T h e maffacre o f Heuppenaer and his party in this country. K in g Ruyter s craal. R u y te r ’s hiftory, tyrannical behaviour and wars. Com- parifon between the refpeftive modes o f fighting o f the Hottentots and Caffres. Slaves o f the Chriftians more warlike than either, and much efteemed by the Caffres. Defcription o f Camdebo. Roads from thence to the Cape. Plan formed for extending the journey. I t proves abortiv e on many accounts. De lightful fituation and fertility o f A g te r Bruntjes-Hoog te. Hap p y lives o f the farmers there. T h e foot made by them an index to the road. Commodious pollure o f fitting. E x treme moderation in furniture and drefs. T h e ir virtues. Friendly pro- pofal from a female. N ew cure for the gout. Advantages o f the medical art to mankind. Worms univerfàlly miftaken here for pulmonary complaints. T h e gn u . T h e viverra enfiata, or grey ja c k a l, onkjes- and common ja ck a l. Defcription o f the ratei. Its manner o f plunderin g bees nefts. V e ry difficult to k ill. T h e zerda, or animal anonyme o f Buffon. Bruce's miftake concerning it. rectified. Defcription o f the honey-gnide. M iftak e in the Philof. Tran f. reftified. T h e jerboa Capenfts. T h e bleefmoll, or mus Capenfis. T h e zand-moll, or mus Caffer, refembles the rhinoceros. T h è talpa Afiatica, or variable mole, more properly the forex aureus, deferibed. . Anfwer to D r .P a lla s ’s query. T h e gazels o f this country deferibed. T h e hartbeeft andeIk-antilope,the fat o f this latter very fine. Th e y migrate to the fouthward in great droughts. Chafe o f an elk-antilope. T h e beaft fweats blood. Dangers o f the chafe in this country. T h e author’s horfe falls with him. T h e k aedoe, or coudou. Pleafant miftake o f Buffon concerning the name. Th eCap e -chamo is, or g emfe-bok, fomewhat refembles the ejk o f Kolbe. T h e blaauw-bok, bunte-bok, and gnu. T h e ree-bok, riet-ree-bok, vtak-fteén-bok, fteen-bok, d uyker-bok and klip-fpringer. A baboon hunt-—-the dogs lhew more malice againft this animal than againff any other. Striilures on Buffon’s opinion concerning the neceffity o f a meat- diet for man. Defcription o f the Camelopardalis.' Defence o f Haffel- quift againft Buffon. Pleafant opinion o f the latter concerning the horns o f oxen. Buffon convicted o f fetting the horns on the wrong head, p. 048. C HA P , C H A P . XV. J o u r n e y f r o m A g t e r B r u n t j e s - H o o g t e t o t h e t w o V i s c h - r i v e r s , a n d R e s id e n c e a t t h o s e P l a c e s . Departure from A g te r Bruntjes-Hoogte. Beauty in a defert. Shoot a tige r. Inftance o f a tige r g o t the better o f b y a (lave. Unw e lcome v ifit from a large party o f Caffres. Preparations for their reception. T h e conference. T h e ir method o f flaughtering their meat. Heaps o f ftones, probably antique monuments. K o k ’s-craal. Am a z in g fwift- nefs o f the Hottentots. Blockade o f the fea-cows in their pits. Great danger from one o f them. C r y o f this animal deferibed. A fea- e ow fh o t b y one o f the party in his fleep. H e r c a lf carried o f f and flaughtered. Defcription o f it. T h e hippopotamus lives entirely on herbs and grafs. Is fometimes feen in the fea, but cannot drink the fait water. Copulation, fize , and method o f ca tching thefe animals. N o t flow in their pace. M ed ica l virtues o f their fkulls. Anatomy o f the calf. Leaches o f a new fpecies about its anus. Difquifition on its different names. Propofals for ca tching and k eep ing thefe animals alive. T h e waggon in danger o f being overturned b y a rhinoceros in its flight. A rhinoceros hunt. A H ottentot "coward becomes bold from fenfibility. Th e fine fcent o f the Hottentots accounted for. T w o o f the Hottentots in the author’s train ihoot a rhinoceros a fleep. H o t tentot bribe. Inftance o f their p eculiar turn o f mind. L o v e in a defert. Drowfinefs the effeft o f love. Recipe for that paffion. Billet-doux o f a forefter, p . 300. C H A P . XVI. J o u r n e y b a c k t o t h e C a p e . Rhinoceros hunt. Dangerous ride in the dark. 'D ia b o lic a l y e ll o f a p a c k . o f hyaenas. Conge o f a H ottentot. Plettenberg’s colony. Artifice o f a hippopotamus to breathe in the water. Another o f a colonift to cheat the government. T h e golden age reftored among the Gunjeman H o t tentots. T h e riches o f a female Gunjeman. Simplicity o f their diet. Zwartkops-r iver. Boldnefs o f three young lions. Damaquas Hotten- .tots. T h e fea-cows g o to fea with the tide. T h e company feared b y a buffalo, and loft in a wood. T h e travellers return to their old hoft, . J . K o k . Inconvenience o f feather beds. Red wine and oyfters. Scorched S ferpents.
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