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THE COAST OA MALASAA•

f frAntlatett from the German].
u On the 2 oth of September, 1793, I set out on
my journey for 'fanschaur, in company with the
worthy Mr. Schwartz. The Prince of 'fanschaur,
the adopted son of the late King Taletchi (whom he,
by the express desire of Covernment, had brought
to Madras), accompanied tic, widt his retinue on
horseback, for some miles. On the evening of the
same day we reached Tirupalar, a great Heathen
place, with two Temples, esteemed very holy by
the Pagan Priests. Here Mr. Schwartz had ()Lea-
lion to speak with many E.amins, and other people
(to whom he was already known) a word in due
season. In an animated and energetic speech, he
chewed tli.m the absurdity and corrupted state of the
Heathen Religion ; and their blindness in compari-
son with the light of Christianity, as a clear. pure,
and rational system, and a convincing and powerful
doetrine. I saw, with amazement, -how willingly
these poor creatures heard this powerful instruetion.
"tit must be allowed, that to keep awake the at-
tention of these people. a perfeft knowledge of the
language. which Mr. Schwartz possesses in a very
great degree, is required. He spoke a long time to
the multitude standing; and, though I did not un-
derstand the whole discourse in the Malabar tongue,
yet I remarked, in the very eves and whole deport-
ment of this numerous assembly, that, to the several
questions proposed to them, they more than once
answered, Yes, it is true, it is right, it should be
so." The night soon came on. and Mr. Schwartz
moved, as if Ise would depart ; " 0, by no mans!"
cried the people, " we wish to hear you longer.
Come," said they, " sit down here ; you are tired
of standing." We readily complied; and sat down
on the steps of a stone stair-case, near which there
stood a great waggon, ii; which, on festival days,
their idols are drawn.

a Mr. Schwartz continued preaching for about
half an hour longer. The people, on their depar-
ture, thanked us for the pains we bad taken on the r
account. We asked those people afterwards, Why
they did not embrace so excellent a do trine, which
they themselves could neither contradia, nor allow

to be any otherwise than good ? but the answer was
always this:.-" Yes, that we would do, was it not
for the world and the belly ; the world would hate,
deride, and despise us ; nay, even your own people.
who call themselves Christians, would mock us--
and the belly must be supported ;—you priests can-
not maintain us ! and you are not to he blamed for
it ; your government will net provide for us."

AFRICA.
A MISSIONARY NOW LABOURING IN AFRICA, THUS

WIIITIS :-

" My present habitation is among the Briquas,
at the Kroeman River, about twelve days journey
beyond the Orange river, about the latitude of 25
South.
" The Briqoas are more civil than any other na-
tion in this part of the world. They do not mur-
der, nor steal ; and are very seldom at war. Their
language is pleasant, and without the claps of
the tongue among the Hottentots; they do not
worship idols, but acknowledge .one Supreme
Being ; they circumcise their children ; they culti-
vate the ground ; and sow a sort of corn, pumpkins,
beans, &c. ; they trade with other nations in iron,
brass, ivory, cattle, and skins ; they are governed by.
kings. The name of the Prince where L am la-
bouring is Mallababang. They make their own
instruments and tools, such as knives, axes, &c. Wild
beasts abound here, such as elephants, bufaloes,
rhinoceroses, and gnoes, with others not mentioned
in the natural histories. Once in two or three weeks
I ride round to the different kraals in my neigh-
bourhood, to preach the gospel to them by means of
an interpreter. 'ft) those who live nearer to me,
about ISO in number, I preach every Sabbath."

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH W I I

On Sunday, the 4th inst arrived the 41 metican
ship Union, Captain Pendleton, from Norfolk Island,
after a favourable passage of nine days, with 19
discharged non-commissioned officers and privates
on board.

yuh. Morris, who went a respite to Norfolk Island,
remained for trial when the Univi sailed, for inhu-
manly attempting the murder tif Edward Garth and
Sarah Bird. He had been confined in the gaol,
owing to his desperate charafter and eondita, and
at five o'clock in the morning of January 11, he had
some conversation with Garth, who abed as gaoler
for the time being ; but suddenly drawing from his
sleeve a kuife, seven inches in the blade, several
times stabbed him in the billy; then rushing from
the prison, burst violently into the house of Sarah
Bird with whom he had for many years cohabited,
then in bed, and with the same instrument made a
hot rible and ghastly incision across her throat from
ear to ear. Endeavouring to ward off the monstrous
attempt, she also received a wound in the left arm,
which, extending downwards in an oblique direftion
across the wrist, cut the sinews through t the sur-
, geon was confidently of opinion, that the resistance
by which the latter v'r-ind was occasinged, had
alone saved her life. Her shrieks oroughf the con-
stables and r.eighbours to her assistance, who obliged
this atsauin to take refuge i•I a morass, where he for
some minutes brand:,' ois mischievous weapon,
and breathed ver,,_ ...cc on the first that dared ap-
proach oint , bat, when overpowered, sunk into a ti-
midity that always succeeds an at of M utal violence.
From the diligent attention of the officiating surgeon,
the wounded persons were dechred not likely to die
of ti.cir wounds, shortly before The Unipti's de-
par! ure from the Island, soon after which the offen-
der was to be brought to trial.

EXTRACT ►RON A LITTER ADDIIRSILD TO THE PHI-
I.ADEETHIA AGRICULTURAL lOCIETTSO:4 RAISING

CALVES WITHOUT NM MILK.

Could we discover a method not only to raise
c 4lves, but to make good veal for the butcher,
without the use of new milk, it might induce our
farmers to keep their calves five or six weeks, at
which age the meat would be me* better, and the
skins much more val table, particularly for boot
hg:, than when killed young.
in order to make some discovery on this subjee,
I teely made the following experiment; I had two
calves nearly of the same age and condition; the
one from a fine young cow, was confined ja a clean
airy stalde, and had the cow turned into him duet
times a day, from an adjoining field of good clover.
The other at three days old was taken from the cow
and confined in a dark stable, well littered with
dean straw every two days; foe the first week he
had as much new milk as he could drink three times
a day, when it was changed to skimmed milk, having
two or three handfuls of fine Indian meal stirred into
It. After suffering him to drink plentifully of this
mixture, he was crammed with two boluses of the
size of an hen's egg, made with Indian meal, lin-
seed oil, and an egg. One week before the calf
was killed the oil was omitted, as it is reported to
give the flesh of animals fed on linseed cake a disa-
g ee tble taste.
The result of the experiment was, that the veal
fed with the oil was one pound and a quarter !wa-
vier than the other, and rather superior to it in
every other respect, not hying the taste of the nil,
•of which I. was apprehensive. At the same time
that the oil is very nourishing, it tends to keep
the body open, which is of great advantage in the
fattening of animals. I have experienced a very
great adv.intage in the use of a small quantity of
oil in bringing stallfed oxen rapidly to a condition
fit fur the knife.

Authentic accounts of a very recent date have
been received by a General Officer, lately in com-
mand in Egypt, that ELFI BEY is now (in conse-
quence of the intermediation of this Government)
perfectly reitored to the confidence of the Porte, and
aetually at present in command of a body of troops,
in conjunCtion with the Viceroy, to suppress the re-
newal of a French party % that country.
A letter from Berlin, dated the 23d June, lays,
gs The Oder, and the river Rober which flows into
it, have left their bed and caused great destrudion.
The Oder rose eigi.t feet, and die water, ?read so
rapidly over the country, tha; the inhabitants had
much difficulty in saving themselves. More than
300 horses and horned cattle have perished in the
floods. The dyke near Crossen has been filled up,
and the crops are all lost. The river Neiss io Sile-
sia has been equally overflowed, and caused great
mischief. The Fanbourgh de Glair has been in
the same manner under water, and many bridges
were curled away."