year had hitherto prevented them from entering. In this divt-
fion there is no fcarcity of water in fprings or wells, but it is
univerfally, and fo ftrongly, impregnated with fait, as not only to
be difagreeable, but almoft impoffible to be taken by thofe who
have not been long accuftomed to it. By fuch it is preferred to
the pureft water; this being accounted infipid and taftelefs. An
old man in the Bokkeveld, who, from his infancy till a few
years paft, had lived in Zwartland, never miffed an opportunity
o f fending thither a few bottles to be filled with the briny water
for his own particular u fe; the pure ftream of the mountain, as
he afferted, not being able to quench his thirft. Similar in-
ftances of habit, or of fancy, appear in ancient hiftory. • Some of
the princeffes of the Ptolemy family would drink no other water
but that of the Nile, though it is fometimes io ftrongly impregnated
with nitrous and other falts, as to poffefs a purgative
quality; and fuperftition directed the fame Water to be carried
from Egypt into Syria and Greece, for the foie purpofe of fprink-
ling in the temple of Ifis.
Leaving Zwartland, and its faline fprings to thofe who. could
relilh them, I directed my route acrofs the Tiger herg to the
Cape, where I arrived on the fecond of June, without having
experienced any o f thofe inconveniences which the feafon of the
year feemed to threaten.
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¿¿i-GRi culture negleCted by the Dutch - 135
..no market for its .produCts - - 136
Algoa Bay defcribed - - 131
might be rendered ufeful to the Eaft-
g India Company - - . r 32
Antelopes, how hunted by, the Kaffers » 187
various fpecies of, mentioned - - ib.
Ant-hills, their., height . - . - 59
Atmofphere its temperature at the Cape - 41
r its weight | - - 42
B
Bank,1 Lombard, at the Cape, account of 16
'Barilla may be procured in great abundance
at the Cape . - >92
Baftaards, race fo called - 49. 148
Bavian’ s kloof, eftabliftiment of Moravian
miffionaries at - “ 351
Beef, at the Cape, bad, and the reafon 88
Berg river, croffed by the author - 367
Birdsi various fpecies of, defcribed 29. 264
Bosjeftnans, who - - 85. 234
their hoflilities with the colonifts
- 234—236.286.290,291
confiderations on this fubjeCt - 290—292
journey into their country, and its
purpofe • - - - 237
their drawings of various animals, account
of '' < - 239, 240
Bosjeftnans-— p a g e
their miferable fituation defcribed - - 241
their depredations on the colonifts, 249. 285
one .of their kraals furprifed by the authors
party - - 270, &c.
comjnunicatiops with - 273— 275
conftru&ion of their kraals - - 276
their drefs and appearance - 276, 277
are very diminutive - ib.
their women have the nymphai elongated
- *- - - 278
other Angularities charaCteriftic of the
make of - r - 281
belong to the Hottentot race - 283
conjectures refpeCting their origin - 282
their difpofition and means o f fub-
« fiftence - - 283, 284. 286
their ofFenfive weapons - - 287
' eftimate of their fituation ; - ib,
their longevity, &e. . - - 289
compared with, the Hottentots 290, 291
fome of their hordes-in amity with the
farmers . - - 380. 399
their cruel treatment of a Hottentot 401
Britijh government at the Cape, beneficial
effefts of - - 51, 52
«hecks effectually principles fubvei five
of order in the colony - 52, 53
Buffalo defcribed - • - 129
its battles with the lion - - 1 3 0
negleCted by the Dutch - - 13*
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