| dc.contributor.author | Erskine, Dundas Logan, 1855-1922 | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Cape Town, South Africa | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Stellenbosch, South Africa | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Eastern Cape, South Africa | |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1884-1885 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-10-02T07:29:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-10-02T07:29:56Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1884 | |
| dc.date.created | 1885 | |
| dc.identifier.other | E ERS | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.2/2974 | |
| dc.description | Different sections of the entire diary has been uploaded as separate bitstreams according to Rev. Erskine's index at the back of the diary. | |
| dc.description | PDF files derived from archival TIFF files. Digital copies were created from a the original diary by Dundas L. Erskine held in the Africana Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service Collection. Due to scanner error during digitisation process, the PDF files display a red stripe not present in the original object. | |
| dc.description | The account begins on 27th October 1884 with an account of Rev. Dundas departure from Shotts, Lanarkshire (Scotland) and the last entry is dated 14th March 1885 at the Blythwood Institute, Fingoland. He describes the voyage out aboard the Hawarden Castle, arrival at Cape Town, a stay in Stellenbosch and the journey to the Eastern Cape. From pages 81 - 285 he gives detailed accounts of his visits to the missions at Lovedale, Burnshill, Pirie, the meeting of the Presbyteries of Free & Presbyterian Churches in King William’s Town on 7th January 1885 (where spiritual and financial matters were discussed), Emguali, Mbulu, Futura, Columba & Ndhlambi, Duffbank or Idutywa and Main Tembuland. Journeying on horseback, Dundas travelled extensively visiting the missionaries and mission stations giving detailed accounts of their work. He gives sensitive accounts of the customs of the people including the difficulty of polygamy for converts. He preached at several places and mentions speaking from Rev. Tiyo Soga’s pulpit at Emguali and meeting his nephew William Soga, a teacher at the school. There are three pen-and-ink sketches, two of churches and the third of the Headman’s House at Caba. Reverend Dundas appears to have returned to the mission field in South Africa and died in Pirie in 1922 -- Information from Publisher’s webpage. | |
| dc.description.abstract | An account of Scottish missionary Reverend Dundas Logan Erskine's voyage to South Africa, his stay in Cape Town and Stellenbosch and his extensive travels in the Eastern Cape. | |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | Contents: Notes of a sea voyage to Cape Town; Cape Town; First notes of Stellenbosch; Journey from Stellenbosch to Lovedale; Lovedale - first visit; Burnshill - first visit; Pirie - first visit; Presbytery meeting at King Williams Town; Emgwali; Mbulu; Futura; Columba and Ndhlambi; Duffbank or Idutywa; Main Tembuland; Index; Luke II, verse 49. | |
| dc.format.extent | 311 p. [p. 287-310 missing] | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.rights | This item is subject to copyright protection. Reproduction of the content, or any part of it, other than for research, academic or non-commercial use is prohibited without prior consent from the copyright holder. | |
| dc.source | Original diary held in Africana Section. | |
| dc.subject | Erskine, Dundas Logan, 1855-1922 -- Travel -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | United Presbyterian Church (Scotland) -- Missions -- 19th century | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Indigenous peoples -- South Africa -- History -- 19th century | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | South Africa -- Discovery and exploration | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Kaffraria -- Discovery and exploration | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Some notes of a trip to South Africa in 1884-5 | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Other | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Copyright Stellenbosch University | |
