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1868 In March I was confirmed by Superintendent K. Hohls, together with Christof Niebuhr, only the two of us; and we
had hard times with Superintendent Hohls because he was very harsh. My verse for the confirmation was Romans 15:2: Let each of us please his neighbour for his good, to build
him up. It was Palm Sunday. After the confirmation Christof Niebuhr walked up and down in the big gum tree promenade and promised to lead a good life. Christof became a farmer in Lüneburg and died many years ago of asthma, while I am still on my pilgrimage and will be turning 89 years in May 1943. 1868 during the winter our teacher H. Müller undertook a journey on horseback through Zululand. He was accompanied by Missionary Rösler, Bryant Lindley, son of Missionary Lindley, first scholar in Hermannsburg and myself. Bryant
was 17 years old, I was 14. Before the journey I had riding lessons on a fat mare, the foal of which had run away, and I was flung over the head of the horse into the grass. For the journey Müller rented a horse with a saddle for me from a kaffir for 10/- for the entire journey of 26 days. The horse was called Charly and had a sore back so that I always had to put some padding under the saddle and then had to wash off the back with cold water. In front on the saddle each one had a bag with food and various articles for barter trade – knives, beads, mirrors, sugar etc. to