412 I N D E X .
Caille, Abbé de la, afcertaîns the length of
a degree of the meridian at the
Cape - - * 368
important conclufion drawn from his
meafurement .. “ 3^9
Camel, or Dromedary, might be intro-
' duced with - advantage into the '
colorty ? . ¿33
Gaìtièleon, fàéfcs refpitìiifig its ¡change o f ;
colour 5 - : - ^04
why they haVe been thought to livè dii
air, explained - w- ‘ ib.
Cape o f Good Hopè, impòrtancè ó f - i', 2
taken poffeffion o f by the Britifh, 1620, 2
particulars o f this- tranfadiioh * 3» 4» 5
colonized by the Dutch in ìfij’ò * P 6
its rapid population* - - • - ib.
difficulties o f the firft fettlers - >ib.
policy o f the Dutch government tinfriendly
to thè fèttlement ' ^ ' 7
extent and population o f the fettle- ,
ment’s'territory ~ ! - eBb 9
general view of the country i<5, 11, 12,
its divifion into diftriéts, and. infernal
-government 1 - . - 12
. defeription o f the Cape diftrift 12, 13, 14
Cape and Egypt, cirfcumftances o f analogy
between - 297, 8
Cape Town, defeription o f - ,14, 15
population of - . ; 16
its inhabitants principally engaged in
mercantile tranfaétions - 48
.their manners, focial and domeftic 48, 49
character of the Cape ladies - 49, 50, 51
difeafes to which they are liable - • 43
longevity rare among them - • : _ t ib.
their education much hegïfcétèd - - 47
Catalogue of various forts of wood in
the colony - - 339» 40
Cattle, their food in the defarts four and
acrid _ - . ¡¡6
v its effefts upon them - ib.
how the acridity is corje&ed - 103
of the Kaffers immenfely numerous 170—177
guided by fignals - - 170
account of the various kinds of - 177
■ loofe horned ox, defeription of - 203
Vbtnefe, their refemblance to the Hottentot~
race r ^ - - 278
Gircumcfion pra¿tiled among the -Kaffirs
: - - w 212
how performed " . . 213
Climate o f the Cape, not unhealthy . - 42
Coal, 'difcovered at the Cipe by the
Englifh ; - ' . 2d,' 21
Cdbra ~cdpelld, the moft dangerous fnake
at the Cape ~ - - ® 140
Cold, intenfe degree ,of, in the Karroo
- - 87. 96. 101
Coloniflsi Dutch, their mode of life* and
domeftic econorhy. - . 77
: their modes of agriculture - - 84
: manners of the females - - 80
their prolific tendency , - 81
external appearance of the men - ib.
their negleit’ed education - - 82
their religious zeal - 82, 83
their hofpifality - - " 83
fome of them treat their oxen with
brutality - - 182, 183
inftance Of their inhumanity in a cafe
of ihipwreck - - 197
their inanity of mind, and indo-
- lence 377
Copper, indications o f its abundance in
. the Khamiesberg. > 385
I N D E X. 413
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FACE
Damaras, o f the Kaffer race, account
o f the - - 396
acquainted with the art of fmelting
| i . iron ore . - - - . ib.
their procefs deferibfid - - ib.
Dead, peculiar manner o f difpofing of
" 1 the, by .the Kaffers - - 220
Defile, deep, account o f the paffage of 181, 182
Dichotoma, a curious fpecies of aloe, defcribed
- - - 381
Difeafes.. that prevail among the colonifts 42,43
Diflicha, a fpecies of amaryllis, deferibed 391
Difillation o f ' fpirits, procefs of, at the
Gape ' -
Dogs o f the cur kind, among the Kaffers,
their multitude, and miferable appearance
- - - p
different fpecies of the dog kind met
with in Southern Africa
Drawings by the Bosjefmans, account
66
177
223
of - 239, 240
Duyvil’s hop, difficult pafs o f - 336
Egypt and the Cape, circumftances o f
analogy between - - 297, 298
Eland, o f the antelope genus, deferibed 262
Elephants, immenfely numerous in Southern
Africa - - 178
errors refpeiting their mode o f cOpulation
refuted - - 179
their period o f geftation • - ib.
how hunted by the Kaffers - 209
Euphorbium deferibed - ' - - 19
farms, ifnmenfe fize o f in the colony
- - 7. 78. 137
unfriendly to its profperity - 7
ftrange manner o f regulating their
boundaries - 78, 79
Fi/h, various kinds of - 29, 30, 31
French refugees introduce the cultivation
of the vine - 67
now confounded with the other fettlers
- - 81
Fruits, European and Tropical, introduced
and cultivated - 22, 23
Game, various kinds of - 67
Garden, public, eftablifhed by Lord Macartney
- - - 17
Ghonaquas, tribe of the, their deplorable
ftate - - - 228, 229.
Gnoo, or nvilde beef of the Dutch, deferibed
and claffed - 259, 260, 261
Goat African, remarks on the - 116
Government Civil and Judicial of the
Gape, account of - 12—16
Graajf Reynet, arrival in the diftriit of 98
account of a valley in it - - 99
gigantic fize of its colonifts - 100
political ftate of the diftriét - n o , i n
its phyfical appearance - 113
village of, deferibed - 113, 114
its wretched ftaté - - 114
Grain, fpecies of, cultivated - 24
average produft of, near the Cape - 359
Grafs dry, conflagration of - 184, 185
Greeting