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Responds to points raised by Rev Freeman and argues his own case, including the issue of how long missionaries should allow for a trial with the gospel amongst a particular people before the removal of the mission; outlines the history of the Bechuana Mission as a case in point and details the main phases of its development; refers to the meeting of a Select Committee of the LMS, which met in April 1849, to consider the Society's constitution and mode of administration after more than 50 years; refers to the resolutions of brethren in Leeds [passed at a meeting of 'Ministers and delegates connected with the West Riding Auxiliary to the London Missionary Society' held at Leeds in January 1850]; recounts journey to Lake Ngami (see letter 51); refers to the birth of their daughter at Kolobeng [Elizabeth Pyne, who died in September 1850 at 6 weeks old]; trouble with Boers, which threatens the stability of the station; reference to Alfred Rider, who made sketches of views of the Lake and surrounding country; refers to the telescope given to him by Freeman as a gift and complains that if it wasn't for his "plaguey watch" he could "observe an occultation by the moon's dark light sufficiently well for the Longitude".
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