DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONS, EXHIBITING THE
INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY IN PROMOTING CIVILIZATION.

BY

THE REV. JOHN PHILIP, D.D.

Superintendent of the Missions of the London Missionary Society at the Cape of Good Hope,
&c. &c.

IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. II.

LONDON:

JAMES DUNCAN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

MDCCCXXVIII,

CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Origin of the Bushmen.-Exaggerated reports of their phy-

sical and moral deformities.-Evidence of their natural

good qualities.-Colonel Collins's report suggesting

means for their improvement.-Commencement of mis-

sionary stations at Toverberg and Hephzibah

CHAPTER II.

Abolition of the Bushman missions by the Colonial Govern-

ment.-Testimonies of their beneficial effects.-Appear-

ance of Toverberg, when visited by the author.-Motives

of the colonists in conspiring against these missions.-A

Commando, to extirpate the Bushmen, recommended by

the Commission of Circuit, in 1816.-Continuance of this

bloody system

CHAPTER III.

Exclamation of a Bushman on going to be executed.-De-

scription of the State of the Bushmen in 1823.-Mr.

George Thompson's Account of the Commando system.

-Feelings of the Colonists on this point.-Comparative

Humanity of the Dutch and English Governments.—

Present Condition of the Bushmen.-Interview with

Uithaalder, the Bushman Chief

CHAPTER IV.

Mission to the Griquas.-Origin of this Tribe.-Their former

savage State.-Effects of the Missionaries' Labours

among them.-Their Settlement at Klaarwater, now Gri-

qua Town.-Ordered by the Colonial Government to fur-

nish Recruits for the Cape Corps.-Refuse to accede to

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