Sweet m ilk unwholefome. T h e Hottentot Captain Rundganger. Captain an empty, title. Captains fpies on their countrymen. H o t tentots opprefied by the D u tch , and obliged to ihift their quarters continually more inland. T h o rn - or gum-arabic tree. La rg e dairy-farms. R iv e r o f butter-milk. Diftinftion between the carrow, four, and fweet fields. T h e firft rendered ferule by aquedu&s. Cows that gnaw each other’s horns. Hottentots continually Ihifting their quarters, from fuperftitious motives : a p railice which prevents the degeneration both o f their lands and cattle. Colonifts faulty in this refpeft. Rhinoceros- bu(h. Overflowing o f Gauritz-river. Hoar froft o f fait. Defcription o f Mufcle-b a y. Houtniquas-land. A lg o a -b a y . H ints for the advancement o f trade and the improvement o f th e colony, p. 26a . - C H A P . VII. J o u r n e y t h r o u g h t h e H o u t n i q u a s . Animals to be found in Houtniquas. Defcription o f the bqfch-boek. Hadelde-bird. Regifter o f the weather. Almofi: a whole province intoxicated with a hogfhead o f brandy. Defcription o f a H o ttentot miftrefs. Baflards not chriftened. Stratagem o f a burgher at Bat-avia to get his child baptized. Style o f Bu ild in g in this province. T h e author’s Hottentots run away on b ein g correfted for drunkennefs. State o f the weather in September, p. 291* C H A P. VIII. J o u r n e y t h r o u g h L a n g e D a l . Departure from Houtniquas. L o fe .their, way on horfeback. Pafs the night out o f doors, expofed' to a -violent rain. Artaquas-kloof. In . fefted with a herb called p— g ra ft, which k ills die cattle with the ftrangury. O b liged to liv e abroad in thé air, the walls and every part o fth e h o u fe being covered b y flies. Curious method o f k illin g them. Ganna's land. Miftake o f Mr. M a fo n ’with refpeét to it in’ the P h ilo - fophical Tran ftftions. T h e Cann3 lhrub, a new fpeCies o f fallola, defcribed. Method o f fe rtilizin g the mbft dry barren country. N ew m e th o d method,-qf dreffipg p a r t r id g e s .. Imn^p^pately fat Iheeg, with tads weighin'3, above twelve pounds. T h e aiithpr bleeps a Hottpntot tad. A n in fiance o f Dutch compafijqn. Hottentot women’s lamentation oyer the dead. T h e bov comes to life, again. Afrtcan otters and fifli. T a k en in b y a fajrmer’s wife in a bargain about a pair o f oxen. Strange c a fe o f a pjqlapfus' ig e n , L o f e their Way. again. y nkin^beha^JoUr o f fpgie Hofteptpts, IJ,is hprte fiqks with '.him ihtq the P r th ie ly fhepherds. , Mifeta,bl? .cpndltipn’p,f Hot|enfpt fugitiv es, Stone-heips. Pi.tfalH f° r the l^rggr.; kip'd.,'of game. Mountain Hottentots. F ligh t o f a Hottentot child. Co al-blach lizard. T h e dafs, an animal o f the cavia genus. Daflen-pifs taken for petrolaeum. Sg?ms to. be the menftrual evacuation o f this animal, p . 310! C H A P . IX. J o u r n e y f r o m I,A.n g e D a l t o S i t s i c a m m a , a n d f r o m t h e n c e t o S e a - c o w R i v e r . Kromme-rivier. Efchen-bdfch. T h e pneumOra, an infe£t fuppofed to liv e on the wind. T h e y come to a perfon when called. Bofhies-men c'aroufing on, elephants flefb. 'Defcription .and admeafuremept o f the remains o f the carcafe. H ow this qhimal was fhot by two farmers. T h e beft methods o f fhooting theie beails diiCufRd. Oqe nfan'vnil attack a whole herd o f elephant^. Ce-ajp tpr ^- phant’s way o f fwimmihg. with them. D e la Ca ille ’s firange' anecdote a tnere injgoijqpn, D o notl copulate lik e human.creitures.’ N e v e r 'fe e n in the a<ft.o£; copulation, excepting once, by two o f the author’s.acquaintance. Elephant s diet. Expence o f keep ing them. Hiftory and ufe. Negroes buy and fell the tails at a vaft price from fuperftitious motives. T a ils defcribed. Foflil elephant’ s teeth. Mammouth’s bones found in Siberia are nothing but the bones o f elephants. T h e theories o f BufFon and others overturned. Lemning-mouie, and other migrating animals, adduced as proofs o f the author’s aflertion-s. Div ers inftances o f the fagacity o f elephants. W r e c k o f the Doddington Eaft-lndiaman on this coaft. Survivors robbed by the Hottentots. A Dutch captain fent from the Cape to look after the cargo, comes back purpofely with-, out doing any thing. Bilious fever prevails among the Hottentots. a Strange
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