number, compared with other animals. N o t fo bold fince the IXitch have introduced the ufe o f fire-arms into that part o f A fr ica . D o not immediately k ill a man, except in cafe o f refiftance. Neither do they attack any animal openly, except irritated or very hungry. Meafure the length o f their leap, when they have miffed their prey by leaping over it or Ihort o f it. L u rk chiefly near rivers. Scared away by the nbife made with an ox-whip. Singular efcape o f a Hottentot from a lion. L io n frequently betrays marks o f cowardice. Inftance o f a lion being ihot with its prey ly in g under it untouched. In general content with wounding its prey, i f it be a human creature. T h e caufe o f this in- veftigated. Ludicrous fituation o f a farmer purfued by a lion. Great ftrengfh o f this animal. N o t ftrong enough, however, to overpower the buffalo, without having recourfe to art. A r tfu l expedient o f one for carrying o f f a buffalo. Inftance o f a buffalo’s keep ing five lions at bay. L io n eafily torn in pieces b y a dozen farmer’s dogs. Horfes fond o f hunting lions and other fierce animals. T h e chafe o f the lion defcribed. Colonifts hunt them with great eagernefs. N o t hard to k i l l with guns. Its hide tender and penetrable. T h e ir principal H o t tentot markfman ihoots a buffalo. Defcription o f the buffalo. Its ears b y the Hottentots fuppofed to be torn by evil lp i r it s ., A treacherous and cruel animal. Fond o f ly in g down in the water, or wallowing in the mire. Buffalo-calf. T h e calves might be brought up tame. T h e flefh good eating. Cannot be ihot with balls o f lead alone. T h e <*ame wantonly deftroyed in great abundance by fome fportfmen. G lu ttony o f the Hottentots. Amufe themfelves with c ra cking je f t s . on their mailers, in their own language. Smoke cow-dung in default o f tobacco. Idle in the higheft degree, and difficult to govern, p. 73 . C H A P . XII. J o u r n e y f r o m B o s h ie s -m a n s -r i v e r t o Q u a m m e d a c k a . Sneezing-wood in N ie z-h out-k lo o f. T h e honorary degree o f do&or. conferred on the author in his abfence. Butterfly-hunter in danger o f b ein g impaled like the in fe ils he had caught. A buffalo-hunt. Nafti- nefs o f the H ottentots. Paint their cheeks black when they g o a courtin g . Amorous combat between two tiger-cats. Oftrich-chicks. R a n k water. Ridiculous neatnefs o f a Dutchman. Defcription o f the fprincr-bok. Leaps very high, and expands the white lift on its back, w h en p u r fu ed . Very fwift. Quammedacka well. Lo ok out there for the two-horned rhinoceros. Kol.be never faw this .animal in reality. C O N T E N T S . T h e author’s cruelty to fome birds d y ing with third. Alarmed all night long by a lion. T h e raw root o f a fpecies o f purflam very good eating, as is that o f the d a - fk a i. Hottentots fhoot rh' n° ^ „ ° ri™ T h e manner in which they informed the author o f it. T h e defer p and anatomy o f the rhinoceros. T h e author and his friend in danger from one. M ee t a herd o f elk-antilopes, and afterwards with a party o f colonifts, p . 117. C H A P . XIII. ’ ' J o u r n e y f r o m Q u a m m e d a c k a t o A g t e r B r u n t j e s - H o o g t e . H u n t a couple o f lions. I Oftriches neft. T h e male oftrich affifts the female in the a ft o f incubation. T h is bird’s feathers made ufe o f for chafing away the flies. E g g s ufed for pan-cakes, & c . but not equal to thofe o f hens in goodnefs. Oftriches do not hide their eggs when purfued. Buffon criticifed on this fubjeft, as well as with refpeft to his account o f this bird’s lkin. Its cry like the lion’s roar. Allud ed to b y the prophet Micah . T h e youn g have no cry. Oftnchs necome very tame. M igh t be brought to bear burdens. Chiefly found in the carrow countries. H u n tin g the buffalo. Ludicrous fcene ot the Hottentots loaded with the flefh. Difma l fituation o f the author, when benighted, at a diftance from his waggon, in a ftorm. Defcription ot the gnu. Its claffification. T h e gnu met with here v ery vicious. Manner o f keep ing Chriftmas-eve in the defert. M e e t with fome colonifts. Ludicrous defcription o f the drefs and figure o f the two travellers. Hippopotamus’s fkulls. T h e author indifpofed. H e and his party begin to want bread. Convulfive motions in the mufcles ot a dead hart-beeft, p. 139. C H A P . XIV. R e s id e n c e a t A g t e r B r u n t j e s - H o o g t e . Ar r iva l at A g te r Bruntjes-Hoogte. Cattle out o f doors all winter. Co ld in thefe parts. Ravages committed by the Boihies-men here. H a v o c k made among them by the colonifts. Snefe-Hottentots. T h e ir complexion and temper. Geographical obfervations on the country they inhabit. T h e T am b u k i filver mines. Difquifition concerning the unicorn. T h e country o f the Caffres. T h e ir government and wars. " I hr.
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