Districts o f the C olony... 75. 579»
580. II. 144. 549.
Diver, a b i r d . . i ... 440.
-*->— an antelope. See Duiker,
Ddekstein, or C loth-stone.... 333.
Dogs: common domestic. 237.247.
349. 381,382.384. 401. II. 2.
183.
—— remarks on their various
barkings .................. II. 244.
remarks on their attachment
to m a n ............ II. 245. 524.
— — and Jackals .... 464. II. 285. i
■ attack a lion ......... II. 191.
o f th e Bushmen.. II. 56.198.
■-»- ■ - o f the Bachaplns. II. 474.524.
the W ild : a new species of
Hyena ....... 456. II. 99. 229.
D ollars: Cape. See Rix-Dollars.
Sp anish 79.
D6om-boom (Thorn-tree). See
K arr6-doorn; W itte-d o o m ;
Cape Acacia... 195. 211. 213.
317. II.244.
D oom River, in th e Karro. 211.213.
in the Transgariepine.
II. 244.
Doves: T u rtle 213. 501,502.
G uinea 502. II. 257.
Downs, near Cape T o w n .. 26. 58.
84. 147.
D rdkenstein... 138. 144. 178, 179.
Drawing: the art o f: as connected
with th e views o f a traveller.
336. 411. II. 214. 391. 561.
562, 563.
. hr perspective: its principles
explained II. 448.
Driédoom , or Threethom : a shrub
o f remarkable grow th.... 299.
II. 23. 41.
Drooge-tyd (Dry-season)... II. 410.
Dróssers, or R unaw ays...;. II. 159.
D rostdy; the Residence of the
Drost, o r Landdrost. 128. 135.
146. II. 145.
Drum, o f the Bushmen. II. 65. 87.
Dry-Mountains, o r Karrlebergen.
293.
D ry w eather: its effects on vegeta
tio n . ............. II. 306.
D ubbeltjes: a coin’so called. 78. —------------d o om ; a Colonial name
sometimes given to th e Cen-
topod ium ........................... 340. —------.—:-------— a Colonial name
sometimes given to Arctopus
echinatus, and some species o f
Tribulus.
D ucatoon; a Dutch silver coin
w orth six shillings English. 248.
D u ck : the Crimson-billed ... 283.
II. 346.
W ild .V.:.;....... 197. 538.
D uif: Bosch, (W ood-Pigeon) 502.
N am aqua (Ndmaqua Dove)
or Cape Pigeon ............... 502.
-T6rtel(T urtleD ove). 501,502.
D uiker (or D uyker): a species of
A ntelop e.................. 187. 202.
a b ird 440.
Duivelsberg, at Cape Tow n 26.
Duivels-kop ; a m ountain..... 89.
Dânkerh6ek-berg, (Dark-corner
Mountain) .........117.
Dupléssis, in the Bôsjesveld, his
m istake............................. 122.
Dust : columns o f ; lifted into the
air by a whirlwind -,......’ 507.
Dutch inhabitants ....... 2 1 .3 8 .7 8 .
IF. 96. 107. 164. 167.
— - ■ language, necessary to a
traveller ........ 15.
names: general precepts
for the pronunciation o f them.
15. 331.
'■■■■ names o f places in the
Colony may be Anglicised.
. 100.
---------. money compared w ith English
.............................................78.
■ ■■ ■ weight, compared with
E n glish....................1.......... 154.
D u T ô ïrs house and farm in the
Bosjesveld (o r Boschjesveld).
117, 118.
----- Kloof, near the Paarl.
89.
Dûyker, a b ird ...............,.......... 440.
or D uiker: description of.
187. 202.
Dwaal riv er ........................... 277. ■--------Rivieris P o o rt ............. 279.
riv er; rocks a t II. 43.
D ye: yellow ............ 212.
E .
E ar-plate, o f the Bachapîns, described
II. 57(>—-572.
Earthenw are o f the Bachaplns.
II. 594.
E arth Hog (Aardvark) 342. II. 97.
Earthquakes in 1806............... 369.
------------------in 1809....... 27.
-------------------in' 1811... 26. 38. 157
|læ ||- 1 6 0 . 169. 194.
-------------------the roaring o f a lion
mistaken for i t II. 206.
Eastern D is tric ts ....... 581.
Eclipse o f Jupiter’s Satellites, observed
........................ 484.
Eels : a remarkable fact respecting
th e m ......;.............. 425.
E erste R iv ier.........................84. 146.
Egyptian sacred V ulture....;. 338..
Eisenrahm, a m ineral ............. 414.
Eland, o r E lk (more properly
Kânna; which see); a species
o f Antelope. 267. 309. 311,
312, 313. 482. II. 23. 190.
194. 273. 391.
I Eland’s Kloof ; one o f the moun-
tain-passes................ 88.
■ Valley, o r Elk’s P o nd; in
the Cisgariepine 299.
Elands Valley, o r F o untain ; in
the Transgariepine. 333. 353.
477. 482.
—— vogel (Eland-bird) ... 245.
Elk. See Eland, or Kanna.
Elze, Roode, a tre e 142.
- W itte ....... 143.
Electrical phenomenon ........ 519.
E lephant tramples a man to de&th.
201. 301.
abound in the Interior,
II. 539.
----------------hunts.376. 481. II. 466.
: 578.
" tusk seen a t Kram&ri’s.
II. 446.
--------------River.. 80. 96. 580, 581..
-------------- acacia ................. 236.
Elephantiasis ........... .......... II. 580.
Emigration to Southern Africa.
76. 274, 275. II. 539.
-------------- Hints on. — See a vindication
o f this pamphlet,
appended to the first volume.
1— 4.
Engelsche Drift ....... 11.214.
-------------- H eer ............... II. 436.
England compared w ith other
countries ............. 11. 281.
letters to ..... 510. 11.478.
English inhabitants in th e Cape
C o lo n y .... 78. II. 142.
language (in 1815) little
known, excepting in Cape
Town, and Albany ;„ .... 14.
—— ■ ■ names o f places may, in
some cases, be substituted for
D utch . 1 , . 9 9 .
orthography, reasons for
no t adoptingpt tor the Sichuana
language ............... II. 297.
— plants, naturalized in Africa*
37. 340. 544, 545. II. 226.
F o rd „ .... II. 10. 214.
Englishman: th e price o f being
o n e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ...i ; ... 239
Enthusiasm ; religious: its effects.
358; 462.
Entrails o f animals, used for necklaces.
..................... II. 209.
Epidemic complaint, in the Colon}'.
II. 157. 141. 148.
Equal Pass ...................., ' 261.
E urope and Africa, contrasted.
495, 496.
European and African, contrasted.
II. 443.
------------ - luxuries: probable sentiments
o f th e savage tribes
respecting them ........ II. 440.
Evaporation ; its effects, to bodily
feeling ..........¿."557.
Evergreen p la n ts.................. II. 11.
Exaggeration : the art o f .. 11.368.,
Exchange, built at Cape Town.
74.
----------------mercantile : the rate of,
in 1810. and 1823. 79. II. 540.
Exotic plants and flowers, a t the
C ap e. . . . . . . . . 22.
E xports o f the Colony. 57. 7 9 .126.
204. 429. II. 175, 176. 539,
568.
F . .
Farms in th e C olony: their original
e x ten t .¿.v:....... 76. Farmoerr sB ino etrhse. Colony. See Boors, Faisatnritd (gPeh e..a..s..a.n..t.) , a k ind of P27a0r.
Falco—n : thae s pLeictiteles Roefd.. ....... ... 333984.. F—a lse B ayt he D owns.. .o..f..4..6... ..8.6 , 8447.. Feather-stick: its. importaInIt. 5u7s9e.. Female character of the BacIhI.a p5l6n3s.. Ferry, over the Berg river.... 178. Fever: a mode of treating it. II. 78. Fiddle: one made by Speelman. 499. ■ ■1 ■ ■ absurd doctrine rejecting Fieldi-tc o.m...m..a..n.d..a.n..t., .(.V...e.l.d.-.c ollm. m28a8n.- dant) %«?......... 250. II. 120. Fieldn-c&d.r)n e7t.6 .( S1e7e4 .a l1s8o8, . V19e1ld. -2c2o7r-.
238. 241. 248. II. 108. 119.
Fig : 1H27o.t t1e3n2t.o' t• — marygold. See Hottentot F5ig4.. ■•—tree: aspecies of ...... ... 492. Finch: new species of;.. 21I4I.. 424609.. — — a remarkable specIiIe.s 4 9o2f.. Fire-farreme s:u steh eo uf ltthimemat ei nef fae cct ooufn a
try abounding in game. II. 525. Fire-places, at Litakun II. 518. Fire-nwitoyo odf: Citasp sec Tarocwitny, iann tdh ea vhiicnit- . f—or— r esmcaerdcyitiyn go ift i t, .i..n.. ..t.h...e. vic5i4.
nity of Hottentot settlements. 116. -+----g-----ra soert wehichn burns. w1h7e6n. -stick, of the Bachapins,
Fleas: how avoided by HottIeIn. t2o4t0s.. Flint: a kind of............. II.-261. F loors, ooff ththe eB oBoarsc*h ahpoiuns ehso. u1s0e5s.. I II. 517. 519. I Flower--gseaarsdoennss iant tthhee KCaarpreo.., . 22222... Flycatcher: a species of....... 502. Fontuelsne d( Fino uthneta Cino)l;o nay w .o..r.d.. m 2u5c9h. Foodo onf ..v..a.r..i.o.u..s.. .n atio ns : reImI.a r3k3s. Fording a river: the dangers of. 90. 140. II. 215. FortuHyont;t eWntioltl e.m....:. ..a n3 3i5n.d uIIs:t ri2o1u7s. Fransche-h6ek (French Corner). 144. Freezing Station ............... 257. French settlers .in the Colony. 77. 144. Friendly river. II. 44.91. 94.186.
210. Frogs, in the Karr^e river .... 271. ——■ aa cnoewnc esprte coiefs. .o...f.. ... ... ...I I.5 3029.. Frost ...... 366.370. II. 174. 259. Fruits: wild, eatable 54. 387.
U .588. ——i—Co loinn ythe gardens of the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79, 80. Fuelo; fa, poenc uSlinaere uspwebceiersg . mIaId. e1 u1s4e.
126. Fullers’ earth ............ II. 98. Fungruesgeiso nosf roarfe t hoecc uInrrteenricoer .i n3 t9h4e. Furs of the Colony... 57. II. 175.
described..,.« ...,,..... II. 579.
F irst river (Eerste R iv ier).,.... 84.
Fisc&al-vogels (Fiscal-bir ds). 11.345.
Fiscal: the office o f ............ 78.
Fish, in C ape T o w n ................... 79.
the Y ellow 262. 280.
the F la t-h e a d ............. 425,
■ River in G reat N amaqua-land.
579,
- . the G reat. 100. 575. 579.
F lag : English, hoisted on the journey
II. 425, 426. 429, 430.
Flat-head; a fish, described.,. 425.
G.
Ganna-bosch, (see also Kanna).
267. II. 113.
— Kraal ..................... 267.
Grans. W ilde (W ild Goose). 265.
G arden; the public: at Cape Town.
24. 75.
— ------ o f the H ottentots a t Genadendal
114.
. I o f th e B o o rs 93. 118.
II. 118.
— a spot so called, where
some useful plants were introduced
by th e author into
theTransgariepine. II. 312.561.
G ariep : its branches, and names.
G ariep: its great len g th ....... 520.
... its inundations... 316, 317.
— — — remarks on the increase o f
200.319.389.391.562.11.125.
one o f the most beautiful
o f the African rivers ..., 520.
-— pronunciation o f th e word.
314.
— - geographical remarks on it.
280. 324. 579.580. fl. 511.
— — first arrival a t 314.
— its breadth by trigonometrical
m easurement ......... 519.
its' waters and their sources.
' 442.
its .climate 594.
■ its navigation ......... 519.
r: - th e proper season for crossing
i t., ............................... 442.
nature and value o f its
w oods 429.
,— abounds in beautiful pebbles
......... II. 215.
— a beautiful view of. 316.
521.
-■»■.'■I»- ' mode o f crossing it on rafts. II. 13. 215.
compared w ith the Kruman. II. 299.
G arlick; w ild: the changeable
odour o f a plant so called. 466.
G arst riv e r II. 133.
Gattikamma, or W ittew ater. 343.
347. 538. 548. II. 3. 236.
Gdurits River .......... 100. 157. 579.
i G azette of Cape Town, may be
rendered instrum ental to the
improvement o f th e Colony.
78.
Gedrost. H ottentotten (Runaway
H o ttento ts). II. 159.
G lelhou t (Yellow W ood) II. 72. 114.
G&lvisch (see also, Yellow-Fish).
262. 280. 526.
.■■■■ . ■ surprise excited by a
drawing 01 one ....... 441.
G&nsbok H . 23. 99.205. 592.
G enidendal, a missionary settlem
ent: its first establishment.
105.
-------------its population ... 108.
reflections occasioned
by a view o f i t ......... 109.
■ gardens o f the H ottentots
....... 108. 114. 559. Geographical Catalogue of plants. 18. 556. II. 279. Geo—gr—aph—y arnedm aBrkosta .n..y.,. ..n..a.t.u r5a7ll5y. Geolcoogincnael cfteeadt u.r..e.s.. .o..f.. .t.h. e IRI.o g2g1e1-. veld ...... 257. •------a-s-u-m- ninagtu ar ed ifofefr etnhte c hcaoruancttreyr,.
i— appearances about L3i0ta6.
Geolkougyn of the ..T..r..a.n. sg ariIeIp. i3n5e.4. II. 311.512. importance of the sItuI.d 3y1 o2f.. George: the District.of...... 75. the village of 76. GGeerraénchiutsm-b Rooodcke s; see B oode.I I. 98. Germthaen eCxopleodniitsito np.r.o. pIoIs.e 1s 5to7 .j1o8i2n.