of all parties. 
This being the birth-day of our venerable sovereign, we remem- 
bered him in our prayers, according to the direction given by 
the apostle, 1. Tim. ii. 2, with thanksgiving, that under him, and a 
Government, disposed to promote the interests of religion and 
virtue, we may lead a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness 
and honesty. 
5th. A Hottentot, PhiHp Appell, Avho had returned from the 
interior, was summoned before Father Marsveld and three other 
Brethren, to be informed, that he could not be permitted to live 
at Gnadenthal. This was a new case, which involved a difficult 
question. 
Philip had formerly belonged to the congregation, and, for some 
time after his baptism, conducted himself with propriety. His 
"vvife was a woman of a very turbulent spirit, and had held her for- 
mer husband in complete subjection. When she married Philip, 
she made several attempts to treat him in the same manner; 
but after long patience, he at length sought his remedy in his supe- 
rior strength, and every now and then their house was a scene of 
confusion and uproar. Added to this, they both began to indulge 
in liquor, and exhortations being fruitless, he was ordered to quit 
the settlement. His first expulsion seemed to produce within him, 
