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may be domefticated when young - 266
remarkable account o f a Hottentot*s
- efcape from _ _ 593»'594
Locqjls, their depredations . - 242. 248. 257
mode of deftroying them _ 402
Locufl-ealer, bird of that name defcribed 25$
their immenfe numbers - _ 257
Loxia orix, or Cardinal o f the Cape,
notices refpedting the - - 243
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Marriages of the colonifts, abfurd law
refpe&ing the - - 252
Milk, quantity o f given by African cows 135
always ufed by the KafFers in a coagulated
Hate - - - _ 170
probable reafon for this - - ib.
Milk ba/kets, o f what texture - - ib.
Millet, fpecies of, introduced at the Cape 407
Mineralogy of the Cape peninfula - 33
Mine, filver, pretended to be found at the
Cape - - 39
Mijer, Dutch, and his domeftic economy
defcribed - - 383, 384
Miffionaries. European, their attempt to
propagate Chriftianity among the
KafFers and Bosjefmans - 331. 399
Moravian miffionaries, account o f their
eftablilhment at Bavian’s kloof - 331
beneficial'effefts o f their labours among
the Hottentots ' - _ 332
divine fervice, decent performance o f 333
their mode of introducing civilization 334
. not encouraged by the Dutch colonifts ib.
offer their fervices among the Bosjef- .
man 3 399
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Namaaquas, preparations for a journey
into their country - - 357
greatly diminiihed by the encroachments
of the Dutch - 387, 388
their perfons and language defcribed - 389
breads of the females large and pendant
_ _ 390
their huts defcribed - - - ib.
their employment paftoral - - ib.
great apparent age of a female Namaaqua
- _ J 398
Nejls of birds, how conftrudted in. Southera
Africa - . 323- 394
Nieuwejd mountains, their height, and
component parts- - ipó, 101
Nitre, how procured by the Author - 91
its probable influence on the temperature
o f the air - _ 106
Nympha, elongation of, univerfal'among
the Bosjefmans and the Hottentot
females - - 278— 280
a fimilar appearance in parts of Egypt 281
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Origin of the Hottentots, conje<Stures refpe&
ing the - v - 282
Orange river, account o f 294. 296, 297
pebbles on its banks - . 299
OJlrich, remarks on the - - - 2
a polygamous bird - _ • . 9^
its eggs a delicacy - - »
Oxen ( draught) , fometimes brutally treated
by thecolonifts - - 183
ihocking inftances o f this . 182, 183
Paarlberg, a remarkable mountain, account
of - - * 60
Phenomenon, curious, in natural hif-.
tory — - 127.
Pigmies of the ancients, traces o f refem-
blance between them and the Bosjefmans
- _ ' 282
Plants,'ufeful, to be found in the country
about the Cape - 17, 18. 344^ 345
that might be introduced with fuccefs ib.
Pletteribcrg’s Bay, country around, defcribed
- - - 341, 342
,landing-place hear' , - - - 343
Polygamous birds - - - 244
Potatoes, difliked by the planters - 117
Puni/hments, public, at the Cape - 44, 43
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Quack, an Irifti, impofes on the credulity
of the Dutch farmers - - .376"
Quadrupeds, account of - 27,28,29
Quartz, its change, into clay frequently
vifible in the African mountains . - 227
.Ratei, of the fpecses of Viverra, noticed 333
Rc/radion of the air, curious effedt
o f - 107
Reptiles of the Cape - - 33
Rivers that crofs the Karroo, observations
refpedting the - -97
Rivers— pace
how pafled by the Dutch peafants - 79
Roode fand, valley of, defcribed - 71
mountains beyond, account of ■ - 73
Saldanha bay, account of - - 361, 362
frequented by whales - - 3 §2
its conveniences and difadvantages as
a harbour, and means of removing
the latter - 362, 363,364
appearance o f the country in its neighbourhood
- ^ - 363
Salt-‘water lake remarkable, defcribed 123. 311
fuppofit'ion concerning the caufe of its
faltnefs « - 124, 123
probable caufe - - ' 126-
Sand, chryftallized, pyramidal columns
of 371—373 probably the ruins of vaft mountains - 374
• Sea-fand, conjectures refpedting its origin ib.
Schoolmafiers, who, and what their fituation
among the planters . 82
Sea-fhells, why found fo high above the
level of the fea I - 3 8
Seafons, view of, at the. Cape . . - 40, 41
Sepulchral heaps, origin o f - - 108, 109
Serpents, moft o f them thought noxious 140
a fafcinating power afcribed to them - ib.
vulgar antidotes againft their poifon - ib.
curious method of deftroying, by the
Hottentots - - 268
Sheep, defcription -of the Cape breed - 1 16
their wool, of what kind - 117
Shrubbery, natural, defcribed - - 121
Slaves, African, in the colony - . - . 46
MalSy, fometimes dangerous - ib.
3 h Slavery,