GENERAL INDEX. 
621 
Baviaan (see also Baboon), inhabits 
rocky places 45. 
Baviaan's Kloof (see Genadendal). 
106. 
the Houtbay-kloof 
formerly called so 61 . 
river 11.114.146. 
Beads II. 407. 537. 568, 569. 
Beans, cultivated by the Bacha- 
pins II. 527. 587. 
how preserved at Litakun. 
II. 520. 
Beauty: want of 415. 
Becreeping cap II. 56. 
Bees: Wild 376. II. 81. 
Bee-eater, a bird.... 372. 464. 502. 
Beer, of the Hottentots and Bacha- 
plns 564. II. 552. 
Beetles ; new species of.. 305. 464. 
the carnivorous kinds 
found in the Transgariepine. 
II. 528. 
Beggars; Bachapin II. 387. 
Begging : a mode of resisting the 
importunities of. , IL 425. 
Bekruip-niuts, or hunting cap of 
the Bushmen II. 56. 
Belfry: the kind usual in the 
Colony 128. 
Bellows; description of a peculiar 
kind seen at Litakun. II. 485. 
Bengu^la: the author's intention 
relative to 511. 
Berends: a family of Hottentots. 
363. 
the Hottentot Captain. 
250. 255. 267. 529. 561. 
481. 541. 11. 4. 
the Hottentot Captain : un- 
expected meeting with him at 
Litakun II. 465. 479. 
Willem, joins the author's 
party on a Hippopotamus hunt. 
578. 418. 457. 
Klaas; engaged to carry 
letters to theColony. 521.527. 
535. 541. 
Cobns; accompanies the 
author from the Asbestos 
Mountains to Graaffreyn^t 
542. 545. 547. II. 148. 152. 
219. 
Berg-haas (Mountain Hare)... 4S8. 
Berg-river: the Little.... 129. 157. 
the Great 129. 
its ford, at 
Burgher's Drift 140. 
its Ferry (Pont). 
178. 
BergZwaluw (Mountain Swallow). 
572. 501. 
Bezem-riet (Broom-reed)...... 124. 
Bichuania ; the country of, defined. 
581. 
. first entrance into. 
II. 292. 
Bichuanas, referred to the Caftre 
Race 582. 
Bichuanas, remarks on the name. 
IL 505. 
usually called Caffres, 
by the Hottentots .... II. 502. 
nations, general charac- 
ter IL 599. 
— — — nations, advancement in 
arts and manufactures. II. 596. 
tribes; language. 11.293. 
305. 
disregard for truth. 
II. 504. 
want of hospitality. 
II. 549. 
tobacco 11.321. 
Birds: 17, 18. 20. 24. 30. 186. 203. 
213, 214. 222.253.244, 245, 
246. 257. 259. 263. 265, 266. 
270. 279. 283. 296. 303, .504. 
318.526, 527. 535, 336. 338 
344. 572. 387. 393, 394. 426. 
440. 464. 474. 501, 502. 549. 
II. 41. 194, 195. 269. 329. 
345, 346. 492. 
the familiarity of some. 50. 
singing in the night 504. 
collected in 1811 550. 
few found in the great arid 
plains 288. IL 269. 
Blaauwberg 25. 44. 
Black-bark 317. 404. 
Black River (see also Nugariep). 
581. 
its different names. 
591. 
first arrival at it. 389. 
probable origin of its 
name II. 43. 
Blacksmith at Litiikun II. 482. 
Bl^sbok; a species of antelope. 
II. 334, 555. 
Bles-moll (White-faced Mole). 57. 
Blight in corn : an instance of. 334. 
Blink-klip ; or, Shining Rock (see 
also, Sibilo) II. 255. 
Bloem's Kraal, in the Asbestos 
Mountains II. 6. 217. 
Fountain II. 249. 
Jan ; the robber : his his- 
tory II. 249. 
Bloemtyd (Flower-season) .... 222. 
Bloodelyf Kaffers (Naked Caffres). 
436. 
Boat : substitute used for it by the 
natives 416. 
Boekoe. (see also Bookoo, and 
Buku.) 396. 
azyn (Buku-vinegar) . 479. 
Boer (Farmer) 87. 
Boerc-Plein 73. 
Boialloa, a fermented drink. II. 552. 
Boiling-pots, or Piitsas, found in 
the plains of Litakun. II. 546. 
Bokkeveld, Cold; its nature. 80,81 . 
higher than Roodezand. 
1.50. 
Karro, a view of ... 210. 
the Farther ... 579. 581. 
Boklookwe, an old Bachapin K6si. 
II. 392. 562. 569. 
Bolderwagen ; or Stage-waggon. 
76."l46. 
Bonteberg (Spotted Hill) 262. 
Boode (or Ger^chtsboode), a mes- 
senger 155. 241. 
Book-making: the art of. 384. 
Bookoo (see also, Bi'iku, and 
Boekoe) 396. IL 59. 
the virtues of: recom- 
mended 479. 
vinegar 479. 
Boontjes Kraal (Bean Kraal) ; oc- 
casion of its name 94. 
Boor: definition of the word. 87. 
Boors (or Dutch farmers) : various 
examples of. 85. 87. 93. 117. 
122. 126. 140. 174. 179, 180. 
182. 184. 190, 191. 194. 198 — 
206.210, 211. 220. 222. 233, 
234. 238. 241. 248, 249, 250. 
275,274,275. [1.95.104 — 108. 
111. 118. 125—127. 132. 135. 
140. 149. 154. 157 — 160, 161, 
162, 165. 165, 166. 170, 171. 
173 — 175. 176 — 180. 182,183. 
their journeys to Cape Town. 
52. 92. 250. II. 113. 
care of their oxen 86. 
the mode in which a tra- 
veller introduces himself at 
their houses 121. 
hut, description of one... 198. 
hut : description of one in 
the Kari-6, and Roggeveld. 
257, 258. 
children: education of . 199. 
11.114. 
topics of conversation 117,118 
— an artifice respecting pasture. 
223. 
their respect for government 
orders 241. 
their clothing 245. 
their prosperity under the 
English 244. 
and Bushmen, their hosti- 
lity towards each other. II. 1 5. 
50. 331. 
cautions to be attended to, 
in giving a general character 
of them 13. II. 96. 
and Hottentots; their dif- 
ferences. II. 161, 162. 1G4. 179. 
Boschberg; or, Boschbergen, (Tim- 
ber Mountain)... II. 114. 146. 
Bosch Duif, (Wood Pigeon)... 501, 
502. 
Boschjesveld IL 121, 
Boschman ; see, Bushman. 
uyentjes, small eatable 
bulbs 417. 548. II. 26. 
Bosjes or Heaths 23. 
Bosjesveld; its name 119. 
nature of. 120. 
Bosjesman: see Bushman. 
Bot river 93. 
