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vent prayer, and the congregation again expressed their best wishes 
for me. 
9th. I rose, intending to set out early, to prevent any stir, but 
in vain. The Hottentots came early to bid me a last adieu, and 
to show their affection, by every token of good-svill. Young and 
old would give me their hands, and then joined in singing a fare- 
well-hymn. The missionaries likewise assembled, as before, and 
I truly felt the value of their love and intercession. Every one 
of them has shown the greatest kindness towards me, and none, 
with more unabated faithfulness and zeal, than Brother Schmitt 
and his wife, with whom I have spent most of my time at the Cape. 
But it is time to set bounds to my expressions of gratitude tow^ards 
them, which may already appear to some of my readers tedious 
and impertinent. 
About half past seven o'clock, I left Groenekloof, accompanied 
by Brother Schmitt as far as Brakfonteyn. There I parted from 
that worthy man, who returned to his zealous and indefatigable la- 
bours. May God's blessing attend him yet for many years, with 
health and strength, equal to his devotedness and desire to serve the 
cause of his Saviour, either here, or in any other part of South Afri- 
ca. Brother Fritsch proceeded with me to the Cape. We halted 
about an hour at Mr. Beester's house at the Riet V alley, and though 
it began to rain hard, rode on, and arrived, thoroughly soaked, 
with our friends, at Mrs. Disandt's house, where we were received 
with their wonted kindness and cordiality. 
