X CONTENTS. 



Geognosy of the Peninsula of the Cape of Good Hope— The Lion's 

 Rump — Lion's Head — Table Mountain— Devil's Peak— To what Class 

 of Rocks do those of the Cape Peninsula belone .' — At what Period 

 did the Cape Rocks rise above the Level of the Sea? — Vegetables in 

 crusted with Calcareous Sand conf()unded with Coral, and adduced as 

 a Proof of the very recent Einerg.'nce from the Ocean of the Lands 

 supporting; them— Geology of the Table-land, properly so called — Ac- 

 count of the Sibilo of the Africans— Geological Survey of the Karroo 

 Ground recommended— Rivers— South African Lakes — South African 

 Springs— Remarks on the Importance of a Knowledge of the Natural 

 History and Chemical Composition of Springs— Geology of Caffrana, 

 Kaial, £jc. — Conclusion 244 



CHAPTER XVin. 



NATURA.I. HISTORY OF THE QUADRUPEDS Of AFRICA. 



Ifftroductory Observations — Orang-outang — Monkeys — Baboons — Le- 

 murs — Oalagos — Bats— Shrew-mice— Cape Mole — Tenrec — Ratel — 

 Oiter — Jackals and Wild Dogs — Civets — Lion — Panther and Leopard 

 — Lynxes — Squirrels— Marmots — Sand Mole — Gerboa — Rats and >iice 

 — Dormice — Porcupines — Hares and Rabbits — Cape Ant-eater — Manis 

 — Elephant — Rhinoceros — Ethiopian Hog — Hippopotamus — Zebra — 

 Quagga — Camel — Dromedary — Red Deer — Giraffe — Antolope* of vari- 

 ous kinds — Gnu — Caj)e Buffalo— Egyptian Goat and Sheep 29t' 



CHAPTER XIX. 



NATCRAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF AFRICA. 



fntroductory Observations — Vultures— Serpent-eater — Eagles — Hawk^i 

 — Owls— Butcher-birds — Thrushes— Buntings — Colius— Beef-eaters- 

 Rollers — Goat-suckers — Swallows — Hoopoes — Promerops — Creeper- 

 — Bee-eater — Kingfishers— Horiibills— Woodpeckers — Cuckoos — Ho 

 liey-guide — Parrots- Pogonias-Troiron — Musophaga— Touraco — Pi- 

 geons — Guinea Fowls — Quails— Partridges, &c. — Ostrich — Bustards 

 — Balearic Cranes— Flamingo — Gigantic Stork — Umber — Snipe and 

 Woodcock — Sandpiper — Courier — ^Plover— Penguin — Pelican — Plotus 

 — Tern— Gull — Albatross— Cape PeJrel — Spur-winged Goose— Moun- 

 tain Goose— Egyptian Goose— Sheldrake— Musk-duck 323 



CHAPTER XX. 



SATURAL HIGTORY OF THE REPTII^ES, FISHES, SHELLS, INSECTS, &C. 

 OF AFKICA. 



Introductory Observations — Crocodiles — Uzards — Chameleon — Ser- 

 pents — Frogs — General Observations on Fishes — Mura;na — Gobius — 

 •Cot tus — Scorpaena — Zeus— Remora— Labrus — Mackerel — Surmullet 

 — Flying Gurnard— Electric Silure — Salmon — Polypterus— Argentine 

 — Flying- fish — Poly neme— African Herring — Carp — Mormyrus — Ray 

 — Ostracion— Tetrodon — Pipe-fish — Fossil Fish — General Observa- 

 tions on Shells — Various African Species — Remarks on the Distribution 

 ^f Insects — Goliathus, <kc. — Paussus — Mantis — Locusts — Butterfly- 

 Tribe — Bees — Scorpions — Centipedes— Zoophytes— Coral — Sponge — 

 Guinea Worm . 34)1 



