flavour. One fpecies o f Antelope, called here the Griefbok or
grizzled deer, frequents the thickets of the hills, and does no
fmall injury at nights to the infant Ihoots o f the vine ; and another
fpecies of the name of Duiker or Diver, from the manner
of its plunging and concealing itfelf among the buihes, is not
uncommonly met with on the fandy ifthmus. Neither of thefe
animals appear as yet to have been defcribed in any fyftematic
work, though very common in every part of the colony, and
often mentioned by travellers. The color o f the Duiker is
wholly of a dufky brown ; is about three feet in length and two
and a half in height: the male has horns ftreight, black, nearly
parallel, but diverging a little towards the points, four inches
long, and annulated clofe to the bafe. The female has no
horns ; length of the ears feven inches ; of the tail, five inches.
The finus lacbrymalis, or fubocular indent, which moil of the
antelopes have, is in this fpecies fo confpicuous that the Dutch
lay it carries the gall-bladder under the eye. The Greiibok is
of a grizzled or greyilh color, the ground bright brown inter-
fperfed with filver hairs; length two feet nine inches; height
one foot nine inches ; ears five inches, black and naked; tail
two inches; the Jinus lacbrymalis very diftin£t. The male has
horns four inches long, ftreight, finooth, tapering to a point,
black r the female has no horns. The Steenbok, once the moil
numerous of the antelope tribe that inhabited the peninfula, is
now nearly extirpated from this part of Africa, though equally
abundant with the other two beyond the ifthmus. This animal
is the Antelope Grimmea of Pallas, and the Guinea antelope
of Pennant. The horfes o f the Cape are not indigenous, but
were firft introduced from Java, and fince that, at various
times,
times, from different parts of the-world. The grizzled and the
black fpaniard firft brought hither, about twenty years ago,
from South America, where the breed now runs wild over that
extenfive Country, are the horfes that are moil efleemed for
their beauty, their gentlenefs, and fervice. Though fmall,
and often very ill-fed, they are capable of fuftaining a great
degree of hard labor. Heavy waggons, however, are chiefly
drawn by oxen. Thefe are all indigenous, except the breed
from a few European cattle that have lately been introduced.
The Cape ox is diftinguiihed by its long legs, high fhoulders,
and large horns.
The larger kinds of birds that hover round the fummit of the
Tjble Mountain are vultures, eagles, kites, and crows, that aflift
the wolves in cleanfing the country near the town o f a nuifance
that is tacitly permitted by the police. Ducks, teals, and fnipes
are met with in the winter feafon about the pools and periodical
lakes on the ifthmus. Turtle doves, a thrufh called the Sprew,
and the Fifcal bird, the Lanius Collaris, frequent the gardens
near the town.
The market is conftantly fupplied with a variety o f fea-fiih
that are caught in the bay, and every where along the coail.
The Roman, a deep rofe-coloured perch, is confidered as the beil
fifh in the colony, but is never caught except in Falfe-bay, and
on the coallto the eallward of it *. Next to the Roman are the
* It has one back fin with twelve {pines, and divided ta il; a filver band along
each fide o f the back fin, turning down to the belly, and a blue arched line over
theuppei mandible connecting the two eyes,
red