638 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Orthography of Hottentot and 
Sichuana words, vi. K. 252, 
297. 303. 307 — 309. 
Osse-wagen. See Ox-waggon. 
Ostrich ; remarks on the present 
mode of obtaining their 
feathers, and on the means of 
preserving the trade in them. 
203. 
' its great swiftness. 204.258. 
547. 
one shot, and the nature 
of its flesh described. II. 351. 
— — — — associates with zebras and 
quakkas 11.315. 420. 
— — its plumes, used for a 
parasol II. 360. 
uses made of its feathers, 
by the Bachaplns 11. 579. 
nests found ; and described. 
279. II. 20. 190. 
— — — its eggs 244. 
the Hottentot mode 
of cooking them 11.22. 
girdles ingeniously manu- 
factured from its egg-shells. 
396. II. 567. 
Oud Kraaikop. See Kraaikop. 
Outeniqua ; see Auteniqua (Ow- 
teniqua). 
Out-posts of the BachapTns. See 
Cattle-stations. 
Oiitspan (more correctly, Uitspan), 
a Colonial word in frequent 
use 52. 
— ■ places: their nature and 
use explained 92. 
Overberg: Colonial signification of 
the word 88. 
Oxen: the prices of. 134.364. 
draught: their rate of tra- 
velling 28. II. 316. 
saddle : their rate of travel- 
ling II. 31. 
their names and characters 
retained in memory by the 
Hottentots... 175. II. 8. 375. 
the Hottentot mode of break- 
ing them in, for riding. 228. 
attacked with strangury : the 
cause and mode of cure. 175. 
a Hottentot mode of healing 
abscess in cattle 246. 
suifer from want of water. 
300. 303. 
six lost in a storm, and 
scared by lions 303. 
their sagacity with respect to 
lions 450. 
sometimes stray to a great 
distance 549. 
an extraordinary circumstance 
respecting one II. 8. 
of the Colony : increase of. 
II. 144. 
>■ well adapted for a journey of 
research and observation. 193, 
171. II. 246. 270. 
Oxen : the difficulty of obtaining 
them at Litakun II. 456. 
Ox-waggon : its rate of travelling. 
28. 
Paala, a species of antelope. II. 30 1 . 
414. 420. 437. 
Paard : Wilde ; (see also Dauw, and 
Mountain-Horse), an animal 
hitherto confounded with the 
Zebra 138, 139. II. 273. 
Paardeberg (Horse-mountain) in 
the Cape District. 25. 44. 130. 
— — — in the Transgariepine. 
II. 242. 
Paarden Eyland (Horse Island). 51. 
Paarde-wagen (Horse-waggon), of 
the Cape Colony. 28. II. 135. 
Paarde-ziekte (Horse -distemper). 
254. 509. II. 218. 242. 370. 
Paarl, a remarkable rock, so called. 
144. 
or Paarldorp : the village of. 
76, 145. 
Paauw : Wilde (Wild Peacock), a 
bird so called 393. 
Pagter, or licensed retailer of wine 
and brandy. 162.11.145.151. 
Painting : remarks connected with 
the art of. 68.265.288. 11.272. 
448. 562, 563. 
at Litakun, by Serra- 
kutu's wife II. 453. 
Pakter ; see Pagter. 
Palmite, (or Palmiet,) a remarkable 
plant which grows in many of 
the rivers in the southern 
part of the Cape Colony. 91. 
140. 
a new plant allied to it. 
454. 
River: remarks on its 
dark-coloured waters 89. 
Pampoen Kraal, near Tygerberg. 
174. 
Panoramic view of Cape Town. 
11. 
Papers, granted to the author by 
the Cape Government. 162. 
180. 183. 193. 200. 239. 241. 
249, 250. 256. 518. II. 132. 
135. 140. 
Paradise, a place near Cape Town, 
so called 36. 
Parasol of Ostrich feathers. II. 360. 
Partridges of the Cape Colony. 
94. 270. 
Namaqua 265. 305. 
Fountain. See Patry's 
Fontein. 
Pasbrief ; or Passport, required for 
slaves and Hottentots .... 34. 
Passes of the mountains : the most 
usual in the Colony (see also 
Kloof) 88, 89. 
Pastures of Africa; a remark on 
them 419. 
Patani : the town of. II, 532, 533. 
548. 
Paterson ; his route and map. 577, 
578,579. 
Patriarchal form of government. 
II. 546. 
Patrys Fontein 237, 288. 
Peach-stones, taken for dissemin- 
ation in the countries of the 
Interior.... II. 228. 280. 487. 
588. 
Peaches : the dried fruit much used 
by the Colonists ; and usefiil 
for travellers II. 488. 
Peacock : Wild. See Paauw. 
Peak of the Snow-Mountains (see 
also Spitskop) ... II. 125. 184. 
Pears : a kind of ; found, when 
dried, to be a useful part of 
the stores of a South-African 
traveller 206. 
Pebbles of the Gariep II. 213. 
P^eklo, or Bachapin adze. II. 586. 
Peevit, or K&vit 344, 
P^etsy ; see Piitsi. 
P^eli; a species of antelope. 11.302. 
Pelu 1 monaati; a Bachapin expres- 
sion of thankfulness. II. 400. 
P^n-doorn, a shrub II. 133. 
Peninsula of the Cape of Good 
Hope, defined 75. 580. 
rich in Botany 1 54. 
Peppermint: a species of .... 493. 
Perspective drawing, on the cylin- 
dric principle, explained. II. 
448. 
Phsenogamous plants: the disper- 
sion of IL 209. 
Pheasant; of the Colonists... 270. 
Pheli. See P^eli. 
Philip, a Hottentot who was two 
years and four months in the 
author's service during these 
travels. 160, 161. 169. 2C6. 
427. 474. 500. II. 150, 151. 
233. 360. 425. 469. 491. 
Physiology of vegetables : deside- 
rata in 255. 454. 
Picturesque: the true 288. 
Pienaar, a veld-commandant in the 
Bokkeveld, receives a package 
belonging to the author, but 
which was afterwards lost, and 
never accounted for 250. 
Pigeon : a small long tailed species, 
generally called Namaqua 
Duif 327. 502. 
Wood. See Bosch-duif, 
and Dove. 
Plicho, the Bichuana Assembly, or 
Council .... II. 408. 499. 534. 
Piitsa, or Pltsa ; a Bachapin boil- 
ing-pot II. 350. 465. 
found in the plains. II. 456. 
Piitsi, or Pitsi, or Piitse : the Zebra. 
II. 315. 
