GENERAL INDEX. 
637 
Muubo, or Bichuana bellows, de- 
scribed II, 483. 
Mynheer (Sir) corruptions of the 
word 269. II. 436. 
Myrtles : the great height they 
attain near Cape Town... 22. 
N. 
Naari (see also, Buffalo)... II. 250. 
Na ka si uklwa (I do not under- 
stand you) II. 436. 
Nak^eri ; a species of Polecat. 
II. 592. 
Namaquas, a tribe of the Hotten- 
tot Race 77. 582. 
■ pronunciation of the 
word II. 305. 
Land. 96.562. 579. 581. 
II. 200. 568. 
duif (dove) ... 518. 502. 
— ^— — partridge, or grouse. 
265. 503. 347. II. 345. 
pyp-klip (pipe-stone). 
II. 526. 
Names of places in the Colony : 
some remarks on them, and 
the mode in which the Dutch 
names may be Anglicised, vi. 
99. 
— — of places in Southern 
Africa : the folly and vanity of 
substituting European names 
for those of the aboriginal in- 
habitants 100. 286. 
of places in Southern 
Africa : necessity and apology 
for the temporary names given 
in this Work to the author's 
Stations 286. 557. II. 19. 
of Colonists : observations 
respecting them .... 118. 191. 
II. 126. 158. 
a Hottentot custom of 
giving new ones to strangers. 
II. 89. 
. of Bachapins, remarks on 
them II. 375. 
Nappika mountain II. 27. 
Narrative of these Travels, written 
on the principle of adherence 
to the original Journal, vii. 
II. 304. 
Nature: the works of; considered. 
viii. 226. 265. 288. 504. 11.328. 
Naturalized plants.... 51. 37. 340. 
II. 226. 280. 
Natural History. See Collections. 
'Ncho Jamhaan ; a range of moun- 
tains so called II. 300. 
Necklaces of the Bachapins. II. 567. 
■ made of twisted entrails. 
II. 209. 
Needles of the Bachapins. II. 576. 
Negro Race, compared with the 
Caffre Race 582. 
Nek-Etrop, a part of the harness 
of oxen 151. 
New-Holland, its botanical affinity 
to the Cape 182. 
Newland : the District of. See 
Nieuwveld. 
Newlands, near Cape Town, the 
country-seat of the governor. 
55. 
New Year's Fountain. See Nieuw- 
jaars. 
Nia Harra (No, Sir) II. 322. 
Niewejaars Fontein II. 186. 
Nieuwkerk's II. 118. 121.' 
Nieuwlands. See Newlands. 
Nieuwveld, a division of the Cape 
Colony 256. 272. 
Mountains 581. 
a Bushman in the 
author's service, from Klaar- 
water to Graaffreyn^t ... 533. 
552. II. 219. 
Nightingale : an African species of. 
304. 
'Nkwi, or Nkwani, a spotted animal 
resembling the Leopard. 
II. 326. 
Nokanniin, the original town of 
the Bachapins... 11.491.512. 
Noomnoom, see Numnum. 
Nuakketsies, one of the Bichuana 
nations, (see also Makkaba, 
and Melitta) II. 552. 
remarks on the word. 
II. 276. 319. 
attacked by Jan Bloem. 
II. 249. 
reported flight of their 
chief. II. 304. 
Bachapin reports re- 
specting them II. 319. 
' visited by Bachapin 
traders II. 439. 
— — — their corn-sieves. 
II. 455. 
a conjecture respect- 
ing the botany of their coun- 
try II. 475. 
■ — Mattivi's political 
hatred against them. II. 475, 
476. 
send spies to Litakun. 
II. 489. 
a description of the 
hats manufactured by them. 
II. 507. 
the first visit to this 
tribe II. 537. 
a proof of their skill 
in the art of working in iron. 
II. 597. 
Nucnjanni-chukuru, (Rhinoceros- 
bird) IL 346. 
mulaapo, a remarkable 
bird II. 492. 
Nugariep, or Nu-Gariep, the largest 
branch of the river Gariep, 
(see also Black River, and 
Zwart Rivier,)its branches and 
sources 319, 520. 
first arrival at it ... 589. 
Nugariep in a state of inundation. 
590. 
remarks on its names. 
391. II. 45. 114. 
first explored by the 
author 436. 
forms the eastern boun- 
dary of the Cisgariepine. 581. 
IL211. 
observations relative to 
it II. 125. 126, 127. 541. 
Numeration ; how performed by 
the Bachapins II. 559. 
Numnum, a thorny shrub, the 
berries of which are some- 
times eaten by the Hottentots. 
192. 
Nusakwa, a tribe of Bushmen. 
n. 531. 
Ny'sna lily (Cyrtanthus obliquus). 
23. 
o. 
Oak trees of Europe thrive in the 
Cape Colony 25. 35. 102. 
attain a large 
size 144. 
Observations : astronomical, (see 
also Astronomical) 204. 
Obelisk : one in the Cisgariepine, 
formed by Nature II. 44. 
Odffhing, or Religious Meeting. 
II. 1 74. 
Official papers. See Papers. 
Oketsa (add more) II. 508. 
'Olifants-vogel (Elephants' bird). 
245. 
Olive-tree of Southern Africa. 177. 
343. 473. 538. II. 307. 
Olyf-boom, (see Olive tree)... 1 77. 
Oly'venhout-bosch : accident at. 
177. 
Onder-schout, (Under-sheriff',). 
IL 163. 
'Onderstel ; a part of a Cape 
waggon 1 50. 
'Onder-veld; a colonial term. 88. 
'Ongeluks Fontein 551.360. 
II. 237. 247. 
■ rivier 220. 
Onion : an eatable species found 
wild 296. 
Opal 334. 
Ophiology: improvements in. 473. 
Ophthalmia, in the Transgariepine 
regions 370. II. 580. 
Optical lake II. 28. 
Orange trees II. 145. 
River, or Oranje Rivier, 
(see more properly, the Gariep). 
Organ; at Graaffreynet. 11.149,150 
Organized matter 11.527. 
Oriole 464. 502. 
Ornithological collection viii. 
II. 491. 502. 
Ornithology of Klaarwater ... 501. 
Orthography of Dutch words, vi. 
15. 84, 85. 33U 
