CHAP. IX, 
PORT ELIZABETH. 
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Graham’s Town in the forenoon of the 6th of April. This 
young African city is pleasantly situated in the midst of an 
amphitheatre of grassy mountains. The streets are wide, and 
regularly laid out; the houses neat, generally white or yellow, 
and numbers of them shaded with trees; the Episcopalian, 
Methodist, and Independent churches and chapels being 
conspicuous amongst the buildings of the place. The popu¬ 
lation of Graham’s Town was stated to be 12,000, of which 
one-third are coloured, viz., the Hottentots, Caffres, and 
Fingoes. 
Here we remained four days the guests of Mr. Smith, the 
excellent missionary of the station, a man apparently well 
qualified for his somewhat difficult position, combining, with 
a gentle spirit, modest unobtrusive demeanour, and good 
judgment, unimpeachable integrity, and great moral courage. 
During our stay, we visited the Hottentot location, which still 
presents affecting memorials of the sufferings of the people; 
but, notwithstanding all, they did not seem to have lost heart. 
Large congregations assembled in their substantial stone 
chapel, which they have recently enlarged, listening intelli¬ 
gently to sermons in the English language. The public 
meetings we held were satisfactory, and the account given 
us by the missionary of the state of religion amongst them 
was encouraging. Grateful for the kindness experienced here 
from Mr. Thompson, minister of the Independent chapel, and 
from a number of Christian friends, we proceeded onward to 
Port Elizabeth, where I was glad to find accommodation under 
the same roof with Mr. and Mrs. Kobson, the latter of whom, 
formerly Mrs. Williams, I had known in England many years 
before. 
At this rising, prosperous, and important town, the port of 
the Eastern Provinces of the colony, we remained nearly a 
fortnight, grateful for the hospitality we received from Mr. 
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