GENERAL INDEX. 
627 
Exotic plants and flowers, at the 
Cape 22. 
Exports of the Colony. 57. 79. 126. 
204. 429. II. 175, 176. 539. 
568. 
F. 
Farms in the Colony : their origi- 
nal extent 76. 
Farmers in the Colony. See Boors, 
or Boers. 
Faisant (Pheasant), a kind of Par- 
tridge 270. 
Falcon: a species of 394. 
— the Little Red 338. 
False Bay 46. 86, 87. 
the Downs of. 44. 
Feather-stick : its. important use. 
II. 579. 
Female character of the Bachaplns. 
II. 563. 
Ferry, over the Berg river ... 178. 
Fever: a mode of treating it. 11.78. 
Fiddle : one made by Speelman. 
499. 
absurd doctrine respecting 
it II. 288. 
Field-commandant, (Veld-comman- 
dant) 250. II. 120. 
Field-cornet. (See also, Veld-cor- 
net.) 76. 174. 188. 191. 227. 
238. 241. 248. II. 108. 119. 
127. 132. 
Fig: Hottentot 54. 
— marygold. See Hottentot Fig. 
— tree : a species of 492. 
Finch: new species of... 214.440. 
II. 269. 
^u. a remarkable species of. 
11.482. 
Fire-arms : the ultimate effect of a 
free use of them in a coun- 
try abounding in game. II. 525. 
Fire-places, atLitakun II. 518. 
Fire-wood : its scarcity in the vici- 
nity of Cape Town, and a hint 
for remedying it 54. 
scarcity of it, in the vici- 
nity of Hottentot settlements. 
116. 
a sort which burns when 
green 176. 
-stick, of the Bachapins, 
described II. 579. 
First river (Eerste Rivier) 84. 
Fiscaal-vogels (Fiscal-birds). II. 345. 
Fiscal : the office of 78. 
Fish, in Cape Town 79. 
the Yellow 262. 280. 
the Flat-head 425. 
River in Great Namaqua-land. 
579. 
the Great. 100. 575. 579. 
Flag : English, hoisted on the jour- 
ney.... II. 425, 426. 429, 430. 
Flat-head; a fish, described... 425. 
Fleas : how avoided by Hottentots. 
II. 240. 
Flint: a kind of II. 261. 
Floors, of the Boors' houses. 105. 
of the BachapTn houses. 
II. 517. 519. 
Flower-gardens at the Cape... 22. 
seasons in the Karro. 222. 
Flycatcher : a species of 502. 
Fontein (Fountain); a word much 
used in the Colony 259. 
Food of Tarious nations : remarks 
on II. 55. 
Fording a river: the dangers of. 
90. 140. II. 215. 
Fortuyn ; Willem : an industrious 
Hottentot 335. II. 217. 
Fransche-hoek (French Corner). 
144. 
Freezing Station 257. 
French settlers in the Colony. 
77. 144. 
Friendly river. II. 44.91. 94. 186. 
210. 
Frogs, in the Karrfe river .... 271. 
a concert of 509. 
a new species of II. 32. 
Frost 366.370. II. 174. 259. 
Fruits : wild, eatable 54. 387. 
II. 588. 
in the gardens of the 
Colony 79, 80. 
Fuel ; a peculiar species made use 
of, on Sneeuwberg. II. 114. 
126. 
Fullers' earth II. 98. 
Funguses of rare occurrence in the 
regions of the Interior. 394. 
Furs of the Colony... 57. II. 175. 
G. 
Ganna-bosch, (see also Kanna). 
267. II. 113. 
Kraal 267. 
Gans. Wilde (Wild Goose). 265. 
Garden; thepubHc: at Cape Town. 
24. 73. 
of the Hottentots at Ge- 
nadendal 1 14. 
of the Boors 93. 118. 
II. 118. 
a spot so called, where 
some useful plants were in- 
troduced by the author into 
the Transgariepine.il. 3 12.561. 
Gariep : its branches, and names. 
200.319.389.391.562. 11.125. 
one of the most beautiful 
of the African rivers .... 520. 
pronunciation of the word. 
314. 
geographical remarks on it. 
280. 324. 579. 580. II. 511. 
first arrival at 314. 
its breadth by trigonome- 
trical measurement 319 
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Gariep : its great length 320. 
— its inundations... 316, 317. 
— remarks on the increase of 
its waters and their sources. 
442. 
— its climate 394. 
— its navigation 319. 
the proper season for cross- 
ing it 442. 
nature and value of its 
woods 429. 
' abounds in beautiful peb- 
bles II. 213. 
a beautiful view of. 316. 
321. 
— — mode of crossing it on rafts. 
II. 13. 215. 
compared with the Kruman. 
II. 299. 
Garlick ; wild : the changeable 
odour of a plant so called. 466. 
Garst river II. 133. 
Gattikamma, or Wittewater. 343. 
347. 538. 548. II. .3. 236. 
Gaurits River lOO. 137. 579. 
Gazette of Cape Town, may be 
rendered instrumental to the 
improvement of the Colony. 
78. 
Gedrost Hottentotten (Runaway 
Hottentots) II. 159. 
Geelhout (Yellow Wood) 72. 
II. 114. 
G^elvisch (see also, Yellow-Fish). 
262. 280. 326. 
surprise excited by a 
drawing of one 441. 
G^msbok II. 23. 99. 205. 592. 
Genadendal, a missionary settle- 
ment : its first establishment. 
105. 
its population ... 108. 
• reflections c"''asioned 
by a view of it 109. 
gardens of the Hot- 
tentots 108. 114. 559. 
Geographical Catalogue of plants. 
18. 536. II. 279. 
remarks 575. 
Geography and Botany, naturally 
connected II. 21 1. 
Geological features of the Rogge- 
veld ., 257. 
nature of the country, 
assuming a different character. 
306. 
appearances about Lita- 
kun II. 554. 
Geology of the Transgarieplne. 
II. 311312. 
importance of the study of. 
II. 312. 
George : the District of 75. 
the village of 76. 
Geranium Rocks II. 98. 
Ger^chts-boode ; see Boode. 
German Colonist proposes to join 
the expedition... II. 157. 182. 
