35. One gets a sense in testimonies recorded by James Stuart of the shared displeasure by himself and his usually well-to-do (male) informants at the existence of "town women". See, for instance, James Stuart Achive, Vol. 1, testimony by Kumalo, 1900, p. 225: "Parents have practically lost control over their girls and women". Carolyn Hamilton (1998) describes the close relationship between Stuart and the amakholwa (African Christian) class.