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ciiAr. ix. PORT ELIZABETH. 241 Graham’s Town in the forenoon of the 6th of April. This young African city is pleasantly situated in the midst of an amphitheatre of grassy mountains. The streets are wide, and regularly laid out; the houses neat, generally white or yellow, and numbers of them shaded with trees; the Episcopalian, Methodist, and Independent churches and chapels being conspicuous amongst the buildings of the place. The popu lation of Graham’s Town was stated to be 12,000, of which one-third are coloured, viz., the Hottentots, Caffres, and Fingoes. Here we remained four days the guests of Mr. Smith, the excellent missionary of the station, a man apparently well qualified for his somewhat difficult position, combining, with a gentle spirit, modest unobtrusive demeanour, and good judgment, unimpeachable integrity, and great moral courage. During our stay, we visited the Hottentot location, which still presents affecting memorials of the sufferings of the people; but, notwithstanding all, they did not seem to have lost heart. Large congregations assembled in their substantial stone chapel, which they have recently enlarged, listening intelli gently to sermons in the English language. The public meetings we held were satisfactory, and the account given us by the missionary of the state of religion amongst them was encouraging. Grateful for the kindness experienced here from Mr. Thompson, minister of the Independent chapel, and from a number of Christian friends, we proceeded onward to Port Elizabeth, where I was glad to find accommodation under the same roof with Mr. and Mrs. Robson, the latter of whom, formerly Mrs. Williams, I had known in England many years before. At this rising, prosperous, and important town, the port of the Eastern Provinces of the colony, we remained nearly a fortnight, grateful for the hospitality we received from Mr. R