G ert, o r G lrrit Roodezand, one o f
the H ottentots who accompanied
th e author on th e expedition
into the In terio r: his
conduct and character. 184.
500. 503. 559. II. 297. 250.
265. 274. 287. 322. 596. 598.
400.
—— his hand shattered by the
bursting o f a gun, and managem
ent o f the cure. 477— 481.
Gift-appel (Poison-apple) 143.
— -bol (Poison-bulb) 559.
—— -drinkers (Poison-drinkers).
II. 331.
Giraffe or Giraffe (see also Camelopardalis)
....................... H . 278.
■ A cacia...... U . 240.
Gmaap. See M aap................ 391.
G nu, a species o f antelope; and
remarks on erroneous descriptions
o f it. 24. 431. U . 109.
— 2 a7 8n.ew species of, described.
277. 315.
G oats in th e C olony: their increase
.................. II. 144.
— - o f the H ottentots at Onge-
luks F o u n ta in II. 239.
— at L itaku n .................. II. 524.
sucker: a bird................... 502.
Gdedhart, a Bushman chief. 297.
497.
Goei'man; Coraelis, a H ottentot.
S ee, Comelis.
G old ................................II. 575.
G 6naqua ................ n . 303.
G oose: wild.................. 197. 265.
Egyptian 283. II. 346.
Gor£h, a musical instrum ent, described.
458,459,460. H. 287.
598.
Goudinie: a part o f'th e Colony.
127.
Goudsbloem (Mary gold): wild
flowers so called ... 229. 289.
Hoogte 229.231.
G o v e rn m e n t: origin o f th e differen
t fo rm so f......... II. 546.
G o v ern o r’s levee an d b all 38.
’Gowsa; or white-man ... II. 210.
Graaffreyndt: District of. 75.
____________ Village of. 50. 76. 96.
564. II. 541.
. ..— orthography o f the
w ord ............*........... 530.
------------------a journey to , projected
530.
. ------ a description o f the
villag e.......................... II. 143.
Graaf-stok (Digging-stick). II. 29.
G raham stow n ............... 76.
G ranite 29. II. 311. 354, 355.
G rapple-plant, d escrib ed...... 536.
Grass, an extraordinary kind of.
211.
—— extremely scarce in th e R6g-
geveld ...................... 260.
Grass: PlainsI I.o 2f.6.0. . 523676,. 523780.. 354407.. — aan nbueaalulyti fsuelt osnp efciriees ., ..r..e c4o1m9.
Grasmseesn: diendc onv enie..n...c..e. fr omII .t h5e.7ir. barbed seeds .......... II. 247. GGrraastist-usdtaet ioofn Bu...s..h..m....e..n.... ..I..I... 3I8I., 5329.,
Graves, of the Hottentots 40. 86. .... 522. ■ of the Bachaplns ...II. 522. Greatte Fino.untain: see Groote Fon- s ---- RTihvoerr n : ..s..e..e.. ...G....r..o..o...t.e..-..D.. o2o8rn7.. 482. Green-Point .......... 9. 27. 153. Greenstone rocks. 342I. I.5 4473,. 334181.. ------s-o-u--n-da ospfe ac ileasr goe fb: eglilv in g 2th7e8. Groetnleem Kelnoto af:t th e m1i0s6s.i1on6a2t.y 1s6e6t.
■ - Spreeuw (Green thrush). 318. Groente Plein, or Vegetable market. 73. Grosbeak: a species o f 502. Groote-doom; a Hottentot kraal. 359. 482. 501. II. 226. ' try.F..o..n..t.e..i.n..,. i.n... t..h..e. .K. 64r5a2 C. o5u5n3.
in Achter Sneeuwb
e rg .................... II. 111.183.
G róotkop; a peak in th e Bósjesvelcf
.. ......... 125.
G roote Rivler (G reat River), or
G ariep 200. II. 114.126.
in th e K arr ó . 216.
Tâfelberg (G reat Tablem
ountain) .. . . . . II. 105. 184.
G rouse: N am aqua... 265. 11.345.
— the v ariegated.........II. 345.
Gryskop, a B ushm an II. 202.
Guàap, an eatable p la n t 243.
Gudrri......................... 587. II. 588.
Guinea .fowl, or Pintado. 36II4.. 426. 281.
Gum-arabic, may be obtained from
th e Acacia o f the Cape. 429.
tree, o f Egypt, compared
with th e Doornboom o f
Southern Africa ............. 196.
G un : an unfortunate accident occasioned
by th e bursting of
one .................. 479.
th e subject o f dispute at
Litakun .... II. 376. 588.596.
402. 415. 447. 458.
one in possession o f the Kôras.
II. 486.
Gunpowder : its value and importance
exemplified .... 351.
372. 438. II. 12. 224. 251.
Gypsies, compared with H ottentots.
549.
H.
Háakad oroermn a(rskeaeb lael sot hHoronoyk th6horrunb),. 309. 320. 333. 336. 432. 435. HaasI:I . S6p. r2in4g1(. L5e2a6p.ing-hare). 487. II. 3. Berg (Mountain-hare). 488. Hail. 569.535. II.8 8 .9 a 111. 118.
Hair of the Hottentots, descri2b1ed9.. 161. — -d eosfc ritbheed ...B..a..c..h..a.p..i.n.. . wIIo.m 56e9n., — a rmaroenlyg tsheeen B gursehym, eonr. cIaI.r r1o9t8y., asotof nEisuhrmopeenat nsa, te xcitLeist agkruena.t II. 453, 454. HHáanlfgwkaliyp-,S iinri ntgh e KarróI.I .2 9171.. 128279.. HangBliapy, ..o...r.. .H...á...n..g...k..l.i..p..,. ne ar Fa4ls6e. Hannaachc,o ma pHanoitetde ntotht ew omaaunth wohr’os party. 168. 354. 500. II. 225.
Hans Lucas, a Hottentot who2 3a1c.
cao pmaprta noife hdi st htrea vaueltsh.o 3r5, 3du.3r7in8g.
453.438.519.552.552. II. 148.
Hánta1m52-.b 2e2rg6. ...................... 254. 5S1. Hardiness of plants, considered. Hares 255. .................... 279. 290. II. 51. Hare: the leaping, described. 487. the Mountain ............ II4.8 38.. Harpbiye st:h eth vei eidwe ao of fs tohmeme v ruelctualrleesd. Harpúis-bosch (Resin-bush)... 577. 259. Hárrrae (sFpeactht.e..r.). .a.. .B...a..c.hIaIp. i3n2 0ti.t l3e2 o2f. Hart, the chief kraal of the Kóras. 546. 430. H. 225. 541. Hárteobfe easntt,e loorp eK. á4a2m0.a ;I Ia. 8sp1e. c9ie9s.
Harv2e7st3 .a 2t 7K7l.a 5a3r4w.ater......^.. 491. ing -taimmeo n; ga stehaeso n Boafc hraepjolnics.
II. 599.
.r..e..p..r..e..s..e..n...t.a. tiIoIn. 1o99f . 5o9n7e..
-----------wounds4:9 1h.o wII . c1u8r6e.d 5 9b9y. the Bachapins II. 581. . —_.— hout (Hássagay-wood).
Hatchet: its aboriginal Hotten18to0.t form......*........................ 406. HayA: ftrhicea , rgeecnoemraml eunsdee do f it5 4i7n. Healctohn: daurcidiviety t oof i st.o.i l and clim2a7t5e.,
Heat o f th e w eather: various examples
of. 26. 81. 332. 338.
568. 590. 438, 439, 440. 491.
— 5 0at8m. oIIs.p h7e8r;ic: an hypothesis
respecting.................. 496,497.
Heaths : a remark respecting those
at the C a p e ....... 23.
— their northernm ost parallel
o f latitude ................. 209.
Héemraad ; or, H éem raaden: the
members o f the District-coun-
cil 183.191. II- 121. 160.
Heer. 184. 194. 200. 259. II. 436.
Héeregragt ; a street in Cape
<u>w n..;.ii........... 25.
H ëela ! or Héla ! a Bachapin exclamation....................
II. 452.
Heks-rivier. See, Hex-river.
Hémel-en-aarde; a place so called.
101. Hemp leaves, used for smoking.
366. II. 4.
H em p; W ild, o r Wilde-dâkka
(Leonotis Leonurus) 15.
H éndrik : Jan ; a H ottentot.
II. 465. 479.
H erbaria : a mode by which they
may often be enriched. 134.
H érholdt’s, on Sneeûwberg. II.
124. 180.
H ero ns ...................... 326.
Hesse : the R everend C . H . F . 12.
16.170.510. 555.11.227.229.
Hex-river; o r Heks-rivier... 190.
280. II. 125.
_________K lo of.... 89. 192. II. 5.
.----------— V ale o f .............. 194.
Hide-shoes.................. 214. II. 102.
Hippopotamus; River-horse; Zée-
k o e; or, Sea-cow ^various remarks
relative to it. 86, 263.
317. 378. 405, 404. 409—413.
417, 418. 423. 427, 428. 430.
II. 126.
Hoar-frost II- 259.
Hoes used by the Bachaplns.
11.434. 586.
H ond : W ilde (W ild D og); a new
species o f Hyena. 456. II. 229,
' 230.
Honey : wild ; the mode in which it
is obtained by the H ottentots.
11.81.
— bees. ................. 376.
Honeycomb stone ............. 506.
Honeysuckle : a wild plant compared
with it ......... 321.
Hôning-bier (Honey-beer).... 364.
. II. 552.
Hoofs o f animals : a rem ark respecting
them . 139. II. 536,
337.
H ookthorn ; see Hâakdoorn.
H oopoe: the purple. 326.394.502.
II. 346.
H orizon: artificial; used in the
astronomical observations.
Horny substances: theory of. II. 76.
Horses o f the C olony: incrIeIa.s e1 4o4f..
. the folly o f mutilating their
ta ils........................ ••••• H- 230.
--------- none possessed by the
Bichufinas II- 524.
-----------Distemper: (Pdarde-ziekte).
370. 510. II. 218. 242.
Mountain, o r Paardeberg,
in th e Transgariepine. II. 242.
■ 1 1. ■ Island (Paarden Eiland). 51.
waggon; or,Piardew agen,
o f theC olo ny ... 28. II. 135. 1 G rave; a station in the Cis-
gariepine 11. 98.
01 the mountains, o r Wilde
P a a rd .... 138. II. 315.
_______: R iv er: see Hippopotamus.
. : W ooden, a H ottentot
mode o f crossing rivers1. 14.1153.
H orticulture: state o f ft in the
Colony IL 118.
,------------------- o f the Bachaplns.
II. 587.
Hospitality among th e B oors; reciprocal
........ 141-
H ot springs in Southern Africa. 96.
98. 124, 125.
H ottentots.— T he following references
under this word, are
intended for collecting together,
merely in th e order in
which they happen to stand in
these volumes, a few o f those
scattered remarks and occurrences,
from which some general
ideas of the H ottentot
character, and o f the principal
features o f th at race, may be
obtained. See also the words,
Bushman and Kora, and the
names o f those H ottentots, of
whom a m ore particular mention
has been made.
their situation before the
preferable to those which have
been substituted by the colonists
... 100. 286'.
H ottentots; a proof th at they may
be brought to submit to all
the rules of decorum required
in a church ............. 109. 356.
m ay b e tau g h t to sing
s w ith g re at correctness.
109.357.
huts a t Genddendal. 112.
115.
m anufacture a peculiar
kind o f m a t....................... 113.
nearly all o f them em-
>loyed in the service o f the
lonists ........................ 114.
have, in general, little
discovery o f th e C ap e..... 5.
-sp eak a corrupt dialect
o f the Dutch language, which
it is necessary for a traveller
to learn 13.156. II. 437.
their evidence no t to be
rejected... .............. 13.
- an infringement on their
psalm
liberty
have been found to be
the most serviceable soldiers
for the defence of the Colony
againsttheborderingtribes. 60.
soldier: the'opinions o f
one, w ith respect to military
service .......... 66. 160.
th e proportion o f their
numbers m the ColoInIy.. 77. 144.
---------- generally dislike living in
their names o f places, I
ploy
Colo
inclination for gardening. 114.
„ 334. 352. 559.
their customary wages.
115.
mistrustful o f colonial
promises .......................... 148.
o f the Mixed, or H alf
breed, called Bastaards, by the
B oors..... .... 154. 361.
the ridiculous names
sometimes given to them by
the Colonists.... 155. II. 166.
■ ■ descriptions o f particular
individuals. 155. 161.167,
168. 184.
frequent too much the
Págter’s, o r Brandy shoIpI.. 162. 151.
■ scarcely ever know their
own age............... 167.
- the m ode o f life most
congenial to their natural disposition...............................
173.
— ----- their quickness and
memory, in all affairs relating
to cattle 175. 242. II. 8.
Earticular their helplessness in a accident a t Olyvenout
bósch ........ 177.
th e figures o f several.
178.
their services usually
secured by legal forms. 183.
247. 11.162,163.
a servhnt rarely participates
w ith his M aster in the
hospitality o f the Boors. 190.
regard tobacco and
brandy as necessaries 195.
w om en: remarks on an
occasional peculiarity o f shape.
216.
a t their meals ...... 217.
-----------their game called cardplaying......................
233, 234.
easily find their way
over the country. 236.11.190.
. leather, tne most usual
material o f their clothing. 243.
. their mode o f healing
;s in oxen .'..... 246.