628 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Gert, or G^rrit Roodezand, one of 
the Hottentots who accom- 
panied the author on the ex- 
pedition into the Interior : his 
conduct and character. 184. 
500. 505. 552. II. 227. 230. 
265. 274. 287. 322. 396. 398. 
400. 
— — his hand shattered by the 
bursting of a gun, and manage- 
ment of the cure. 477 — 481. 
Gift-appel (Poison-apple) 143. 
bol (Poison-bulb) 539. 
drinkers (Poison - drinkers). 
II. 331. 
Giraffe or Giraffa (see also Camelo- 
pardalis) II. 278. 
Acacia II. 240. 
Gmaap. See Maap 391. 
Gnu, a species of antelope; and 
remarks on erroneous descrip- 
tions of it. 24. 431. II. 109. 
278. 
a new species of, described. 
277. 315. 
Goats in the Colony: their in- 
crease II. 144. 
— — of the Hottentots at Onge- 
luks Fountain II. 239. 
at Litakun II. 524. 
sucker: a bird 502. 
Goedhart, a Bushman chief. 297. 
497. 
Goeiman ; CorneUs, a Hottentot. 
See, Cornelis. 
Gold II. 575. 
Gonaqua II. 303. 
Goose: wild 197. 265. 
Egyptian 283. 11.346. 
Gorah, a musical instrument, de- 
scribed. 458, 459, 460. II. 287. 
598. 
Goud'mie: a part of the Colony. 
127. 
Goudsbloem (Marygold) : wild 
flowers so called ... 229. 289. 
— Hoogte 229.231. 
Government : origin of the dif- 
ferent forms of. II. 546. 
Governor's levee and ball 38. 
'Gowsa; or white-man ... II. 210. 
Graaffreyn^t : District of. 75. 
Village of. 50. 76. 96. 
564. II. 541. 
, ■ — orthography of the 
word 530. 
a journey to, pro- 
jected.. 530. 
a description of the 
village II. 143. 
Graaf-stok (Digging-stick). II. 29. 
Grahamstown 76. 
Granite 29. II. 311. 354, 355. 
Grapple-plant, described 536. 
Grass, an extraordinary kind of. 
211. 
extremely scarce in the Rog- 
geveld 260. 
Grass : Plains of... 537, 538. 547. 
II. 260. 266. 270.340. 
annually set on fire 419. 
a beautiful species, recom- 
mended II. 5. 7. 
Grasses : inconvenience from their 
barbed seeds II. 247. 
Grass-station II. 32. 
Gratitude of Bushmen. II. 38, 39, 
40. 86. 
Graves, of the Hottentots.... 522. 
of the Bachapins ...II. 522. 
Great Fountain : see Groote Fon- 
tein. 
River 287. 
Thorn : see Groote-Doorn. 
482. 
Green-Point 9. 27. 153. 
Greenstone rocks. 342. 347, 348. 
II. 43. 311. 
a species of: giving the 
sound of a large bell 278. 
Groene Kloof : the missionary set- 
tlement at 106. 162. 166. 
Spreeuw (Green thrush). 
318. 
GroentePlein,or Vegetable m arket . 
73. 
Grosbeak : a species of 502. 
Groote-doorn ; a Hottentot kraal. 
359. 482. 501. II. 226. 
Fontein, in the Kora Coun- 
try 452. 553. 
in Achter Sneeuw- 
berg 11. 111. 183. 
Grootkop; a peak in the Bosjes- 
veld 123. 
Groote Rivier (Great River), or 
Gariep 200. II. 114. 126. 
in the Karro. 216. 
Tafelberg (Great Table- 
mountain) II. 105. 184. 
Grouse: Namaqua... 265. 11. 345. 
the variegated II. 345. 
Gryskop, a Bushman II. 202. 
Guaap, an eatable plant 243. 
Guarri 387. II. 588. 
Guinea fowl, or Pintado. 364. 426. 
II. 281. 
Gum-arabic, may be obtained from 
the Acacia of the Cape. 429. 
tree, of Egypt, com- 
pared with the Doornboom of 
Southern Africa 196. 
Gun ; an unfortunate accident oc- 
casioned by the bursting of 
one 479. 
the subject of dispute at 
Litakun .... II. 376. 388.596. 
402. 415. 447. 458. 
one in possession of the Koras. 
II. 486. 
Gunpowder : its value and im- 
portance exemplified .... 331. 
372. 438. II. 12. 224. 251. 
Gypsies, compared with Hottentots. 
549. 
H. 
Haakdoorn (see also Hookthom), 
a remarkable thorny shrub. 
309. 320. 333. 336. 432. 435. 
II. 6. 241. 526. 
Haas : Spring (Leaping-hare). 487. 
II. 3. 
Berg (Mountain-hare). 488. 
Hail. 369.535.11.88.90. 111.118. 
219. 
Hair of the Hottentots, described. 
161. 
— of the Bachapin womeii, 
described II. 569. 
rarely seen grey, or carroty, 
among the Bushmen. II. 198. 
of Europeans, excites great 
astonishment at Litaku'nj' 
II. 453, 454. 
Halfway-Spring II. 91. 187. 
Hangklip, in the Karro. 217.229. 
Hanglip, or Hangklip, near False 
Bay 46. 
Hannah, a Hottentot woman who 
accompanied the author's 
party. 168. 354. 500. II. 225. 
231. 
Hans Lucas, a Hottentot who ac- 
companied the author, during 
a part of his travels. 353. 378. 
433. 438. 5 1 9. 532. 552. IL 148. 
152. 226. 
Hantam-berg 254. 581. 
Hardiness of plants, considered. 
255. 
Hares 279. 290. II. 31. 
Hare: the leaping, described. 487. 
n. 3. 
— — the Mountain 488. 
Harpies : the idea of them recalled 
by the view of some vultures. 
377. 
Harpuis-bosch (Resin-bush)... 259. 
Harra (Father) a Bachapin title of 
respect II. 520. 322. 
Hart, the chief kraal of the K6ras. 
346. 430. II. 225. 541. 
Hartebeest, or Kaama; a species 
of antelope. 420. II. 81. 99. 
273. 277. 334. 
Harvest at Klaarwater 491. 
-time; a season of rejoic- 
ing among the Bachapins. 
II. 599. 
Hassagay II. 199. 597. 
representation of one. 
491. II. 186. 599. 
wounds : how cured by 
the Bachapins II. 581. 
hout (Hassagay-wood). 
180. 
Hatchet: its aboriginal Hottentot 
form 406. 
Hay : the general use of it in 
Africa, recommended 547. 
Health : aridity of soil and climate, 
conducive to it 275. 
