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SOUTHERN AFRICA. 
and Snieuwberg, and behold the thundering 
cataracts falling oyer their rngged sides, or 
wander through the silent glades of the Knysna 
Forests, or over the balmy and floriated plains 
of Kaffirland ; the same glory is manifested in 
nature, whether viewed in the contour of her 
general grandeur, or the individuality of her 
minutest objects. All alike praise their great 
God and Maker ; yea, from the least even unto 
the greatest. 
To describe the florae of Kaffraria, in a notice 
of this kind, is hardly possible ; the species and 
varieties being so abundant. Above your head, 
as well as beneath your feet, the orchidacse, 
clinging to the stems and branches, and uniting 
with the jasmine, clematis, and ivy-geranium, 
thus spread an unbroken sheet of blossoms, 
from the moss and gloxinias at their roots, over 
and around the loftiest branches of the forest 
trees. And even when the cold of winter causes 
these to wither, and, for a while, to droop away, 
the trees themselves throw out their flowers, 
and the dwarf and giant coralodendrum (called 
the Kaffir boem) become enveloped in their gau- 
dy scarlet colours ; whilst the turf also throws 
up its twelve varieties of everlasting flowers. 
We here subjoin a single page from a botan- 
ical journal, kept by the author, during a week's 
ride through the upper districts of Kaffraria. 
