GENERAL INDEX. 
625 
Colonization northward of the 
Roggeveld 284. 
on the banks of the 
Gariep 319. 
along the ' Friendly 
River' II. 32—103. 
Goloquintida ; Wild : the prepara- 
tion of 126. 
Combustion: spontaneous. II. 170. 
Comets, seen 160. 431. 
Commando, or a body of armed 
Boors II. 111. 119. 201. 
Commerce : benefits attendant on 
it II. 541. 
Comparative Botany. 182. 243. II. 
^ 259. 
Compasberg, or Spitskop; the 
highest peak in the Colony. 
II. 125. 
Compass rendered useless by ferru- 
gineous rocks 277. 
renders important service 
to the party, in a stormy night 
302. 
■ obtains the confidence of 
the Hottentots 467. 
Variation of. 266. 271. 375. 
563. II. 325. 
Composite-flowers : nearly all the 
plants of the Roggeveld, are of 
this order 284. 
Concert, in Cape Town 21. 
• — Bachapin 11.410. 
of frogs 509. 
Constantia: visit to 61 — 65. 
Contreberg seen from Table Moun- 
tain 44. 
Convulsions of children ; a fre- 
quent disorder at Klaarwater. 
371. 
Coodoo ; see Koodoo. 
Cookery of the Hottentots. II. 88. 
262. 
Coots 197.263. II. 346. 
Copper II. 532. 575. 
Copper-ore II. 568. 
Cord, made from rushes 114. 
made from Acacia-bark. 405. 
Corn: its, productiveness in the 
Cape Colony II. 144. 
— . — cultivated in the Transga- 
riepine 334.336. 491. 
of the Bachaplns, described. 
II. 586. 
superstition of the Bachaplns 
respecting it, while growing. 
481. 
difficulty of obtaining it in 
Bichuania II. 414. 
fields at Litakun .... II. 527. 
hoes of the Bachaplns. 11.434. 
— — -sieves at Litakun ... II. 455. 
— —-houses of the Bachaplns. 
II. 521. 
-jars of the Bachaplns. 11.445. 
515. 520. 
eater; abird. 246.259. 11.91. 
Cornelis (see also, Goeiman) : his 
VOL. II. 
conduct during the journey. 
II. 155. 156. 282. 286. 457. 467. 
Cornells: his tlisobedience. II. 460 
— 462. 469. 
Corneous additamenta of animals. 
II. 76. 
Cosmetics of the Hottentots and 
Bachaplns. 396. II. 59. 256. 
445. 
Cotton-plant introduced into the 
extratropical part of Southern 
Africa, by the author 366. 
like seed: a shrub pro- 
ducing it 321. 
bird (Capoc-vogel)... 214. 
Coudveld, an extremely cold coun- 
try 81. 254. II. 172. 176. 
Coughs observed on Sneeuwberg. 
II. 126. 
Courage: an emblem of it. 11.192. 
Cousin (Neef ) : a word of frequent 
use in the Colony 499. 
Covetousness of the Bachaplns. 
II. 395. 397. 
Cowan, Dr. his fatal expedition 
into the Interior of Africa. 50. 
232. 498. II. 136. 276. 478. 
— — — inquiries made by the 
author to ascertain the fate of 
his party II. 494. 
and his party: their fate; 
according to the tales of 
Mattlvi, and Muloja. II. 496, 
497. 503 — 506. 
Cowry shells ; reflections on seeing 
them worn by Bushmen. 444. 
291. 
Crabs found in the rivers of the 
Roggeveld 272. 
Crane: the large blue 508. 
Creation : harmony of... 225. 505. 
Cricket : a species producing an 
extraordinary noise 327. 
Cross ; a beautiful constellation of 
the southern hemisphere... 81. 
Crow White (Witte Kraai); a 
species of vulture... 338. 502. 
Crows; their familiarity. 257.481. 
502. II. 325. 
Crowhead (Kraai-kop); a Bush- 
man captain II. 85. 188. 
Cryptogamic plants, widely dis- 
seminated II. 209. 
Cubic pyrites of iron 202. 
Cuckoo : the Golden ; or Green- 
and-gold 464. 502. 
Cupido Kok ; a Hottentot of Klaar- 
water. 581. II. 224. 235.238. 
288. 
the meeting with him 
at Kosi- Fountain. II. 274 — 277. 
Curry, a dish much eaten in the 
Colony 93. 
Currency, compared with sterling 
money 79. 
Custom-house in Cape Town. 74. 
Cylindric medium, in the art of 
drawing in perspective; ex- 
plained II. 448 
4 L 
D. 
Dag (Dak): a common salutation. 
113. 221. II. 85. 134. 231. 
Dakka, or dried Hemp-leaves : used 
for smoking instead of tobacco. 
366. II. 4. 7. 85. 
Wilde (Leonotis Leonurus), 
or Wild Hemp 15. 
Dak-riet, or Thatching-reed. 25, 26. 
Dal van Josaphat 139. 
Dammaras 582. 
Dammara Country 579. 
Dammaraqua: on the word. 11.303. 
Dance: Riizo's 11.87. 
Dances of the Colonial Hottentots. 
II. 396. 
Dancing, at a Bushman kraal. 
II. 63. 87. 200. 
absurd doctrine respecting. 
II. 288. 
of the Bachaplns.. II. 410. 
598. 
general remarks on. II. 413. 
of boys at Litakun. II. 438. 
rattles, of the Bushmen. 
II. 65. 89. 
rattles of the Bachaplns. 
II. 572. 
Dandy: a Hottentot II. 102. 
Dandies at Litakun II. 573. 
Daniel Kafter, or Old Daniel, a 
Hottentot 553. II. 235. 
his character. II. 1 52. 
219. 
Danser, a CafFre chief 1 86. 
Das, or Dasje; an animal resem- 
bling a rabbit, and inhabiting 
rocky places 265. 
Dassenberg 25. 44. 
Dassen Island 44. 
Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera) 24. 
Dates, rectified by astronomy. 
II. 543. 
Dauw, or Mountain horse. 1 39. 26 5. 
II. 315. 
Deer and Stags (Cervi) compared 
with Antelopes 3 12. 
Delagoa Bay 582. II. 532. 
Deserts, not wholly destitute of 
picturesque appearance.. 288. 
Deserter : melancholy fate of one. 
498 
Despatches : a mode of conveying 
them through the Colony. 93. 
Devil's Mountain 38. 41. 43. 
Dew in the Transgariepine. II. 324. 
Dialect ; Dutch : of the Hottentots. 
13. 87. II. 437. 
— — of the Bushman language. 
407. 581. 
Digging-stick, described. II. 29. 1 98. 
Dignity: affected, and real. 11.368. 
Disorders of the Bachaplns. II. 580. 
Disselboom, or Pole of a Cape 
waggon 150. 180. 
Distances in travelling : how ascer- 
tained. 90. 289. II. 31. 298. 
316. 341,342. 
