Excerpt from The Mission Field: A Monthly Record of the Proceedings of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, at Home and Abroad We rested at '1 1. 3o'a.m. Neara little stream called Broatkraal, had wold meat and coffee, and started at I rode up a long, steep 'hill, 'having a led-horse with me. Soon after getting. Again iinto the trap, a deluging thunderstorm came on. The horses turned rtheir tails to the river, and stood motionless. I was able to 'keep dry ln the carriage, but all the others were wet through: We saw the storm gathering for some time ablack cloud gradually collected on the range of mountains about Kokstaad; the lightning flashed; and the thunder roared terrifically. We thought the storm was over, when, after riding for about two miles, it came on again With greater violence than 'before. At Kokstaad we found Mr. Strachan with others, and received a kind welcome from Mr. Dower, a Scotch minister, who is labouring among the Griquas. We stayed at his house. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.