CHAP. IX. ALOES AND ZAMIA. 245 were obliged, at great inconvenience and loss, to seek another position. They had purchased land at some distance, and the missionary was preparing to accompany them to their future home. Leaving Avontuur and descending the Montague pass, we revisited Pecaltsdorp, and held a more satisfactory meeting with the people. We also visited Zuurbraak, where the people prepared a public breakfast, which was followed by an encouraging public meeting. I had sketched a number of ZAMIACAFFRA. ALOE VULGARIS. (Medicinal alo;-.) ALOE FEROX. natural objects during the journey, and on our way to this station I added a drawing of a beautiful Aloeferox in flower. I had previously sketched the Aloe vulgaris, which abounds near Bethelsdorp. The gum of this plant, the medicinal aloe r 3