O rthography o f H ottentot and
Sichuana words, vi. It. 252.
297. 303. 507—509.
Osse-wagen. See Ox-waggon.
O strich: remarks on th e present
mode o f obtaining their
feathers, and on the means of
preserving the trade in them.
205.
— — its great swiftness. 204.258.
547.
one shot, and the nature
o f its flesh described. U . 551.
—- - associates with zebras and |
quakkas 11.315. 420. j
its plumes, used for a
parasol .................. 11.560.
uses made o f its feathers,
by the B achaplns II. 579.
nests found ; and described.
279. II. 20. 190.
■ its eggs....'..................... 244.
----------------------the H ottentot mode
o f cooking them II. 22.
■ girdles ingeniously manufactured
from its egg-shells.
396. ll. 567.
Q ud Kraaikop. See Rraaikop.
O uteniqua; see Auteniqua (Ow-
teniqua).
Out-posts o f the Bachaplns. See
Cattle-stations.
Outspan (more correctly, Uitspan),
a Colonial word in frequent
u s e ........................ 52.
— — -places: their nature and
use explained..................... 92.
O verberg: Colonial signification o f
the w ord ..........¡ ...m . 88.
O x en : th e prices of. 154.564.
draught: their rate of travelling
.................. 28. II. 516.
saddle: their rate o f travelling......................................
II. 31.
their names and characters
retained in memory by the
H ottentots... 175. II. 8. 373.
■ th e H ottentot mode o f breaking
them in, for riding. 228.
attacked with strangury: the
cause and mode o f cure. 175.
— a H ottentot mode o f healing
abscess in c a ttle ............... 246.
' — suffer from w ant o f water.
300. 503.
six lost in a storm, and
scared by lions .......... 503.
their sagacity w ith respect to
lions ....... 450.
■ — sometimes stray to a great
distance..................... 549.
an extraordinary circumstance
respecting o n e ....... II. 8.
o f the C olony: increase of.
II. 144.
well adapted for a journey of
research and observation.' 195.
171. II. 246. 270.
Oxen: the difficulty of obtaining them a t Lit&kun II. 456.
Ox-waggon: its rate o f travelling.
28.
p;
Paala, a species of antelope. II. 301. 414. 420. 457. Paard: Wilde; Mountain-H(soeres ael)s,o aDna uawn,i amnadl hZietbhrear to c on1fo3u8,n d1e3d9 . wIIit.h 2 t7h3e. Paardthebe eCrga pe(H Doirssteri-cmt.o 2u5n.t4a4in.1) 50in. ■ in the Transgariepine. II. 242. PPaa&arrddee-nw Eaygleann d(H (Horosres-ew Iasglagnodn))., 5o1f. the Cape Colony. 28. II. 135. Paarde-ziekte (Horse - distemper). 254. 509. II. 218. 242. 370. Paarl, a remarkable rock, so called. ——— or Paarldorp: the village1 4o4f.. 76. 145. Paaubwir:d W so ilcdaell e(Wd .i.l.d.. ..P..e.a co ck5)9,3 a. P>earn, do rb rlaicnednys.e d1 6r2et. aIiIl.e r1 4o5f .w15in1e. Painttihnega:r troefm. a6r8k.s2 6co5n.2n8e8c.t1ed1 .2w7i2th.
— - .4 -4—8. 5 6a2t ,5L6i5ta. kun, by Serra- Paktkeur;t us’es ew PifSeg ter........... II. 455. Palmpitlea,n (to wr hPiaclhm gierot,w) as rienm maraknayb olef pthaer t orifv ethrse Cina peth Ceo lsoonuyt.h e9r1n.
140. a new plant allied to it. 454. ■ darkR-ciovleoru:r edr ewmaatrekrss ...o..n. 8i9ts. Pampoen Kraal, near Tygerberg. 174. Panoramic view of Cape Town.
Papers, granted to the author 1b1y. the Cape Government. 162.
180. 183. 193. 200. 259. 241.
249, 250. 256. 518. II. 132.
135.140. Paradsios ec,a all epdla.c..e.. .n..e..a..r. .C...a.p..e.. .T..o w56n., | Parasol of Ostrich feathers. II. 560. ■ Partridges of the Cape Colony. 94. 270.
- ----------------------NF&oumnataqiuna. Se2e6 5P. a5t0r3y.s Fontcin. Pdsbrief; or Passport, required fqr , Passessl aovfe st haen dm Houonttteanintso:t st h.e.. .m 3o4st. uKsluoaol fin) the Colony (see also ..................... :... 88, 89.
Pastures of A frica; a remark on
th em ............................... 419.
P atani: the town of. II. 532, 535.
548.
P aterson; his route and map. 577,
578,579.
Patriarchal form o f government.
H . 546.
Patrys F o n tein.... 287,288.
Peach-stones, taken for dissemination
in the countries o f the
Interior.... II. 228. 280. 487.
588.
Peaches: the dried fruit much used
by the Colonists; and useful
for travellers ........... II. 488.
Peacock: Wild. See Paauw.
Peak o f the Snow-Mountains (see
also S pitskop)... II. 125.184.
Pears: a kind o f; found, when
dried, to be a useful part of
th e stores of a South-African
traveller .................. 206.
Pebbles o f the G ariep II. 215.
P£eklo, o r Bachapin adze. II. 586.
P& vit, or K & vit ....... 544.
P6etsy; see Piitsi.
Ptieli; a species o f antelope. 11.302.
P& u I mondatl; a Bachapin expres-
- sion of thankfulness. II. 400.
Pdn-doorn, a shrub II. 133.
Peninsula o f the-C ape o f Good
Hope, d e fin ed ..;...... 75. 580;
--------------- rich in B otany...... 154.
Pepperm int: a species o f .... 495.
Perspective drawing, on th e cylin-
dric principle, explained. II.
448.
Phsenogamous plants: the dispersion
o f .................. 11.209.
Pheasant; o f the Colonists... 270.
Pheli. See P£eli.
Philip, a H ottentot w ho was two
years and four months in the
author’s service during these
travels. 160, 161. 169. 2C6.
427. 474. 500. II. 150, 151.
253. 360. 425. 469. 491.
Physiology o f vegetables: desiderata
i n ...................... 255. 454.
Picturesque: the tru e 288.
Pienaar, a veld-commandant in the
Bokkeveld, receives a package
belonging to the author, but
which was afterwards lost, and
never accounted for 250.
Pigeon: a small long tailed species,
generally called N&maqua
D u if........................... 327. 502.
■-------- W ood. See Bosch-duif,
and Dove.
Piicho, the Bichuana Assembly, or
C ouncil.... II. 408. 499. 534.
Piitsa, or P ltsa; a Bachapin boil-
ing-pot................... II. 350. 465.
found in the plains. II. 456.
P iitsi,orP itsi,or Piitse: the Zebra.
II. 315.
Pikeniers K loof.... 88.
Pine trees 23, 24, 25. II. 124.
Pintado, or Guinea-fowl 364. II. 281. 546. 426.
P ip e; used by the Bushmen for
calling their companions. II. 24.
— o f the Bachaplns. See
Lich&aka.
Pipe-stone, a kind o f stone of
which tobacco-pipes are made. II. 526.
Piqudt-berg; a high mountain in
the Cape C olony iso .
Pisang: W ilde (W ild Plantain)
Strelitzia augusta. 24. II. 259.
Pitch-stone .............. 554.
Pltsa. See Piitsa.
Pltsi. See Piitsi.
Pitfalls, made by the Bushmen for
catching wild animals. S86.
405. 11.41.
Planets; an hypothesis respecting
their h e a t.................... 497.
Plantain: W ild. See Pisang.
P lants: remarks on th e hardiness
o f .................................... 255.
an instance o f their effects
on a landscape..... 505.
one mistaken for a stone.
310.
European. See, N aturalized.
• ex o tic .................. 22.
■ dried: Collections of. viii.
18. 46. 245. 293. 511. 550.
■ cryptogamic, and phteno-
gamous; remarks on their dissem
ination...:..... 61. II. 209.
■ —— primitive location of.
II. 209. — m inute: a m ode o f detecting
th e m II. 553.
Platje, a H ottentot in the author’s
service, hired at Graafireyn<£t:
illegal attem pts to detain him. II. 162.
- desirous o f taking his wife
and children with him, on the
journey II. 180.
his excuse for timidity. II. 410.
■ his excessive fear at Litak
u n .............. II. 422.
■ ■ — prevaricates in his evidence. II. 469.
Platte-klip 40. 48.
Pl&tte Kloof................................ 89.
Plattekop (Flat-head), a fish caught
in tne Gariep ...... 326. 425.
PMtte-lens, a kind o f linchpin.
149.
Plittenberg’s B aaken; th e north-
easternmost point o f the Cape
Colony. 530,531.564. n .1 2 4 .
------------------B ay ................ 50.
Ploughs: the Kind used in the
C olony ..........565.
Plover .......... 544. 502. 548.
■ ■ the Arm ed; a new and remarkable
species... 346. 502.
P lo v e r: the Long-legged 285.
Pof-Adder, a venomous serpent.
469.
Poison used by the Bushmen for
their arrows (see also Arrows).-
192.
drinkers, fortified against
the bites' o f serpents and
w ound o f arrow s...... II. 531.
bulb, th e Gift-bol o f the
Dutch C olonists.... 559. 541.
Pokdje, a part o f the Bichuana
'dress II. 319.
Pole o f a waggon: the wood best
adapted for it ....... 177.
P o lecat; a species o f......... II. 592.
Politeness: its existence among
savages ........ II. 557.
Polygamy among the Half-Hotten-
tots ......... 357.
Bushmen. 11.60.
■ Bichuanas. IL
572. 440. 453. 512.
Pond Station; behind the Snow-
Mountains .................. II. 110.
P o nt, or ferry-bo at 140. 178.
Poort, an opening through mountains
....... 41. 207.
-egaal; in th e R6ggeveld.
261.
Poplars introduced from Europe,
have become common-' \n- all
parts of the Cape Coloi^&l=02.-
178. II. 124.
Population o f th e Cape Colony.
77. II. 144.
- o f L itaku n ...... II. 515.
-------------- o f the Bachapin tribe.
II. 535.
Poppy; a new species of. 518.
Porcupine (see also Yzer-vark).
II. 76.
Porphyry..................... 598. H . 215.
P ortraits: remarks on. II. 561,562.
Portuguese Settlem ents on the
western co ast: the time supposed
necessary for a journey
thither, from the Cape o f
G ood Hope ............ 350.
Post, often detained by rivers. 94.
—■— to Stellenbdsch 146.
to Graaflreyn&. 76. II. 145.
Potatoes first introduced among
th e Bichuanas II. 588.
Pots manufactured a t Litakun.
II. 594.
P o tstone: a species of. II. 311.526.
Poverty Kraal. II. 57.40. 203.205.
Pr&mberg .......................... 500.
Prayer proved by its effects. II. 168.
Prejudices o f different nations, relative
to food and taste. 11.52.
■ against blacks. II. 101.
Presents to the Chiefs, hints re specting
th em II. 599.
Pretorius: C obus: his oxen stolen.
II. 197.
Prisoners o f war among the Bachaplns
..................... II. 555.,
Pronunciation of Dutch words.
- of the D1u5tc.h8 6c, o8n7.
sonants................................ 551.
--------------------- o f the Kora and
H ottentot languages. II. 252.
—.... . 0f Sichuana words
(see also Sichuana). II. 296.
585.
P ro tractor: the place o f one supp
lied ................. 135.
Provisions: difficulty o f obtaining
them in Bichu&nia. II. 414.
488.
Pudding-stone ......... 598. II. 10.
PuffiAdder ............................ 469.
Pukoghe, o r Pukoje, or Pukoli, a
part o fI It.h e Bichuana dress. 319. 572. 412. 570
Pum pkins.... 114. 195. 566. U. 7.
587.
Punishments among th e Bachapins. II. 431. 544.
Purslane, found growing wild in
the Transgariepine ......... 545.
Pyk-klip. See Pipe-stone.
Pyrites o f iro n : cubic 202.
Pyramid (or Obelisk) Pass. II. 45.
Q.
Q ua, a H ottentot term ination; ex- flained... 345. II. 303.
•upeds: collection of. See,
British Museum.
Qu&gga (D utch orthogr.) see more
properly, Q uikka.
Quakka, or Kw&kka: its specific
character, distinguishing it
from the Zebra, which is also
called Qu&kka 159.
or Z eb ra (see also Zebra)
remarks on the taste o f the
m e a t 280. II. 83. 258.
two shot, and a skin preserved.......................
452.
a foal caught, and remarks
on the possibility o f taming
often associate with
ostriches......................II. 515.
■ frequently seen and shot
for food. 280. 287. 420. II. 42.
81. 90. 94. 98. 184. 275.
Station ... II. 85, 84. 190.
Q uarterly Review. See p. 1— 4,
appended to Vol. I.
■--------------------- W antrouw ’s
works, to be properly recommended
in it............... 584.
Q uartz rocks... 506. 342. II. 240.
Q uince trees .... 119. II. 145.280.
R.
R aces: H orse; at Cape Town. 27.
o f M an; considerations on
their origin ............ II. 549.