624 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Camp of the Hottentot regiment 
at Wynberg 60. 
Camtoos river II. 172. 
Canari-byter ; a bird 18. 
Canary-bird 20. 502. 
Candles : difficulty of making them, 
in the Interior 532. 
Cannibal, a name not to be applied 
to the Bachaplns II. 478. 
Canoe : the " wooden-horse" used 
as a substitute for it, by the 
natives 416. 
Canopus; a beautiful star, visible 
in Southern Africa 80. 
Cape of Good Hope ; first vievf of, 
at sea 1 . 
discovery of. 
75. 
— remarks on the 
geographical abuse of the name. 
580. 
— Colony, taken by the English. 
77. 
its character as a settle- 
ment 82. 
its increasing popula- 
tion II. 144. 549. 
Flats, defined 58. 
Town, viewed from the sea. 9. 
remarks on its situation. 
.5.-. 
— — latitude and longitude 
of 555. 
a general description of. 
70 — 82. 
— Mollemmi proposes to 
makea journey thither. II. 337. 
349. 417. 425. 479. 
Serrakutu invited to visit 
it II. 440. 
Botany (see also. Botany): 
remarkable features in ... 182. 
208. 
Capoc-berg, seen from Table Moun- 
tain 44. 
Capoc-vogel (Cotton Bird) ... 214. 
Captains of Bushman and Hotten- 
tot kraals; their authority 
acknowledged by the Cape 
Government 227. 
Hottentot : account of one. 
351. 
the title of; as understood 
by the bordering tribes. 11.436. 
Carbonaadtjes 219.514. 
Card-playing : a Hottentot game, 
so called 233. 
Carp : a species of 280. 
Carrot Fountain II. 184. 
Cmtridges made by the party. 
II. 246. 285. 
Carving in wood, by the Bacha- 
plns II. 595. 
Castle, at Cape Town... 1 1. 26. 73. 
Casper's kraal II. 239. 
Cat, the domestic II. 524. 
a new species of. II. 592. 
Cats-eye : a beautiful species of 
stone resembling it 334. 
Catalogues ; Local : their utility. 
154. 
Catalogus geographicus... 18. 536. 
II. 279. 
Caterpillars : a new mode of pre- 
serving them 473. 
Cattle ; a large herd stolen by the 
Bushmen II. 197. 
of the Colony : their in- 
crease II. 144. 
of the Bachaplns... II. 524. 
Place of the Boors ; (see 
Leg-plaats) 207. 
Stations of the Bachaplns. 
II. 476. 
Cavern at Sensavan II. 257. 
Celery, naturalized at the Kosi 
Fountain II. 280. 
Spring 267. 
Chaasi, a Bachapin... 11.561.569. 
Chalcedony 11.213. 240. 
Chamois of the Alps II. 23. 
Champani, a Bachapin. 11.409.416. 
426. 428. 430. 
Charcoal made by the Bichuanas. 
II. 483. 
Chert II. 240. 
Chesnut : the Wild 63. 
Chicken-thief (Kuikendief); a kind 
of kite 502. 
Children : their amusive power. 
II. 435. 
of Bushmen : their timi- 
dity II. 30. 39. 
Chimera 432. 
Christemensch (Christians): appli- 
cation of the word, in the 
Colony 221. 
(Christians): advan- 
tage taken of the name. 11.156. 
286. 467. 
Christianity : the genuine spirit of. 
II. 290. 
Christian names, of the Colonists. 
191. II. 126. 
Christmas day in Africa, contrasted 
with Europe 495, 496. 
Chukuru (Rhinoceros) .... II. 346. 
Churches in Cape Town. 25. 72, 73. 
in the Colony 76. 
at Genadendal 106. 
atTulbagh 128. 
at Stellenbosch. 136. 145. 
at Klaarwater ... 350. 352. 
355. 367. 
Stephanus's 362. 
Lutheran : its latitude de- 
termined 555. 
at Graffreyn<$t .... II. 144. 
Cisgariepine, a natural division. 324. 
geographically defined. 
581. 
its mountains. II. 100. 
153. 
a remarkable charac- 
teristic of it II. 211. 
Civilization of the aboriginal in- 
habitants of Southern Africa. 
109 — 1 1 1. 224. 334. 352. 358. 
422. 483. II. 560. 594. 596. 
Clanwilliam : District of 75. 
Clay : a strong blue 307. 
slate 333. II. 311. 355. 
Clematis, a climbing plant growing 
wild 394. II. 5. 146, 
Climate of the Cape 80. 
of the Transgariepine. 568. 
II. 527. 
Cloth-stone (Doekstein) 355. 
Clothing of South-Africans : con- 
clusions drawn from it. II. 573. 
Clusters of houses at Litakun. 
IL 441. 
Cobus Berends (see also B^rends). 
II. 148. 152. 
Cocksfoot-grass ; a species of : 
growing wild in the Asbestos 
Mountains II. 5. 
Coffee: a substitute for it .... 366. 
readily drunk by the Bacha- 
plns II. 374, 575. 
Cold districts of the Colony ... 81 
254, 
Land (Coudveld) II. 172. 
Station II. 129. 
weather of the Colony. 253. 
254. 257. II. 128. 131. 
— of the Transgariepine. 
II. 299. 368. 
Collections in Natural History, vii. 
viii. 18. 24. 31. 46. 151. 135. 
250. 505. 511. 523. 536. 550. 
II. 226, 227. 
Colonial customs, in travelling 
through the Colony. 121. 141. 
at departure on a 
long journey, and at return. 
173. 528. II. 2. 
— — respecting names 
of the Boors. 191.11.126.158^ 
mode of riding, in 
the distant districts 205. 
of the early colo- 
nists on meeting on the road. 
221. 
at dinner.... 240. 
of washing feet. 
II. 122. 
respecting bed- 
ding II. 125. 
Hottentots : remarks on 
their supposed decrease in 
numbers II. 549. 
names of animals and plants, 
often carelessly applied. 145. 
229. 265. II. 23. 250. 
Secretary's office 162. 
Colonists : wandering or nomadic. 
273, 274, 275. 
• their general character 
often given, either with par- 
tiality or with prejudice. II. 96. 
their sentiments, witli 
respect to the Bushmen. 
II. 115. 132. 
their true interest, with 
respect to the Hottentots. 
II. 164. 
