Elephant’s Foot, a plant, defcribed, page 72 Elephants, herd of 89 *— —— paths made through woods by 88 Elk, or Eland, defcribed 10 note Euphorbia, fpecies of, poifonous 62, 170 Finger, little, firft joint of, cut off by Hottentots to cure fome difeafe 117 Fiihes, prodigious number of, driven into Table Bay 5 Food, various kinds of 22, 31 note, 63, 72, 92, 116, 120, 125 G. Gems Bock defcribed 53 note German turned Hottentot 28 Goat, fpotted, defcribed 10 note Good Hope extremely fertile 33 Grafs, feed of a fpecies of, eaten by the Boihiefmen 63 Gums eaten as food by Hottentots 59, 125, 133 ■------------ monkeys and birds 124 Hottentots, mufic and dances of, page 57 peculiar tribes of 85, 115 .. — perhaps lefs able to bear fatigue than Europeans 114 Hottniqua Land, account of 35 Houfe, Aloe Dichotoma fubftituted for 58 Hyenas, how poifoned by the peafants 131, 171 Iron ore, cubic I. K. 54 Karo, account of 44 Great, a defart country 45 Klow ficknefs 96 Koedoes defcribed 27 L. Larva; of infefts eaten by Boihiefmen 31 note Life, long, rare in the fouth of Africa 41 Liquor, intoxicating, made by the Caffres 92 Lion preying on dead animals 64, 118 Lionefs, dimenfions of one 33 Locufts dried and eaten by Boihiefmen 63 Loxla, curious nefts of, defcribed 133 Mimofa, various ufes of Meteorological journal H. Hailftorm, violent 79 Hartebeeft, dimeniions of one 82 Hemp-leaves preferred to Tobacco by the Hottentots 56 Hippopotamus, cries of, frightful 60 Nimiqua Land Small —---------------- holes made in rivers by 25 ------------------- how caught 64 Horns of cattle turned into various ihapes 94 M. N . O. 124.133 137—160 56 Horfes annually attacked by a particular difeafe at Hantum 51 Hofpitality of the boors 6, 48 Hottentot Holland, account of 7 . ------------------ remarks on the land to the Eaft of 11 Hottentots defcribed ------------- eat old ihoes --------------- ftinking fiih Oil beft antidote for fting of fcorpion 166 Orange River 112 Oilrich eggs excellent food ib. . — neil found containing thirty-four ib. ~ habitations of 13 note 117, 120 Ji6 19 note Palm, bread made of the pith of a fpecies o f 87, 92 Piper Cordifolia common in the woods 21, 35 Plant ufed to procure fire by fri&ion 118 Poifoned arrow, effe&s of a wound from 48 — how made 62, 162,164 X n : Poifons, animal, page 161 — remedies againft 163, 166 --------- vegetable 169 Punch made of Guinea corn by the Caffres! 9,2 Q : Quacha defcribed 17 note R. Remedy, curious 117 Rhinoceros, fleih of, good eating when young 95 Rhus, a fpecies of, ftrong acrid poifon 171 Rock, conical, five hundred feet high 5 8 S. Salt found on the weftem coaft of Africa 106 ■ lake, curious 83 Sand Down, account of 6 Scorpion, black or rock 165 Sheep, peculiar kind of I 2J —— — remarkable difeafe ef 48 Shoes, curious pair of, defcribed 18 note Smilax, root of a fpecies of, eaten as food 71 Snake, garter, page 163 — ■ horned' 120, 161 night 165 — — onions and garlick ufeful to*drive away 167 -- fpitting 165 * yellow 163 Spiders eaten by Boihiefmen 31 note: Stillen Bofch mountains 39 T . Termites good food 22 W . Water fcarce in many parts o f Africa, 65, 107 — 1 ■ fometimes poifoned by. the Africans 62, 170 Wolf poifon 171 Z. Zebra defcribed 17 note ■----- - fleih of, good food 119 Zout Pan, a curious falt-lake 82 Zwellendam, account of 20. T H E E N D .
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