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sent professed? Has it been received by a whole nation?' and 'What influence has it had on the conduct of men?" "

To each of these queries suitable answers having been made, the chief declared himself well pleased with all that had been said, and urged the missionaries to prolong their visit until he could call together an assembly of his principal counsellors, and chief men who resided at a distance. With this proposal their other arrangements did not permit them to comply; but they promised, if possible, to pay him another visit ere long, and to send him previous intimation, in order that he might have the opportunity he desired of assembling "all the wisest and most respectable men of his country to hear and judge of their discourse."

In 1824, two of the Glasgow missionaries, Messrs. Ross and Bennie, commenced a new institution among the Caffers, about ten miles from that founded by Mr. Brownlee at the Chumi. About the same period, an institution was established on the Kalumna river, near the sea-coast, by the Wesleyan missionaries, and afterwards another, in S'Lhambi's territory. These several establishments have been all well received by the natives, and, with the Divine blessing, are likely to produce very important effects on the young generation.

In 1825, Mr. Brownlee, finding his labours no longer essential to the progress of the Chumi institution, (to the management of which his associate, the Rev. Mr. Thomson, was fully competent,) and, moreover, being now convinced, by experience, that his situation, as an agent of the colonial government, was ex

tremely prejudicial to his spiritual influence among the natives, he resigned his appointment, and the salary which he enjoyed in virtue of it, and again offered his valuable services as a missionary, in connexion with the London Missionary Society. This offer, the high and hallowed motives of which I duly appreciated, was accepted by me with most perfect cordiality; and, the permission of government having been obtained, Mr. Brownlee, accompanied by the Christian chief, young Tzatzoe, removed to the banks of the Buffalo river, and there commenced another institution, under the protection of old Tzatzoe, the father of his native coadjutor.

By the latest accounts, the cause of Christianity and civilization appears to be gradually gaining ground in Cafferland. Schools, for the youth of both sexes, have been established at the various stations abovementioned; and, all things considered, they have already been attended with much greater success than could have been anticipated. School books and primers in the Amakosa dialect,* printed by the Glasgow and Wesleyan missionaries, have been introduced into all those seminaries; and in a few years we may, with the blessing of God, hope to witness among the " savage Caffers" the same delightful spectacle which is now exhibited at Bethelsdorp and Theopolis-the instructed children teaching their parents and grandsires to read the Gospel in their mother tongue.

If, in this promising field, other Christian societies are now reaping the harvest for which our devoted and

* Sicana's hymn, at page 187, is a fair specimen of this soft and harmonious language.

revered missionaries, Vanderkemp and Williams, first broke up the soil, far be it from me and from any of my friends, to grudge them the honour that attends their success. If good is done, it matters little by what society it is effected; and I have always been an enemy to that petty jealousy which would regard with the slightest tincture of envy the success attending the labours of others, or which would induce Christian societies to quarrel about the respective shares which each may have in any great or good work.

In a letter of a recent date from Cafferland, from our late excellent missionary, the Rev. Evan Evans, I have the following statement :

"I have visited all the missionary stations of the Wesleyan, Glasgow, and London missionary societies, and I am happy to say that they are all in a prosperous state. Having visited Wesley-Ville, Love-Dale, and the other missionary stations of the Wesleyan and Glasgow missionary societies, I visited the station of our beloved brother Brownlee, where I spent some days.

"Mr. Brownlee's prospects are truly encouraging. The population immediately around him is very dense, for this country. Standing on the site of the institution, I was able to count a vast number of Caffer villages in sight. On the sabbath-day it was truly delightful to see the people coming in every direction from the surrounding country to the house of God. Those of the Caffers at this station who have been converted, maintain an honourable profession, and show much love and affection to their teachers. John Tzatzoe, the young Caffer chief, is much respected by all the people, and is of great use to Mr. Brownlee in his

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labours. This mission, however, needs more assistMr. Brownlee should have some artizans placed with him. He cannot, as yet, like the missionaries within the colony, have the natives to assist him in erecting the necessary buildings on such an institution. Williams sunk under the fatigue of his manual labours, and it will be a shame to the directors of our society if they lose Brownlee in a similar manner, or if the prosperity of the mission is retarded by their neglect.

"On my visit to the different missionary stations in this country, I was particularly pleased to find a spirit of love and candour among the missionaries of the different societies, which cannot fail to have a powerful effect upon their labours. It is acknowledged by all the missionaries of the different societies that they have entered into the labours of Williams, and that they are now reaping the fruits of the seed sown by him in Cafferland. It gives me much pleasure," adds Mr. Evans, "to state that such is the respect entertained by the missionaries of the different societies for the memory of our departed brother, that they have entered into a subscription to erect a monument over his grave."

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Namaqua Hottentots.-Their former condition.-Difficulty of enforcing habits of cleanliness.-Mr. Schmelen's labours at Bethany. Proposal of Sir Jahleel Brenton.-History of the robber Africaner. His plundering excursions-Conversion by the Missionaries-Visit to Cape Town-Exemplary conduct after he became a Christian-Meeting with his former enemy Berands, the Griqua-Death and Character.

THE Hottentot tribes known by the designation of Namaquas inhabit what is called Little and Great Namaqualand. Little Namaqualand stretches from the border of the colony, on the western shore of South Africa, to the Orange river, and Great Namaqualand extends from the north banks of the same river to Angra Pequena Bay, including about three degrees of latitude. The breadth of the country has not been so well defined. This is one of the most sterile and dreary countries in South Africa, presenting little to the eye except sandy deserts, interspersed with a few green patches, which are rendered fertile by the few springs which the country supplies. The climate of Namaqualand is much hotter and drier than that of the east coast; it will sometimes be for months, and even years, without rain; and, during the excessive drought to which it is exposed, the people keep their cattle alive by seeking forage for them among the reeds and bushes in the channels of the rivers.

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