month of June, created considerable alarm even in the Colony. They had destroyed Kurreechane, and had ruined the more distant Bootsuanna Tribes, and were approaching Lattakoo. Mr. Moffat, one of the missionaries at that station, went forward on horseback to reconnoitre; and then returned to rouse the Bootsuannas and Griquas. The Griquas came up very speedily to the assistance of the people of Lattakoo. The enemy were found in great numbers, said to be not less than 40,000 of both sexes, with a large quantity of cattle, which they had swept from the countries that had been ravaged by them. Their fire-arms gave the small body of Bootsuannas and Griquas such superiority over the invaders, that, in a fierce conflict which took place on the 26th of June, only one of them was slightly wounded, while great numbers of the enemy fell. The Mantatees were driven back, and about 1000 head of cattle taken. These people had cut their way through a vast tract of country, dispersing many powerful tribes. They are, for the present, driven back on the country which they have conquered; where they will probably fix themselves, holding its inhabitants in subjection and slavery. Though they are evidently from a great distance, they speak a dialect of the Bootsuanna: that tongue is found, indeed, to prevail, in its different dialects over a very large portion of South Africa.

"This event will, doubtless, tend to the furtherance of the Gos pel. The aid rendered by the Missionaries, in this affair, to the Natives among whom they live, has more closely attached them to one another: as these Natives shall be brought to receive the Gospel, a vast field lies before them, in which they may proclaim, in their own tongue, the glad tidings which they will have receiv ed.

"On the subject of the numerous tribes of Natives which occupy the southern part of this continent, much information is communicated in the late publications of the Rev. John Campbell and other travellers, and in the communications of the Missionaries settled among them or in their vicinity. We have made some arrangements to lay before our readers a digest of this information; but, from the rapid increase of Missionary Intelligence, we may not be able, for some time, to effect our object."

Under this Division twenty-one stations are enumerated, in the following subdivisions, Cape Town, Hottentots, Caffres, Griquas,

Bootsuannas, and Namaquas. There are forty-four European Mis. sionaries, Schoolmasters, &c. with their wives, besides Native Assistants. Engaged in this part of the Missionary field are, the London Missionary Society, the Moravian Brethren, the Wesleyan Missionary Society, the Society for the propagation of the Gospel, the Glasgow Missionary Society, the South African Missionary Society, and the Colonial Government,

African Islands.

"The hope, stated in the last Survey, that the Imaum of Muscat would be induced to lend his aid in suppressing the Slave Trade, has been realized. He entered into a Treaty, on the 10th of September, 1822, with the Governor of Mauritius, for the total Abolition of that trade throughout his dominions and dependencies; and issued, in consequence, the most positive orders to his Governor at Zanzebar, to prevent the traffic in Slaves with any persons whatsoever: and there is reason to believe that the Governor has faithfully fulfilled these instructions of the Imaum.

"The Trade, it appears, is resolutely suppressed by King Radama in Madagascar. Mr. Hastie, the British Agent in that island, states that offers have been made to the Chieftains for leave to trade on the coast, but they had invariably been rejected. Mr. Hastie has been zealously and usefully employed, in promoting habits of industry and a taste for agriculture in the Natives."

The Islands included in this Division are, Mauritius and Madagascar, in which there are four Missionaries, and three artisans, belonging to the London Missionary Society. The Mission in Johanna, one of the Comoro Islands, has been relinquished.

Abyssinia.

"Of the Amharic and Ethiopic Scriptures, the Committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society thus speak, in the last Report:"The printing of the Amharic Version, destined for the use of Abyssinia, is now -in active progress; the difficulties which had retarded it having been, at length, surmounted. It is proposed to print, in the first instance, the Four Gospels; and that of St. Matthew has already passed through the press. Your Committee acknowledge their obligations to your Honorary Librarian, Mr. Platt, for the care and attention with which he continues to prosecute the laborious task of editing that. important work.

"In the course of the present year, Mr. Platt proceeded to Paris, at the request of your Committee, to examine the Oriental MSS. of that city, for materials to assist

in the prosecution of another department of their Abyssinian labours, the publication of a correct edition of the Scriptures, or parts of them, in the Ethiopic language. The aid which he thus procured was such as will, it is hoped, enable your Committee to proceed in a short time to an edition of the Four Gospels of this Version. His success in this Mission is to be attributed, under Divine Providence, to the unceasing assistance and advice of Professor Kieffer; and the kindness with which facilities of every sort were granted to him in his researches, by M. Langles, Conservator of the Oriental MSS. in the Royal Library.

"The Four Gospels in Amharic have been just finished at press. "Mr. Platt has published, since his return from Paris, in a hand- ›. sonie quarto volume of about 80 pages, the results of his researches, with specimens of the modern languages of Abyssinia, and illustrations of those languages which indicate a close and able investigation of the subject. We rejoice to see the attention of our Scholars so effectively occupied on the means of enlightening Abyssinia; and quote, with great pleasure, Mr. Platt's concluding remarks in reference to that people :

"Should such communications as this have any effect in turning the attention of the Orientalist to Ethiopic Literature, and to the people to whom that literature was once familiar--to their present state of depression, and the best means for recovering them from it-they will indeed answer a valuable end. Cut off from intercourse with Christian Nations, and surrounded by Mahommedans and Pagans on every side, the Church of Abyssinia has stood for centuries alone -an oasis in the moral desert. Wasted indeed it has been, and desolated by rude and frequent inroads; but the principle of life and strength still remains. And the attempt to rouse those powers into action, by applying the motives which Christianity, as set forth in the Word of God, alone can give, and by displaying those hopes which Christianity alone can offer, is surely an enterprize than which few can be more interesting."

Mediterranean.

"The principal Station, at present permanently occupied within this sphere of Missionary Labour, is Malta: not so much, indeed, for its own sake, because the dominant authority of the Roman Catholic Faith restricts attempts to communicate the Scriptures to the great mass of its inhabitants; but as a secure asylum and centre of action, where, under British Protection, benevolent plans for the benefit of the surrounding shores may be matured-labourers may meet, and recover their spirits and strength-translations may be executed or revised—the press may be put into powerful action—and, hereafter, natives of various countries may be prepared for future service among their own people,

"We observe, with pleasure, in the Journals of the Missionarios employed in these parts, that they hold friendly conferences with one another at Malta, in which, by an interchange of knowledge and experience, they endeavour to improve their respective plans for obviating the various difficulties of their work and attaining the great object at which they aim. This system is coming into opera tion. The different Societies, engaged in the dillusion of Christian Truth round the shores of this sea, are sending forth their travellers on journies of investigation-distributing, by their means, far and wide, copies of the Scriptures and Religious Tracts and regulating their plans and measures on actual knowledge of the scenes of labour.

“On one of the means of diffusing Christian Truth round the Mediterranean for which the situation of Malta renders it eminently advantageous--the preparation and circulation of Religious Tracts -we quote some very pertinent remarks by the Committee of the Religious Tract Society :

"The very interesting volume of Christian Researches in the Mediterranean, recently published by Mr. Jowett, presents an appalling enumeration of difficulties, moral, political, ecclesiastical, and incidental, which must be overcome, in order to the successful promulgation of the Gospel of Christ in countries once blessed with its hallowed light, but now darkened with ignorance, infidelity, and error. This respected individu 1, who occupies a station which gives access to a line of coast equal to nearly one half of the circuit of the globe, and is surrounded by every variety of character; language, national distinctions, and religious prejudices, deeply feels the value of Tracts and has devoted much of his time to preparing them for publication. In the countries bordering upon the Levant, espe cially,racts will furnish the best precursors to future Missionaries, by remov ing prejudice and exciting inquiry; and they form, possibly, the only means by which multitudes of the present generation, now rapidly passing into eternity, can be made acquainted with the hope of the Gospel.

"It is worthy of remark, connected with these observations, that in these very regions, the Scriptures were originally published as Tracts. The Gospels of the Evangelists were dispersed as Tracts, the Epistles of St. Paul were sent as se parate Tracts, the Addresses to the Seven Churches were of the nature of Tracts, and the Epistles of St Peter were Tracts, immediately directed to the Christian Strangers scattered through proconsular Asia, l'ontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Bithynia. And if ever the golden lamps of the Apocalyptic Churches are to be rekindled, and the continent of Asia is to be revisited by the glory which has long since departed -an expectation, which, guided by the light of prophecy, we con fidently cherish-if the darkness which has for ages obscured the fairest portions of the earth is to be scattered, and the idolatries of Paganism are to be destroyed, and the delusions of Mahommedan Superstition are to be broken, and all AntiChristian Heresies, in every quarter of the globe, are to be abolished-it must be

by a recurrence to the ancient principles and the wise expedients of former and better times-by the faithful exhibition of the truth and grace of our exalted Redeemer, in the doctrines of zealous Missionaries, and in the useful lives of devoted Christians.

"In the present state of Missionary Labours throughout the Mediterranean, we shall arrange the intelligence under the different Societies engaged, and not under the Stations; as this course seems best adapted to the particular circumstances of the case.

"The Holy Land, and especially the Sacred City, are become great objects of attention. We quoted from Dr. Richardson's late Travels, at pp. 348-351 of our last Volume, some very impres sive remarks on the Holy City and the Jewish people. Among these and other travels, which have recently thrown light on these sacred scenes, those of Major Mackworth, whose visit to the Syrian Christians was printed in the Number for March, are worthy attention for the just train of feeling with which he describes them. We quote his remarks on leavin Jerusalem :-

"I have seen degraded Zion, and most of her dependencies; and though much therein has been calculated to excite grief and indignation in any Christian Traveller, never probably will the remembrance of her local associations be effaced from my mind. If I have, individually, gained nothing else, I have seen enough to be able to contradict, with sufficient certainty to myself, many things insinuated by Anti-Christian Writers, as impeaching the truth of Scripture and of the histories and narratives which it contains. To me all seemed strongly corroborative of its unvarying veracity. Superstition itself was "nable always to conceal the truth, by loading it with fabulous trash; and my outward senses bave become the rivals of my understanding in believing the Word of God. May His Holy Spirit cause it to sink so much the deeper in my heart!

"I quitted Jerusalem, to confess the truth, without feeling that degree of regret which might be expected Perhaps it is, that, having once actually seen the sacred places, the mind is as well sat sfied, UNDER EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES, as it would be in visiting them again and again. The sad and degrading superstitions, which now envelope them with a cloud of unballowed incense, infect and destroy the pure delight, which the traveller, and (if the term may yet be allowed) the PILGRIM, would else receive: but, though contaminated, they are still silently speaking evidences, that those pars of Scripture which relate to them must be true; and, as such, they are entitled to our veneration and regard."

There are about sixteen Missionaries, &c. employed in this interesting field, by the American Board of Missions, the Church Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society, the London Jews' Society, and the Wesleyan Missionary Society.