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CHAPTER XXXIV

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2010

Robert Moffat
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London Missionary Society
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Having already exceeded the limits of the present work, the Author feels it necessary to confine the different subjects on which he intended to dilate within a very narrow compass. It is with the greatest satisfaction he refers to the French and Wesleyan brethren in the Basuto country, south-east of the Kuruman, whose labours have been abundantly blessed, not only in that district, but to the borders of the Colony. Mosheshe, king of the Basutos, had long desired to receive a missionary, in order to procure for his subjects those advantages which he had heard other tribes had derived from the residence of a missionary among them. After long reflection, in 1833, he sent two hundred oxen to some of his servants, ordering them to go and find the great chief of the white people, and obtain from him, in exchange for the cattle, men capable of instructing his subjects. His servants obeyed; but, after a few days' march, they fell in with some Corannas, who deprived them of their cattle. This adverse circumstance did not discourage Mosheshe; for, having heard that a Griqua from our missionary station at Philippolis was hunting in his dominions, he sent for him, inquired respecting the object and labours of the missionaries, and entreated the stranger's assistance in the accomplishment of his wishes. This was promised; and on the Griqua's return to Philippolis, he related the affair to his missionary; and it is worthy of remark, that just at this juncture three missionaries from the Paris Society arrived at the station.

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Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1842

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  • CHAPTER XXXIV
  • Robert Moffat, London Missionary Society
  • Book: Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
  • Online publication: 29 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511695643.034
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  • CHAPTER XXXIV
  • Robert Moffat, London Missionary Society
  • Book: Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
  • Online publication: 29 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511695643.034
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  • CHAPTER XXXIV
  • Robert Moffat, London Missionary Society
  • Book: Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa
  • Online publication: 29 August 2010
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511695643.034
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