Journal of a visit to South Africa in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope / By the Rev. C.I. Latrobe.

  • Christian Ignatius Latrobe
Date:
1818
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Credit: Journal of a visit to South Africa in 1815, and 1816. With some account of the missionary settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope / By the Rev. C.I. Latrobe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    voted Roman Catholic, and speaks with the greatest gratitude of St. Genevieve, by whose kind intercession he was restored from a dangerous illness, and to whom also, when he first took orders, he commended himself for assistance in a faithful dis- charge of his priestly office, by reading his first mass at her tomb, in a vault of her church at Paris. Thus, the most excellent and enlightened men of the age, suchas Huet was, in his day and sta- tion, may, in certain points, remain quite in the dark, till the Spirit of God, by a progressive-work, grants the rays of his light and truth to shine upon them. © Such reflections should make us more candid and forbearing, in judging of the state of men’s minds in other persuasions, differing from our. own, conscious that we ourselves have yet much to learn, before we attain to per- fection. 17th. Two vessels hove in sight. The first hoisted English colours, and we edged towards her. She proved to be a Poole ship from Newfeundland, bound to Valencia in Spain. Mr. Buck, being a native of Poole, found: an acquaintance in her captain, and gave him some very welcome information concern- ing his family, a circumstance which afforded us all much plea- sure. This morning I began to read Montgomery’s ‘* World be- fore the Floed.”’ There is a strain of genuine piety init, which can- not failto edify all unprejudiced readers. I see no reason for his making such an humble apology for the fiction. 18th. Flying fish made their first appearance, and as on that account it was hoped that dolphins were not far off, in pursuit of these defenceless creatures, we prepared with great eagerness of expectation to revenge the cause of the pursued, by an attack on the pursuers; in which, however, we were disappointed, for not a single fish approached the ship. The wind was contrary, and we made but little way. 19th. In the forenoon, a shoal of bonettas kept for some time playing about the ship, and many attempts were made to strike them, but in vain. In the afternoon, a large turtle was observed,
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