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our journey, though not without regarding with peculiar 
interest, amongst many surrounding objects, the garden and 
the trees, one of which was planted by Vanderkemp. Our 
driver pointed out to us the spot where the son of Mr. 
Brownlee, the missionary of King William’s Town, was killed 
by the Caffres in the commencement of the late war, and he 
added that he was himself one of the soldiers who carried 
his body home. Much of the space over which we travelled 
this day is to missionaries a sort of classic ground. Before 
reaching Pirie we passed over the spot where Dr. Vanderkemp, 
half a century ago, built his grass-roofed missionary hut, 
kneeling down when he had cut the first bundle of grass to 
thank God for a home in the wilderness. A little farther 
along the Debe we crossed a couple of streams, at a spot 
where the same pioneer of missionaries to Caffreland had 
dwelt for some time. 
The same afternoon we reached King William’s Town, a 
place of some importance, and the chief military post on the 
frontier, pleasantly situated on the banks of the Buffalo 
river. Most of the houses appeared to be recent erections : 
a few in the military quarter were shaded by trees and 
surrounded by gardens, the spots formerly cultivated by Mr. 
Brownlee and Jan Tzatzoe. On reaching the house of the 
former, which is situated near the Caffre village, in the 
outskirts of the town, we were cordially welcomed by Mr. 
Brownlee, a c< tall, plain, Scottish man,” as Pringle calls him, 
venerable from years, virtues, and wrongs. He led us into 
his neat, comfortable house, and introduced us to his family. 
After traversing the desert it was quite refreshing to see on 
the table of the room in which we sat a vase of newly 
gathered flowers, comprising roses, balsams, petunias, and 
verbenas, with others of native growth. 
In the evening I walked with Mr. Brownlee through his 
garden, where I was agreeably surprised to find, besides 
