MOFFAT

Robert, the Scottish mi ionary traveller, great was bom in 17^3. He began his work in South Africa the in 1813, and in i8i<) married Mary Smith of Cape materials Town, the companion thenceforward of his labours. advantages. During a visit to Britain in 1842, he published an would account of his travels and a translation of the New would Testament and Psalms in the-Bechuana language. spoilt He returned to England in 1870, received the degree more of D. D. from Edinburgh University, and died in divided