294 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



riaat — - 



A wide surface of bare rock, e.g., of granite, e.g., Klipplaat. 



Plat Kop— 



A flat-topped hill or mountain. 



Pont— 



A ferry ; e.g., Lindeque's Pont, on the Vaal Eiver. 



Poort— 



A low gap or short narrow gorge intersecting a range of hills = ' water-gap ' of 

 American geologists (lit. gate); e.g., Krokodilpoort, Komati Poort, &c. 



Portje — 



A little poort. 



P^lt or Piits — 

 A pit or well. 



Puut — 



(i) A point on the coast, or (ii) a spur of a mountain. 



Rand — 



A ridge or steep escarpment, generally of no great elevation, e.g., Rooirand 

 (red ridge), Boschrand, Gatsrand, Witwatersrand (hence ' The Kand '), 

 he. 



Randje — 



The diminutive of Rand. 



Rit-g, plural Ruggen — 



A ridge or series of ridges. The ' Ruggens,' a very rugged and mountainous 

 track in Cape Colony. 



Sluit — 



A ditch or water-furrow. 



Spitz Kop — 



A pointed or conical hill. 



Spruit — 



A small river or rivulet. 



Strand — 



A beach or strand. 



Tafslberg or Tafelkop — 



A table -topped mountain. 

 Toren — 



A tower (applied to a pointed lull), e.g., Babylon's Toren. 



Veld (incorrectly Veldt) — 



Open uncultivated country — 



Bus/i veld (D., Boschveld), buah country. Sometimes called Low veld. 

 High veld (D., Hoogeveld), high plateaux, about 5,000 to 6,000 feet above 



sea-level. 

 Middle veld (D., Middelveld). The intermediate mixed country, between 



High and Low veld. 



