B otanic garden at Cape T o w n ; I
propo sed ............ 24.
Botanical boundaries 208. 524.
II. 475.
--------------- features o f a country,
change with its mineralogy.
*208. 307. II. 100.
—— specimens: a new mode
o f preserving them, when the
regular mode is not practicab
le ................................. 153.
:specimens; a package of
them, lost in a manner never
accounted f o r ................... 250.
--------------- specimens: the trouble
of drying th em .................. 293.
Botany o f the C ape; its profusion
and great v ariety 16. 18. — ------ o f the Cape C olony: its
features II. 146.
o f the Cape Colony. (See
also Comparative Botany.)
o f the Cape Peninsula.
154. — o f African plains ... ... 556. — o f the N uakketsi country.
II. 475.
a remarkable change i n :
a t the Karr6-pass ......... 208.
—;------- and Geology, connected.
II. 1O0.
and Geographv, connected.
11.211.
desiderata in. 212.255.454.
Boterboom (B utter tree) 192.
Boulder stones; a remarkable kind
o f ................................ 11.45,44.
Boundary o f th e Colony: a law
respecting i t ....................... 162.
o f the Colony, ill-defined
II. 185.
Boven-land, the term explained. 88.
Bowls o f the H ottentots; the mode
of making them .......... 406.
Bows o f the Bushmen 11.198.
Boys; B achapln: their employm
ent................................ 11.557.
B rew ery: a villa near Cape Town.
Bracelets, of th e Bachaplns. II. 572.
Brackish R iver.......................... 289.
Brakke R iv ie r............... 261. 289.
---------- an unexplored river,
im properly so called. (See
also, Friendly R iver.).;. II. 19.
Brak-boschjes, a plant- II. 21.
Brandewyn-bosch....................... 364.
Brand Valley, or Brandt V alley: its
hot-spnng described. 21. 124,
125.
B randy: reasons for concealing it
from the savages II. 395.
o f the C olony 80. 119.
---------- bush.................................. 364.
B rass: how denominated by the
Bachaplns ................... II. 575.
B read: H ottentots’; a plant of singular
g ro w th ............... II. 147.
------ of the Bichuanas .... 11.586.
Breede Rivier (Broad River). 104.
126. 185. 189.'
35.
Br£y-paal; an apparatus used in
preparing leathern thongs. 351.
Brieskap; a ford through the
Gariep ..................... 307.
B riqua: meaning of th e word. 364.
II. 303.
B riqualand................. 486. II. 437.
Briquas, (see also, Bachaplns) first
discovered ..* II. 273. 559.
language (see also, Sichu
ana)..— ............ 201
British inhabitants, a t the Cape.
- 77, 78.
Museum. 139.583. H . 336.
--------------------- some o f the animals
presented to it. 139. 342.
II. 278. 301, 302. 534.
Bruyn, Jacob D e ....... 184. II. 479.
Bruyntjes H6ogte II. 114.
B ryony; a new kind o f 547.
Bua kaapi (Say it again)..II. 436.
Buffalo of Southern Africa ... 578.
II. 420. — described .......... II. 249.
one pursued by Speelman
and K eyser.................. II. 268.
:— thorn. 317. 404. II. 20. 29.
Buffel II. 250.
Buffelbout............I ........... 303.
B uffeldoorn 317. 404. II. 20.
Buffels kraal, in th e V ale o f H exriv
e r ............... 194.
— !— riv ier II. 172.
Buik-plank ................. . 149.
Buiten districten: meaning o f the
words ............. II. 123.
Bukobi, or Bichuana Bread. II. 586.
Buku (see also Booked, and
B6ekoe): representation o f the
plant ........................... 476.
a kind o f scented powder,
much used by the H ottentot
tribes 356.396. II. 59.
- - • its medicinal qualities, recommended
to notice ... 479.
— a kind o f it, m ade from a
fragrant species o f Croton.
396. II. 263.
Bulb-bag, described II. 57.
Bulbous plants: uncertainty of
their flowering.................. 153.
plants: the rapidity o f their
vegetation II. 3.
B ullets: the different kinds used
during the journey. II. 73.317.
B ullet-pouch................167. II. 286.
Burgers: B arend: description of
his dwelling on the Snow
M ou ntains ........ II. 173.
B urghers: three sent by the land-
drost o f Graaffreynet. II. 134.
--------------o f the C olony... II. 120.
-------------- ten murdered by the
Caffres — ................. II. 121.
Burial-places o f the Bachaplns.
II. 522.
Burning the pastures: its effects,
and utility.’................ 117. 419.
Bushes o f diminutive size 314.
II. 110.
Bushmen. — T he following references
under this head, are
given for the purpose of collecting
together the principal parts
o f the information scattered
throughout these volumes;
and from which a knowledge
o f the manners and general
character o f these tribes, may
be drawn.
Boschman, Boschjesman,
or Bosjesman, (sometimes
term ed Saqua by the H ottento
ts): meaning, and application
o f the words .. 64.
------------ r- one of the .tribes bordering
on the Colony .......... 77.
i. ■;— y§ one o f the ingredients in
their arrow-poison 192.
— Tam e. 227. 533. II. 110.
--------------Captains: their authority
.............. .227. 230.
-------------- the author’s first meeting
with ................... 227.230.
------------- frequently attack the
shepherds o f . the Colonists.
238.
--------------an attem pt to establish
a Mission among them , at the
Z ak (Sack) river .......... 281.
-. - - precautions against them
on entering their country. 281.
— — their stature and personal
appearance, described.
291. II. 212.
- cautions to strangers
travelling through their country
... 294.
— Goedhajrt, a chief, who
vowed perpetual warfareagainst
the C olonists..... 297
-------------- often conceal the situation
of their kraals 315.
II. 284.
------- one o f the means of
gaining their good-will... 326.
—— — language, compared with
th at o f the K6ras ......... 345.
.------.?— ■ the uncertain boundaries
of their country ....... 346.
—— a mode in which they
frequently redress their wrongs.
373.
-------------- their customary perquisites,
when strangers hun t in
their territory .......... 379.
-------------- their pitfalls for catching
wild animals.............'386. 405.
:------- sign of their distrust in
strangers..................... 588.
------------- a party receiving presents
........... 590.-
--------------a tale o f their-barbarous
treatm ent of a prisoner o f war.
391. 392.
■-------------- language: its great
variety o f dialects 407.
Bushmen: their superstitious notions
........ 408
cutting up a hippopotamus
.................... 415.
their food often consists
o f small wild roots... 417.
—— liberty and symmetry of
figure........................ 422.
—- dismiss all mistrust o f a
stranger, as soon as they become
convinced o f his peaceable
disposition... 424. II. 48.
- instance o f expertness,
in striking fish with a hassagay
........ 424.
precautions against a surprise
from them at night. 434.
■ ■ ■ their signals by night.
434. II. 196.
— k raal: a visit to -‘435*.
t ■— much feared by the
Kaffers- .* ............... 436.
' their probable notions
respecting robbery....... 443.
— — often unjustly suspected.
455.
—— a player on the Gorah.
459. 463.
th e extreme poverty, of
one o f their kraals ....... 456.
■ - . deplorable ignorance of
some .......................- 4 6 0 .
their music. 460. II. 66.
87.
——— a tale, respecting two
brothers ...... 461.
- the cause o f their being
dreaded by th e neighbouring
trib e s......'..:;v .n ^ |....... 559.
arrows: the nature of
their poison ........... 559, 540.
— -— C ountry: geographical
remarks on i t .......... 580.
— —— Race ................... 582.
—— pipe ................. II. 24.
- reflections on their state
o f poverty and hardship. 11.37.
kraal: description o f one.
II. 53. 55,56.
—— their general character.
II. 54. 599.
longevity ......... II. 57.
■ -■ marriage customs. I I .58.
■ mode o f mourning. II. 61.
expertness in using the
bow II. 61, 62.
"■■■— dancing... II. 63, 64. 87.
200.
■ - - n o t incapable o f gratitu
d e................... II. 68. 86. 447.
...... . - activity in driving cattle.
II. 71.1
and Colonists at varian
ce..,....;. IL 112. 132; 201.
■ - - o f the Nugariep. II. 126.
"■ ■— mistrust o f the Colonists.
. II. 141.
—— their alarm at a troop of
h o r s e m e n . I I . 187.
B ushm en;.their robberies of cattle.
II. 189. 197. 203.
: - :------ their arms. 11. 198, 199.
- — ■— proofs of their expeditious
travelling.'...'..... II. 218.
- -i ■ a lighter-coloured and
taller tribe o f them ... 11.268. --------- — an improvident people.
II. 389.
................. farewell remarks on quitting
their country II. 290.
--------------their mode o f drinking.
II. 314.
———— Keyser’s anecdotes of
them II. 331.
- ■- - ■ ■ some o f the names given
to them, by the H ottentots
and Koras 11.531.
. ——- in the country o f the
Bachaplns ............. II. 341.
—— -------the state of society among
th e m II. 347:
.................. called Baróba by the
Bachaplns ................... II. 377.
- child, .seen at Lit&kun ;
nearly starved to death II. 472.
!■ and Bachaplns: their
hostility towards each other.
II. 536. 542.
— arrows : a mode o f curing
the wounds made by- them.
II. 581.
Bushwomen: their personal appearance
and manners.... 291.
420.
probable cause o f their
early appearance o f old age.
415.
' appearance o f some
far advanced in years...— 460.
II. 195.
singular conformation
observed in them . 216. II. 60.
Bush-girl; one pretty, and vain.
413.420. 422.
B ustard; a species o f: called
Kodrhaan, o r Knorhaan... 186.
■ a small species, peculiar to
the K a rr6 ...u ......... 233.
— a new species, called K6ri.
395.
Butchers o f Cape T ow n : their
mode o f purchasing cattle in
the grazing districts 201.
—— — Hall, in Cape T o w n ... 74.
Butcher-birds, o r Fiscal-birds. 502.
II. 345.
B u tter: its use among the Bachaplns
II. 593.
tree (B oterboom )..... 192.
Buttons:, their use and value at
Litakun ................. II. 573.
■ 1 - ■ stolen by the Bachaplns.
II. 422.
c.
C aam a: see K&ama.
Caffres, or Kaffers; application of
the w ord in its more extended
meaning..... 11.302. 529, 530:
their mode o f warfare. 494.
— R ace: general observations
on it... II. 529. 548. 582. 599.
— - Proper... 64. 582. II. 550.
extent o f the country
inhabited by them ......
580, 581.
—»■■■»>.— - their language compared
II. 582.
—;——— " their features and
personal appearance... II. 529.
warfare between
them and the colonists. II. 8.
111. 119,120, 121.
■i some living a t Gena- -
d en d al 111-.
---------------- a lusus-naturte, perfectly
w h ite.......’........ II. 17-1*
— =— emigrants into the
Cisgariepine, and to the banks
o f th e G ariep... 64. 185: 223.
227. 278. 287. 298. II. 52-.
• th e author’s
first meeting with them..: 268.
attack and
plunder the Bachaplns. 11.542.
R e d : called Tammakas, or
Batammakas...... II. 225. 532.
477. 500.
Corn, described... II. 586.
Finch, described... II. 492.
Calabash, or S ik kw o II. 587.
Calcareous incrustations 454.
———:----- substratum indicated by
a plant ..:........... 394.
substratum o f the Transgariepine...
II. 310,311. 355.
Calculations: astronom ical...' 204.
Caleb&s: W ild e ....... 278.
Caledon: the E arl o f...... 12.169.
II. 494.
—: village, and district of.
75, 76. 95.
Cam el-Corner. II. 278.
Camelopard, o r Giraffe. 482. 543.
II. 282. 336. 568.
—-------------- first discovery o f its
footsteps....................... II. 248.
■ ■. ■;—. . a skeleton o f one,
fo u n d ....... II. 278.
Camelthorn, or Camelopard-thorn.
389. 430- 453. II. 292. 306.
412. 465. 526. 595.
------------------described ..... II. 240.
. ■ — - representations o f
11.360.
— r- new species o f... 389.
v II. 442.
Camps Bay, or Van Camps Bay.
16. 45:
■. an excursion to ...-.- 27.
Is Kloof ....... 15.