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cursion to the north of Uitenhage which extended nearly to 

 the Tropics. Mr. Burke's object was chiefly Zoology ; Mr. 

 Zeyher's, as might be supposed from what is said of him in 

 our last volume, p. 643, was Botany, and in that depart- 

 ment he has been eminently successful, as the public will 

 soon be made aware by the vast collections he is at this 

 moment arranging for distribution. — Ed.) 



The village of Uitenhage is about fifteen miles distant from 

 Algoa Bay towards the north, and is situated on the western 

 side of a little hill belonging to the valley, through which the 

 Zwart Kops River finds its way to the sea. The streets are 

 laid out regularly, and spacious gardens are connected with 

 almost every house. A fine streamlet of pure water, rising 

 from a spring seven miles distant, at the feet of the Winter- 

 hoek Mountain, fertilizes the ground in those gardens, and 

 serves also for domestic purposes. The soil is very fertile, 

 and fruit trees as well as culinary plants thrive where the 

 land can be irrigated. The Orange, Lemon, Guava, Lo- 

 quat, Pomegranate, and Fig are the usual trees in those 

 gardens ; but the Apple, the Pear, and the Plum agree also 

 well with the climate, and the few sorts cultivated here come 

 to tolerable perfection. A great part of the country surround- 

 ing this village, is covered with dense woods, composed of 

 small trees, interwoven with many thorny climbers, rendering 

 it scarcely possible to enter the thickets, which are infested 

 by several sorts of antelopes, and the buffalo. The most 

 conspicuous Orders of trees are the Tiliacea, Terebinthacea, 

 Sapindacea, Celastrinece, Ochnacece, Portulacea, Leguminosa, 

 Composite, Ebenacece, Capparidea ; but as they seldom 

 exceed twenty feet in height, their wood is of scarcely any 

 use, except for fuel. The Crocoxylon excelsum, Schottia 

 speciosa, Pteroxylon utile and Pappea Capensis are the loftiest 

 trees in these groves. 



We left Uitenhage the 10th of November, passing through 

 a thicket immediately on quitting that village; and soon 

 entered an open tract, composed of fine pasturage, and 



