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DESCRIPTON OF THE SETTLEMENT 
12 April, 
which continued for many years to bear the name of Baviaan's 
Kloof, until it received the more applicable one of Genadendal 
(Grace Vale), while that of Baviaan's Kloof is retained for the ad- 
joining pass over the mountains, being its ancient denomination. 
Kiihnel had died previously to our visit ; but other missionaries 
had at different times been sent out to reinforce the remainder ; 
and a part of these, at the invitation of the Governor, had founded, 
in the year 1808, a similar settlement at Groene Kloof (the Green 
Pass), a place about midway between Gape Town and Saldanha 
Bay. * . 
12th. This morning my curiosity was much gratified, on view- 
ing the place by day- light. Its secluded situation, in a pleasant 
valley, surrounded by bold and lofty mountains, perfectly accorded 
with the purpose for which it was chosen. At the head of the 
valley were erected all the principal buildings. At one end of 
a small green stood the Chia^h-f, built in 1797, and which, by 
its height, was the most conspicuous object in the settlement. It 
was a plain, oblong, white building, covered with a thatched roof of 
a very sharp pitch, but without a steeple. On both sides were four 
large glazed windows, and at each end two. Its interior was plain 
and neat ; the walls were white-washed, and the ceiling was sup- 
ported by two strong, though rather clumsy, pillars of masonry. 
The whole area, which was considered by the brethren to be large 
enough to accommodate an auditory of from eight hundred to a 
* Of these two institutions, a full and interesting account may be seen in the 
Rev. C.J. Latrobe's " Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815 and 1816." 
f The Vignette, at the beginning of this chapter, gives a view of the Church on the 
southern and eastern sides. The hedge, and trees beyond it, form part of the mission- 
aries' garden. Some of the lower mountains, which extend from the Baviaan's Kloof 
westward, are seen in the back-ground ; they are covered with bushes and a great variety 
of plants, and have an appearance of verdure intermingled with rocks. The trees on the 
right are part of a beautiful grove of oaks, planted soon after the re-establishment of the 
mission; and the two before the church are cliesnuts [Castanea vesca). The figures re- 
present Hottentots in their ordinary working dress. A little to the right, but out of this 
picture, are the dwelling-houses and buildings of the mission; above which the mountains 
of the Kloof appear at a great elevation. 
