Notes on a Journey in German South-West Africa. 33 
is to a very considerable extent good grassy country, well suited for 
cattle and sheep, and in parts for horses. In many places it greatly 
resembles our Karoo. It appears that the growth of sheep-bushes 
is much more luxuriant than in our Karoo; but it may be that this 
is merely because hitherto they have not been taxed, as pasture, to 
the same extent as in our parts. 
As regards the geological features, as far as I was able to ascertain 
by personal observation, sandstone preponderates, and Karoo shales 
are widely distributed. ‘The sandstone in the north-east and south- 
east carries limestone beneath it, whilst dolerite is frequent chiefly 
in the south-east. Granite appears to exist only in the western 
portion, covering a large area, and the occurrence of mountain 
limestone, also westwards, and traceable for such a distance, is 
interesting. 
