378 HOTTENTOT PLACE NAMES. 



292) (Hot. csa, pretty; klioiti, women; daos, a pass or poort). 

 This is a pass in the Hanami (Alexander's " 'Unuma or Bulb 

 Mountain ") range in central Namaquaiand. " We reached the 

 Arigha 'Oup (or Flowering Fish) river " (I, 294); a small branch 

 of the Great Fish river; Kronlein spells the name \\Harex'-\\oub 

 (Hot. \\harcxa, abounding in flowers; \\ouh, a fish). The FloM^er- 

 Fish river. " We reached Aban'haus, or Redbank, a part of 

 the river so named from the red colour of the sandhills " (II, 

 71) (Hot. lawa, red; lanih, wall, bank). Hence arose the 

 Hottentot name of the place now known as ScJieppmanns-dorf, 

 situate on the Kuisip, near Walvis Bay. On the " Times " 

 Atlas it is marked " Scheppmansdorf (Rooibank)." " ^Mountains 

 apparently two or three thousand feet high, and called the 

 Qua' 7iuas, or clay-bank-trap mountains, that is, in which the 

 foot is caught as in a trap," (II, 104). A range of mountains 

 ma,rked in Alexander's Map not far from the coast north of the 

 Swalfop river (Hot. Igoah, mud; \\noah, a trap). " We passed 

 . . . Hokap, or Spotted Mountain " (II, 113) (Hot. thou, to be 

 spotted; juib, a mountain). A mountain marked on Alexander's 

 map north of the Kuisip. Cf. Bonteberg. " We crossed the . . . 

 Huerap or Crooked river " (II, 192) (Hot. '.hoa, crooked; lab, 

 a river). Cf. Kromme river. " We offpacked ... at the Tuap 

 or Clay river" (II, 192) (Hot. Igoab, mud); situate south of 

 Rehoboth, Alexander's " Glenelg Bath." Cf. the Qhaba (the 

 Plodder river of the Orange Free State). 



Besides these descriptive names, of which there are many 

 others, Alexander furnishes not a few that refer to the fauna and 

 flora of the country he explored. For example, " We reached a 

 wooded hill (under cliffs) called Neinis (giraffe ") (I, 229). (Hot. 

 \neib, a giraffe). Situa,ted on a branch of the Great Fish river, 

 and spelt by Home " Naiams." " A grotesque collection of 

 rocks . . . called by our guides Einhiras, or the hill of the 

 Laughing Hyena " (II, 112). (Hot. Iheizab, the hyaena) ; placed 

 north of the Kuisip river in Alexander's map. " We packed off 

 in a hollow at Keree Kama, or Jackal's Water " (II, 119). Hot. 

 Igeirab, a jackal; Wgami, water. Situate on a branch of the 

 Kuisip. " 'Nabagno (or rhinoceros horn) to the north of us 

 (II, 122). Hot. nawas, a rhinoceros; \\nab, horn. North-west of 

 Alexander's Tans mountains. " Nahabip or Tortoise Mountain" 

 (II, 154). From Inab, a tortoise ; [nib, a mountain. North-east 

 of Rehoboth. " Aantup, or the Bird Stone Mountain " (II, 151). 

 From anib, a bird; /uib, a mountain. North-west of Rehoboth. 

 " We passed on our left Tarahap, or Quiver :\Iountain" (II, 113). 

 Hot. Wgarab, the Kokerboom, Aloe dichotoma, from hollowed 

 sections of the branches of which the Bushmen made their 

 quivers. Situate north of the Kuisip river. " We crossed the 

 Kubieb or Stick-grass river " (II, 192). Hot. Kawib, steek- 

 grass, Aristida sp. Marked south of Rehoboth. " The periodical 

 river Nukanip (black bulb) " (I. 241). Hot. ^nu, black; ganis. a 

 sort of veld-kost. A brancli of the Great Fish river. Great 

 Namaquaiand. " The Kiirui^ap or Sour hill " (I, 255). Hot. 



