Fir fi Voyage from New Zealand to Otaheile, and from thence lack again to New Zealand. Some events not related by Gook and Forfter, p . 9 1 . S E C T. IV. Second Voyage from New Zealand to Otabeite, and from thenceback again. Journal continued, p. 97. S E C T . V . Voyage from New Zealand to Terra del Fuego, and from thence farther on towards the South Pole. Jdurnal Continued, p, 99. S E C T . V I . Return to the Cape o f Good Hope. Return to the Cape. Ship’s provifions utter ly fpoiled, p. 104; C H A P. IV. J o u r n e y f r o m C a p e T o w n t o t h e C o u n t r y o f t h e C a f f r e s . S E C T. I. Rejidence at Cape Town, previous to the author’s African Expedition. Dangerous iituation o f a veflel in T a b le -b a y . A Ihipwreck. L iv e s o f the crew faved by an old foldier on horfeback. Cruelty and ingratitude o f o f the government at the Cape. Humane inftitution o f the Chinefe in thefe cafes. Regifter o f the weather at the Cape, for M ay , June, and Ju ly , 1 7 7 J, p. 113- S E C T . II. Preparations fo r the African Expedition. Undertakes an expedition into the interior parts o f the country. Equip ment for that purpofe. Buys a waggon with twelve oxen. Is accompanied by M r . Immelman, the fon o f an officer at the Cape, p. 1 19 . S E C T . I II . Journey from the Cape to the Warm Bath. B ad accommodations on the road. Manner o f tra ve lling in the Afr ican w aw o n s . Defcription o f Guftavus’s fceptre, a plant. N o bridges in A fr ica . A c co u n t o f the manner in which they pafs the rivers with waggons in this country. Defcription o f the landfcape about B o t- riverf' Wretched wine at A g te r de Berg. Sees various forts o f gazels in his way to the warm bath > and likewife whole troops o f zebras. Oftrich-hunting. Method o f reckoning the length o f journies here ■, and o f harneffing the oxen, p. 13 5 . S E C T . IV . Rejidence at the Warm Bath. Hottentot-Holland’s warm baths defcribed. T h e bathing-houfes and wells. Chemical analyfis o f the waters. Cures performed b y means o f them. Difiertation on their origin. Remains o f a volcano. Q n k je s ,, , vernal flowers o f the iris k i n d t h e i r ufes in food, and in reckoning time. Shoots a wild cat in a tree. T h e different forts o f them in this country enumerated and examined. Defc ription o f a porcupine-hunt. Cape partridges and pheafants, the korr-hen, and fecretaries-bird, o th e r - wife called the ferpent-eater, defcribed. Ufes o f this latter, and i t s . manner o f attacking ferpents. T h e author frequently vifits a patient; in thefe parts, and is paid in m ilk and provifions. Wild , dogs very dangerous animals. T h e ir manners. H u n t in packs,, and fometimes: 3 turn,.
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