GENERAL INDEX. 
623 
Bushmen : their superstitious no- 
tions 408 
cutting up a hippopota- 
mus 413. 
their food often con- 
sists of small wild roots... 417. 
•- liberty and symmetry of 
figure 422. 
dismiss all mistrust of a 
stranger, as soon as they be- 
come convinced of his peace- 
able disposition... 424. II. 48. 
instance of expertness, 
in striking fish with a hassa- 
gay 424. 
precautions against a sur- 
prise from them at night. 4.54. 
■ their signals by night. 
454. II. 196. 
kraal : a visit to ... 435. 
much feared by the 
Kaffers 436. 
. their probable notions 
respecting robbery 443. 
often unjustly suspected. 
455. 
' a player on the Gorah. 
459. 463. 
the extreme poverty of 
one of their kraals 456. 
1 deplorable ignorance of 
some 460. 
their music. 460. II. 66. 
87. 
■ " a tale, respecting two 
brothers 461. 
the cause of their being 
dreaded by the neighbouring 
tribes 559. 
arrows: the nature of 
their poison 559, 540. 
— — — — Country : geographical 
remarks on it 580. 
Race 582. 
—— pipe II. 24. 
■ — reflections on their state 
of poverty and hardship. 11.37. 
— — — kraal : description of one. 
II. 53. 55, 56. 
their general character. 
II. 54. 599. 
longevity II. 57. 
— — marriage customs. 11.58. 
. modeof mourning. II. 61. 
' expertness in using the 
bow II. 61, 62. 
dancing... 11. 65, 64. 87. 
200. 
— — — — not incapable of grati- 
tude II. 68. 86. 447. 
— — activity in driving cattle, 
11.71. 
and Colonists at vari- 
ance II. 112. 132. 201. 
of the Nugariep. 11. 126. 
mistrust of the Colonists, 
II. 141. 
their alarm at a troop of 
horsemen II. 187. 
Bushmen; their robberies of cattle. 
II. 189. 197. 203. 
their arms. II. 198, 199. 
proofs of their expedi- 
tious travelling II. 218. 
' a lighter-coloured and 
taller tribe of them... II. 268. 
an improvident people. 
II. 289. 
farewell remarks on quit- 
ting their country II. 290. 
their niotle of drinkins;. 
II. 314. 
Keyser's anecdotes of 
them . II. 331. 
some of the names given 
to them, by the Hottentots 
and Koras II. 331. 
in the country of the 
Bachapins II. 341. 
the state of society among 
them II. 547. 
called Baroba by the 
Bachapins II. 377. 
child, seen at Litakun ; 
nearly starved to death II. 472. 
and Bachapins : their 
hostility towards each other. 
II. 536. 542. 
arrows : a mode of curing 
the wounds made by them. 
II. 581. 
Bushwomen : their personal ap- 
pearance and manners.... 291. 
420. 
probable cause of their 
early appearance of old age. 
415. 
appearance of some 
far advanced in years 460. 
II. 195. 
singular conformation 
observed in them. 216. II. 60. 
Bush-girl; one pretty, and vain. 
413.420. 422. 
Bustard ; a species of : called 
Koorhaan, or Knorhaan... 186. 
a small species, peculiar to 
the Karro 233. 
a new species, called Kori. 
393. 
Butchers of Cape Town : their 
mode of purchasing cattle in 
the grazing districts 201. 
Hall, in Cape Town ... 74. 
Butcher-birds, or Fiscal-birds. 502. 
11.34 5. 
Butter : its use among the Bacha- 
pins II. 593. 
tree (Boterboom) 192. 
Buttons: their use and value at 
Litakun II. 57.3. 
stolen by the Bachapins. 
II. 422. 
Caama ; =ee Kaama. 
Cafti'es, or Kafters; application of 
the word in its more extended 
meaning II. 302. 529, 530. 
their mode of warfare. 494. 
Race : general observations 
^ on it... II. 529. 548. 582. 599. 
j Proper... 64. 582. II. 530. 
i extent of the coun- 
I try inhabited by them..,. 77. 
580, 581. 
their language com- 
pared II. 582. 
their features and 
personal appearance... II. 529. 
warfare between 
them and the colonists. II. 8. 
111. 119, 120, 121. 
>. some living at Gena- 
dendal 111. 
a lusus-naturae, per- 
fectly white II. 171. 
emigrants into the 
Cisgariepine, and to the banks 
of the Gariep... 64. 185. 223. 
227. 278. 287. 298. 11. 52. 
the author's 
first meeting with them... 268. 
— attack and 
plunder the Bachapins. 11.542. 
Red : called Tammakas, or 
Batammakas II. 225. 532. 
477. 500. 
Corn, described... II. 586. 
Flinch, described... II. 492. 
Calabash, or Sikkwo II. 587. 
Calcareous incrustations 454. 
substratum indicated by 
a plant 394 . 
substratum of the Trans- 
gariepine ... II. 310, 311. 355. 
Calculations: astronomical... 204. 
Calebas : Wilde 278. 
Caledon : the Earl of. 12.169. 
II. 494. 
village, and district of. 
75, 76. 95. 
Camel-Corner II. 278. 
Camelopard, or Giraffe. 482. 545. 
II. 282. 536. 568. 
first discovery of its 
footsteps II. 248. 
a skeleton of one, 
found ., II. 278. 
Camelthorn, or Camelopard-thorn. 
389. 4,30. 455. II. 292. 306. 
412. 465. 526. 595. 
described II. 240. 
representations of. 
II. 360. 
new species of... 589. 
II. 442. 
Camps Bay, or Van Camps Bay. 
16. 45. 
an excursion to .... 27. 
Kloof 15. 
