THE JOURNAL OF JOSEPH TINDALL: Missionary in South West Africa 1839-55 by BA Tindall

Van Riebeeck Society, 1959

Hardcover, no jacket in very good condition, some mild markings to boards - there is a private owner's library plate present.

 "The gospel precepts were far removed from tribal ideas and the harshness of nomadic life was not conducive to their expression in tribal life. Consequently, conversions to Christianity were few and statistically unimpressive: thirty-nine church members, sixty on trial and 100 school children. But Francis Galton, the explorer and scientist, gave a truer assessment of Tindall's work when he wrote: 'It seems to me that, small as Amraal's tribe was, it was infinitely the most civilized of all that I had seen'."