Mr. Anderson expects to be in Cape Town in a few weeks, when he will be able to give His Excellency any further information required upon the subject. Praying that every blessing may attend His Excellency's person and government, and confiding in his support towards the spreading of Christianity in this benighted country, We have the honour to be, &c. &c.

C. Bird, Esq.

Deputy Colonial Secretary.

(Signed)

J. READ.

J. KICHERER.
J. G. ULBricht.
W. ANDERSON.
E. SMITH.

W. F. CORNER.

No. XVII.

Letter to the Author from the Rev. John Campbell, (inclosing part of the MS. of these volumes.)

My dear Sir, I believe the inclosed papers give a very just view of the oppressions of the Hottentots-that they are not treated like men and women, but like brutes. In regard to the little that I said, (compared to what I could have said) upon that subject in my first journal, you remember the feelings of the colonists, when we were travelling to and from Bethelsdorp in 1819. I think the case of the Hottentots is such, that any apprehension of hostility on this account, should you return to Africa, should not deter you from making public the whole case, without reserve. I had instances of the cruelty of the colonists, in their punishment of both male and female Hottentots in their service, that would have shocked the feelings of civilized people in such a country as this. But at the time I published, there was no known intention of making a new code of laws for the Cape, wherefore, I thought it prudent, for the sake of our missions, not to publish all I knew. But now the case is different. Let the truth, therefore, be told. There is now a kindly feeling among all ranks in England, towards the oppressed of the coloured tribes. Persevere: missions are designed to relieve the oppressed. I am just leaving town for a fortnight, and I was afraid lest papers so important as the inclosed, should be out of their proper place wherefore, I wish you to have them.

I am yours, &c.

Kingsland, Thursday. (1817.)

(Signed). J. CAMPBELL.

THE END.

London: W. CLOWES, Stamford-street.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

View of Bethelsdorp to front title, Vol. I.

Map to front title, Vol. II.

Plan of Theopolis to front page 401, Vol. II.

ERRATA.

Vol I. p. 65, at bottom, for " Missionary Register," read "Missionary Transactions." Do. p. 111, at bottom, instead of reference printed, read "Missionary Transac

tions, Vol. iii. p. 150."

EPHEM

Just Published in Demy 12mo. price 6s, boards.

PHEMERIDES; or, OCCASIONAL POEMS, written in Scot-
LAND and SOUTH AFRICA.

BY THOMAS PRINGLE.

"We have been interested and delighted, in no common degree, by the perusal of this little volume.... Mr. Pringle is a poet of Nature's making, and speaks to us the language of the Muses, just because it is his heart's native tongue. . . . In these days of artificial metre-mongers, it is refreshing to listen to strains thus poured forth, not for effect, but as it were from impulse, and the genuine spirit of poetry and music."-Monthly Review.

"In this volume there is very delightful poetry. . . . .Many of the pieces were written in South Africa, upon local subjects; but the largest portion asks no aid from localities to be felt and understood; they come home to the bosoms and feelings of all."-New Monthly Magazine.

years have

Very superior to the numerous collections of miscellaneous poems, that of late issued from the press. . . . There is in it a freshness and originality, combined with a gentleness and benevolence of spirit, that cannot fail to strike the imagination, and to interest the affections. The tone of lofty and indignant scorn against the oppressors, and the soothing accents of compassion and encouragement for the oppressed, form another feature of the work, entitling it to the approbation and good wishes of all the wise and honest. The style is at once simple and graceful; while in some passages there breathes a peculiar air of poetic tenderness and sweetness, that strongly reminds us of the Muse of Allan Ramsay, and of Logan.”—London Magazine.

"The desert with its sweep of sand and sky-the lonely savage with his reed now turned to a spear, and now a flute,-the lion and his hunters,-are not these the very materiel of poetry? Mr. Pringle has found them such."-Literary Gazette.

Many of the poetical pieces written in South Africa, are highly characteristic and are full of novel and picturesque description."-London Weekly Review.

"His poetry flows like the natural language of a heart gushing up and over with the healthy sensibilities of humanity.... The NOTES are throughout vivacious and picturesque ;—those which describe the wrongs and sufferings of the Native Tribes, possess a thrilling interest for all who value the character of their religion, or the honour of their country."-Athenæum.

"The extracts we have given, will sufficiently evince the spirit of genuine piety and glowing philanthropy, by which the author's poetical talents are consecrated. Mr. Pringle has recently accepted the honourable office of Secretary to the Anti-Slavery Society, in which capacity he will find a congenial employment for a mind animated by a detestation of that moral blight and curse, of which, in its existing effects, he has been an eye-witness. The notes to the poems supply some very interesting information respecting the Caffer Tribes."-Eclectic Review.

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