620 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Arrows of the Bushmen, II. 62.198. 
199, 200. 
. made from 
a peculiar species of reed. 
II. 271. 
a mode of 
curing the wounds made by 
them II. 581. 
Arrow-poison : its nature, and anti- 
dote considered 539, 540,541. 
Asbestos : a beautiful and immature 
species of. 334. 
Mountains : arrival at. 
328. 541. 
plants found 
there 340. 543, 544. 
beautiful 
scenery among them .... II. 5. 
Astrikl, orRoodebekje. 266. 11.269. 
Astrild Station II. 41. 
Astronomical peculiarities, in the 
Southern hemisphere 80. 
calculations : a remark 
respecting those here employed. 
204. 
observations: some 
remarks on 333. 556. 576. 
II. 324. 
Astronomy : the atmosphere of the 
Interior peculiarly favorable to. 
375. 484. 
a practical application 
of II. 35. 
. useful to a traveller in 
rectifying the dates of his 
journal 343. 
Atmosphere: extraordinary clear- 
ness of. 65. 375. 
its excessive aridity in 
the Transgariepine 283 
Atmospheric heat : the principle of 
it conjectured 496, 497. 
Attaquas kloof 89. 
Auctions, or Vendues 79. 
Aurora: African 11.323. 
Auteniqua-land 82. 92. 
Autumnal colors II. 10.215. 
Avond-bloem (Evening-flower). 
186. 273. 
B. 
Baj a Sichuana prefix 11.303. 
Baas, a colonial title. 87. II. 94. 159. 
Baboons (see also Baviaans). 67. 
143. 193. II. 144. 153. 
Babylonsche Toren; a mountain 
remarkable for being visible at 
a great distance 100. 
Bachaplns. — The following refer- 
ences are given only for the 
purpose of collecting together 
the scattered observations on 
this people : the other parti- 
culars will be found in the 
17th and 18th Chapters, at 
pages 511. and 529. See also 
the words Briqua, Bichuana, 
and Litakun. 
Bachaplns (Bachapeens) remarks on 
the name II. 303. 
boundary of their coun- 
try 346. 
how called by the Hot- 
tentots 364. 
some of their supersti- 
tious notions 481, 482. 
boy: one brought to 
Klaarwater 483. 
one hired for the journey 
to Graaffreynet 541. 
interpreter, engaged. 484. 
not arrow-makers. II. 1 99. 
• in service of the Half- 
Hottentots II. 234. 
the degree of civilization 
to which they have arrived. 
II. 305. 
roads, described. II. 506. 
dress II. 319. 412. 
grand hunting-parties. 
II. 320. 
mode of taking snufF. 
II. 321. 
timidity ; cause of. 
II. 332. 
and Bushmen : their 
hostility towards each other. 
II. 541. 
. the state of society 
among them II. 347, 348. 
one named Adam, brought 
up under the Boors... II. 372. 
remarks on their names. 
II. 375. 
hospitality II. 382. 
manner of conducting 
themselves towards their Chief. 
II. 386. 
their importunate beg- 
ging II. 387. 
ready in comprehending 
a drawing II. 591. 
mode of showing their 
general character. II. 394, 395. 
derive advantages from 
the Colony II. 415, 416. 
a grand hunt near Lita- 
kun II. 420. 
inferior to the Bushmen 
in the power of running. 11.420. 
religious notions. II. 427. 
punishments .... II. 431. 
opinions of the Colonial 
dress II. 452. 
— house, described 11. 444. 
meals II. 449 — 451. 
a notion respecting white- 
men II. 451. 
bad-faith in bartering. 
II. 456. 459. 
warfare, and marks of 
honor II. 478. 
acquitted of cannibalism 
II. 478. 
marriages II. 485. 
opinion respecting white- 
men II. 558. 
Bachaplns, first visited by a party of 
Hottentots II. 559. 
remarks on the possibi- 
lity of civilizing them. II. 560. 
concluding remarks on 
them II. 599. 
Bakarrikarri (see also Karrikarri). 
II. 552. 
Bakkerboschjes (Passernia filifor- 
mis) 15. 
Bamakatta II. 532. 
Bamakwiins II. 552. 567, 568. 
Bamboo Cane 142. II. 172. 
the Sea- 28. 
Bambosberg 581. 
Bambus, or Hottentot wooden-jug. 
406, 407. 
used as a drum. II. 65. 87. 
Bamuchars II. 532. 548. 
obtain guns from Afri- 
kaander II. 376. 
boundary 546. 
Bang-hoek, 144. — its beauty of 
scenery 145 
Banyan tree of India : its singular 
character mimicked by the 
Willows of the Kygariep. 425. 
Ba-pelu '. II. 409. 
Barbet 318. 327. 502. 
Baroba, or Bushmen II. 377. 
Barolongs II. 304. 532. 548. 
their friendly reception 
of a party of Colonial Hotten- 
tots II. 557. 
Barracks in Cape Town.... 26. 74. 
Barrow, Mr. ; his description of the 
Stinkwood 72. 
Rogge- 
veld 346. 
Kora- 
nas 346. 
Spring- 
buck II. 109. 
Gnu. 
432. 
his map 577, 578. 
character of his Work. 
See the vindication of the 
author's " Hints on Emigra- 
tion" appended to Vol. I. 
Bartering with the Bachaplns. 
II. 400. 406. 456. 508. 
Barter: the mode of estimating 
tobacco II. 49. 
: a mode of conducting it 
by an agent 11.555. 
Basil ; a frutescent species dis- 
covered II. 264. 
Bassarri mungklio. (Pretty girls). 
II. 586. 
Bastaards, (or Mixed-Hottentots) 
explanation of the term. 154. 
561. 
Wildebeest II. 278. 
Batiimmakas II. 503. 532. 
invade the country of 
the Bachaplns II. 500. 
Bats II. 257. 
Batsceba (Dove, or Pigeon). 11.257. 
