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Mr Buchenroder. 3. Description of two undescribed Fishes, by 

 W. D. Webster, Esq., Surgeon R. N. 4. Sketches of the Bo- 

 tany of Southern Africa, by Mr J. Bowie. 5. Diary of a Jour- 

 ney made by Governor Simon Vander Stell to the country of 

 the Amaquas, in the year 3685. 6. Memoir relative to the 

 Captaincy of Ilia de Senna, a Portuguese settlement on the 

 south-east coast of Africa, by the late Governor Terao. 7. Ex- 

 tract, &c. calculated to assist inquiry as to the probable or actual 

 existence of coal in any given district. 8. Mr Surgeon Leslie's 

 observations on the Bushmen of Orange River, reprinted from 

 the New Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. 



Number II. contains, 1. Continuation of Dr Smith on African 

 Birds. 2. Mr Reid on the Properties of the Wax of the Can- 

 dleberry Myrtle. 3. On the Culture of the Vine, and on the 

 Making of Wine, by D. Cloet, Esq. 4. Remarks on Delagoa 

 Bay, by a Naval Officer. 5. Captain Hall on Penitentiary 

 Houses in North America. 6. De la Beche's Arrangement of 

 Rocks. 7. Mr Bowie on the Culture of Exotic Vegetables, 

 adapted for the soil and climate of South Africa. In this paper 

 we find that Ulex Europaeus (common furze or whin) was intro- 

 duced many years ago into our South African colony ; also that 

 the Common Broom (Spartium scoparium) Elder (Sambucus 

 niger), Box-tree (Buxus sempervirens). Privet (Ligustrum vul- 

 gare), are cultivated there, but not extensively. The Scotch 

 Pine or Fir (Pinus sylvestris), the Weymouth Pine (Pinus stro- 

 bus), and the Stone Pine (Pinus pinea), have been introduced 

 into the Cape district. The Scotch Pine and Stone Pine were 

 introduced so early as the year 1695. The Ash (Fraxinus ex- 

 celsior) was introduced in 1827; the Alder (Alnus glutinosa) 

 previous to 1695 ; Common Myrtle (Myrtus communis) at a 

 very early period. 8. Observations relative to the Origin and 

 History of the Bushmen, by Dr Smith. 9- Diary of a Journey 

 made by Governor Simon Van-der Stell to the country of the 

 Amaquas, continued from the first Number. At the end of each 

 Number, under the head Miscellaneous InteUigence and Local 

 Intelligence, there are many interesting details, particularly me 

 teoroloaical. The meteorology of the Cape cannot be completed 

 without a thorough examination of the atmosphere by good in- 

 struments : of these, by far the best are those of Professor Leslie. 



