GENERAL INDEX. 
635 
Marygold-Heights. See, Gouds- 
bloems Hoogte. 
Mashi a burlila, or Coagulated 
milk II. 523. 594. 
Mashue (Ugly) : application of the 
word II. 480. 
Massao, or Masss, a Bichuana chief. 
II. 532 
his son takes refuge at 
Litakun II. 519. 418. 
Massissan, the daughter of Mattlvi. 
II. 485. 
begs tobacco for her 
mother II. 493. 
Mats of the Hottentots 113. 
Bushmen II. 198. 
Mat-rushes. See Matjes-Goederen. 
houses : their convenience for 
a nomadic life 325. 
Mate. See Maat. 
Materia culinaria II. 33. 
Matjes-goederen 263. II. 123. 
Matter; its modifications consi- 
dered II. 327. 
Mattivi, or Mattiivi, the chief of 
the Bachapins or Briquas. II. 
303. 
the author's first interview 
with him II. 361. 
his person and dress. II . 36 1 . 
his trick to obtain tobacco 
for his daughter II. 387. 
invited to dinner in the 
waggon II. 392. 
unjustly takes away the 
gun II. 405. 
— — — a conversation with him. 
II. 418. 
his salutation II. 431 . 
— — his remarks respecting dis- 
obedient subjects II. 461. 
1 his acceptance of peach- 
stones. 
— — his sisters II. 493. 
refuses to sit for his por- 
trait II. 493. 
his story respecting Dr. 
Cowan II. 496. 
his herdsmen II. 348. 
•■• his dwelling. II. 360. 521. 
Measles : its first appearance in the 
Transgariepine regions. 371. 
Meat : mode of drying it for tra- 
velling 31 1_. 
— the price of, at GraafFrey- 
net II. 146. 
Medical knowledge, of the Bacha- 
pins II. 580. 
Meerkat; or, Meerkatje. 343. II. 
241. 
Meester; or, Schoolmeester, or 
Itinerant Tutor, in the Cape 
Colony 199. II. 114. 
M^^lkhout (Milkwood). See, Side- 
roxylum inerme 29. 
Melons cultivated by the Bichuanas. 
* II. 587. 
Memory of Hottentots, instances 
of 175. 373. 
Menagerie, in Cape Town 24. 
M^nschvreeters (Men-eaters) II. 
159. 
Meridional altitude of the sun : re- 
marks on 332. 
Merwe : Piet Van der : of Wagen- 
makers Valley 180. 
Frans Van der : of the 
Bokkeveld .... 210. 513. II. 8. 
Piet Van der : of Sneeuw- 
berg. 
Mest-koek. See Manure-cake. 
Metals ; among the Bachapins. II. 
575. 
Meteorological remarks on the 
Transgariepine regions ... 372. 
Metsissanni, a beautiful herbaceous 
species of Acacia II. 256. 
Mietje, a converted Hottentot 
woman who had visited Eng- 
land and Holland II. 155. 
Militia of the Colony II. 119. 
MUk : its agreeable taste, when 
turned sour II. 593. 
Milk-bags of the Bachapins. II. 
465. 523. 593. 
Mill at Cape Town ; the most ele- 
vated habitation in Table Val- 
ley 40. 
Mill at Genadendal 108. 
Mill : description of one used by 
the boors and by the Hotten- 
tots at Genadendal and Klaar- 
water. ... 1 13. 365. 379. II. 4. 
at the Paarl Village 142. 
at Barend Burgers's on the 
Sneeuwbergen II. 173. 
Mimosa. See Acacia. 
Minerals found in the Asbestos 
Mountains 354. 
Mineral waters, in various places. 
96. 
Mining in various parts of the Cape 
Colony recommended 97. 
Mint; a species indigenous to 
Africa, found to endure the 
greatest cold of England. 255. 
466. 
Pepper- : discovered in the 
Transgariepine 493. 
Misfortune River. See Ongeluk's 
River. 
Misrepresentations corrected. 82. 
86. 118. 346. 
Missionaries : the first who resided 
in the Cape Colony 105. 
the Moravian ... 105. 
their utility entitles 
them to respect 1 lo. 
may render important 
services to uncivilized tribes. 
II. 429. 536. 
the harm done by 
those who are unqualified. 
111. 
— — — — reflections on their at- 
tempts 224. 
driven from Namaqua- 
land by Africaaner 270. 
4 M 2 
Missionaries; their establishment at 
Zak River. 281. 361, 362 II. 
138. 
remarks on their ex- 
aggerated reports of their suc- 
cess; and an appeal to the 
reasonable philanthrophist. 
358. 
the means pointed out, 
for rendering their stations 
permanent 367. 
their hearers not al- 
ways influenced by the desire 
of religious knowledge ; atten- 
tion to the instruction of chil- 
dren, recommended 483. 
■ travels of one II. 243. 
their doctrine respect- 
ing the fiddle, and dancing. 
II. 288. 
successful trading in 
ivory II. 399. 537. 
at Klaarwater. 352. 
517, 518. 526. 551. 533. 551. 
II. 138. 223. 231. 245. 543. 
Missletoe, or Vogelent, of the Cape 
145. II. 146. 
Misty weather of rare occurrence 
208. 
Mitsanna (finger-ring) II. 569. 
Mixed-Hottentots 154. 361. 
Mixed form of Government: its 
natural origin II. 547. 
Modder Rivier (Muddy River) a 
branch of the Gariep. See 
also Maap 391. 
Modder-gat, in the Cisgarieplne. 
307. 499. 
Mohaka, or Mohaaka, a species of 
Tarchonanthus. II. 271.340. 
445. 516. 
Mokaala, or Mokala, a large and 
remarkable species of Acacia. 
See also, Camelthorn. II. 240, 
292. 506. 360. 412. 465. 575. 
Mokaala-Mokwi ; see Mokwi. 
Mokaapa, or Cape Town, so called 
by the Bachapins II. 365. 
Mokkaba, the chief of the Nuak- 
ketsies II. 304. 439. 476. 
Mokarraquas, a tribe of people. 
II. 532. 
Mokwatsi, a Bachapin II. 481. 
Mokwi, a new species of Acacia, or 
Thorn-tree II. 442. 
Molali; or, Molaala, One of the 
younger brothers of Mattlvi 
the Chief of the Bachapins. 
II. 363. 
remarks on his name. II. 
375. 
his duty in the Bachapin 
government II. 431. 
MolappOj a river in the Transgarie- 
pine II. 532. 
Mole, the Sand 56. 
the White-faced 57. 
Moll : Zand 56, 57. 
Bles 57. 
