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AUSTRIAN MISSION STATION. 
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reis Diabb tells me that tbe north wind always fails 
between the Nuehr and the upper portion of the 
Kytch. I could not believe that so miserable a coun¬ 
try existed as the whole of this land. There is no 
game to be seen at this season, few birds, and not even 
crocodiles show themselves; all the water-animals are 
hidden in the high grass; thus there is absolutely 
nothing living to be seen, but day after day is passed 
in winding slowly through the labyrinth of endless 
marsh, through clouds of mosquitoes. 
At 4.20 p.m. arrived at the Austrian mission-station 
of St. Croix, and I delivered a letter to the chief of 
the establishment, Herr Moorlang. 
Jan. 24 th .—Took observations of the sun, making 
latitude 6° 39'. 
The mission-station consists of about twenty grass 
huts on a patch of dry ground close to the river. The 
church is a small huh but neatly arranged. Herr 
.Morlang acknowledged* with great feeling, that the 
mission was absolutely useless among such savages; 
that he had worked , with much zeal for many years, 
but that the natives were utterly impracticable. They 
were far below the brutes, as the latter show signs of 
affection to those who are kind to them ; while the 
natives* on the contrary, are utterly obtuse to all 
feelings of gratitude. He described the people as 
