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    t heir .- ae ^ Jjpu ^ c ^ Q & TS M W & : whh t hftq , tJiogpever : , > fbMpv &&& £ nay tar * r 5 v | s $ : aaa ^ ng ] t ^ iein ' Has ; ^ ^ id ^ d aaucfe to ^ th f ^^ SsLce , % v & res % ^ They lqyecL jfi ^ an ^ sai ^ tfo ^ if Jt ^ 3 ^ v 4 ^ P ?^ ag 2 W | i > they ^ w ^^ bew . ^ e p ^ es ;^ rien $ bip th ^ t & ev ^ nld do ; now » Itiave no *

    found them ^ sPtf ^* 4 £ sub ^ istepee , because t ^ y toci mud w ^ rly ^ aaxl could not reach ^ BJ ^ ckinodder Fountain aiilltotlierf Jjecj ^ ttse ths Iiorse ^ shoes and tn ^ noois 6 £ c the ose ^ were worn out by mounting the rocks , I was very glad

    to < -r ' c ^ Brji : home to , our , people , whom w ^ h£ ve brought , by the help of God , to peace , and to the embracing of his word , / vdthin two y ears * We h ave here moif ; level fields , a . ni sufficient food for our beasts , as also a garden in ; which we grow a little corn and vegetables , an 4 some of our scholars have now also cultivated a garden for themselves . "

    The iollowing particulars of . the Naonaquas may not be uninteresting to the reader :.. ¦ - " Hthe heat of the climate , and the few yajleysj leave very few acres for agriculture ; yet , however , eaeh family has a small garden 9 and . we have a very large one , wherein , besides garden-stuff , we have sawn a good half bushel of corn ; and in ^ afortn ^ gkt , we hope , with the assistance of * some of our people , to sow

    between v three and four bushels in a place called Kategas . ^ We are in great Vvai ^^ spitfcsrpickaxesi ploughs , and all «> thcr implements for , culdvatuig the ground- They may be procured at the Oape , hut at an exorbitant price . To send us thesej , and articles of clothing , froni Europe , would be much cheaper . With respect to the natural productions

    of the country we can say put little , the greatest attention of the natives being paid io tne rearinjg ; of cattle . Before our arrival they never ihpvght of growm $ in fh ' eir gardens ^ ny thing except k species of Kemp , "which they call ^ Dache ^ which grows as tall as little tf ees , * p 4 :. ^ f / which Xhey srapfee the leaves jfeixed with . ^ Jittte ^ tobacco ^ which ' 4 ; W y ^ pi ^ t |^ ds ' cult ^ vateK / Virith tbi 3 stuiT thlc iiard smokers not seldom

    lose their senses . We have persuaded some of them , to ^ cultivaie other things , for in ^ tajpee , <* B « ^ i »|> unen ^ * V wliich are nQt . ^ 1 ^^ g ^^ , \ ari ^ i ^^ Jn ; a aimttar rn ^ er ; : Xh & pfent grp ^ vs ' y ^ ery fine , aj *< £ is yepj ^^ fjr % P ^ W Q P M W §^&* v '; Tljere are ^ Q- otfer ^ 9 Hkm % Iruite—water melons , Spanish

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    fg $ l butjheMusth fan & mt & i & eatm iittmode ^ afcei ^ ^^ sjan 4 fe ^ rt § iii ti ?^ fields * WhicBt they use for vege ^ Mw ^ andJ ^ QlJect the , seed .-of Uie gra §^ standiagi in-the , deaert 9 wh & h serves , fhejtrfe ^ fociflcmr- < Tber , e isr much w | ld , h ^ uejr . iii- the bushes ; chiefly nearj the Qmtige . a ris ? e % d wherg be ©| . abound . . Of ibi & tibey make a sort - oC

    drinkj ^ feicfe j ?^ rj : ^ 9 © nja ^ c ^ cat ^ s them ; and we find it ; a haxd matter to persuade them £ 9 , & Qb > vmk y * Ther : ^ is aiso a sort of wild ^ berries , ^ j » e ^ the Qrangp ^ riverr which ttie popr ^ r $ Qt $ Jiaalfeei . no las ^^ of They have , nx > fi ^ ed habitations . In , or ~ dtt to prcsexYS t ^ eif ; . cattle , i ^ iey : ? w ^ n 4 ei ? from one pl ^ c ^ % 6 : tfcfe othe ^ ^ x « ej ^ : those in Warmje- ^> akth 9 v yyrh 0 ( \ are settled J ( ier

    and pnjy $ e # a . thiefc ; idb * Wren -vriw part of their catjtje * The taaaner ia which th « y build , is , described ,. ia our Jourijalf Two of our people , hav ^ huilt themseives durable &< ms $$ * an ^ © theijs h ^ ye t pro ^ aisiit P > vd ^ thj & same * Some of then ^ t , unde ^ iand a little of th # tailors ' , carpenter ^ ^* d ismiths ' - busi * ness * but . they b <^ ie , to the Bastard wha ¦;

    Hottentpt ^ vr & pc clptl ^ ng * Pa « r rents will not ; he . pejcsujt 4 ed to , seijcL their children to \ th & Qa . ^ QfJii pTder to lcara any tra < Jev but <^ f the raipsianarjesi thfy would jearn arty thing . We havettlwvejs very clever bo ^ $ iu cur ^ clio ^ i ^; aiid w ^ often thought , vffirethey to fee ^ piit to aa European semanary they mighty become :

    very useful missionaries , as none would labour so . effectually as natives ,, fron ^ the "knowledge of th ^ r own language ^ which is very difficult to learn , and being iniared to the climate and manner o£ living . The ^ assistance of tfyp British . Government * at the Cape lyould Jje o£ great service Xo . kj v / erc ^ e ; yr to prcK vide us with a Jar § c feiry * boat ? to cro $ s over thej . OraDgCTnver ^ as for want of ut jto

    this ^ ve are , no ^ v p grea , t labour ^ expense afi 4 3 aijger ^ having rJsometitri « ea to wait a for ^ nyg ^ t ^ and being obliged to enip ^ Qy . frpin forty to fiity frieh . tp tow our waggons across- We also should be jb ( £ | j l y obliged to goyernm ^ ni ^ for perpiissipo . to estaj )] i $ h- a cotton nianu * factory Ji | tlxis rfece . ' But as we ar & sa far beypBid the limits , of thevcolpnvj we

    doul ) t . whether gpvepwenf ; can do ; 4 nj ^ thing for . us . ! . J 4 ^ 4 ^ diJBFerent , 'witk respect to Dr . Ya ^ ider JS ^ imj ^ , nijB pja ^ a beinKwitb ^ n t ^ linaiti pf tte ^ pj ^ ny ^ . , v ^ e ; nifesiQ ^ le ' ^^ ' sk ^ Euirop ^ ; Jhu | , ' fay , tba t . wf ^ ij ^^ WjSp ^ . not pc todSmswS . $ uxt xuretitpts ara

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1708/page/36/