Do not suppose that all the Dutch boors are such as those whose conduct I have been obliged to point out.

There are many worthy men, although but few educated or enlightened.
"I know from my own observation that the failings and prejudices against the natives are fast fading away, and that lately the law has been able to hold its ground, and has been supported by the people inhabiting the districts.

The Dutch, with all their prejudices and all their vices, will soon be swallowed up by the inundation of English settlers, and will gradually be so incorporated and intermingled by marriage that no distinction will be known.

Time, however, is required for such consolidation and cementation; that time is arriving fast, and the future prospects of the Cape are as cheering, as you may think, from my narrative, they have been disheartening and gloomy." "I trust in God that such will be the case," replied Alexander.

"If this wind continues, in a few days we shall be at the Cape, and I shall be most anxious to hear how affairs are going on." "I had a letter just before I set out from England, stating that the Zoolu tribes, to the northward of the Caffres, are in an unquiet state; and as you must pass near to these tribes on your journey, I am anxious to know the truth.