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cious God, without whose assistance all hope of 
safety had been in vain, had heard our earnest 
prayers for his aid, and I trust that in our deliver- 
ance we recognized and acknowledged with sin- 
cerity and thankfulness his guiding and protecting 
hand. It is in circumstances only such as we had 
lately been placed in that the utter hopelessness of 
all human efforts is truly felt, and it is when re- 
lieved from such a situation that the hand of a 
directing and beneficent Being appears most plainly 
discernible, fulfilling those gracious promises which 
he has made, to hear them that call upon him in the 
day of trouble. # 
As soon as each had satisfied his thirst the pots 
were filled and boiled for tea, and some bread was 
baked, whilst the overseer and natives were still in- 
creasing the size of the well to enable us to water 
the horses. We then got a hasty meal that we 
might the better go through the fatigue of attending 
to the suffering animals. Our utmost caution now 
became necessary in their management ; they had 
been seven days without a drop of water, and almost 
* “ When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, 
and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I 
the God of Israel will not forsake them.” 
“ I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst 
of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and 
the dry land springs of water.” — Isa. xli. 17, 18. 
“ I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the 
desert.” — Isa. xliii. 19. 
