640 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Raft: mode of constructing one. 
11.11. 
Rail 502. 
Rains of the Cape Colony. 81.197. 
on Green Point 1 53. 
in the Karro. 21.5. 240.248. 
of the Transgariepine. 369. 
495. 515, 516. 
unpleasant to the Bachapins. 
II. 558. 
^— a season of rejoicing among 
the Bachapins II. 599. 
worm 449. 
Redbeak (Roodebekje). See also 
Astrild 266. II. 41. 91. 
Redbuck. (See also Roodebok, and 
Paala) II. 301. 
Redleaf (Roodeblat) a tree found 
on the banks of the Gariep. 
400. 404. 425. 
Redness of the soil, remarkable. 
304.508. II. 266. 442. 513. 
Reebok II. 23. 
Vaal II. 302. 
Reed ; the African species of (see 
also Riet). 296. II. 199. 271. 
410. 
— — employed in a simile. 11.491. 
indicate a spring of water. 
^ \ 11.29. 
Broom. (B^zem-riet)... 124. 
called ' Spanish' by the 
Colonists... 105. 185. II. 172. 
Thatching 25. 
Fountain in the Transgarie- 
pine (see also Aakaap) ... 342. 
pipe of the Bachapins (see 
also Lichaaka) II. 410. 
River, in the Roggeveld. 
261. 264. II. 310. 
river Pass 263. 266. 
Sparrow 440. II. 91. 
Station II. 80. 
Refraction: atmospheric. 101.333. 
452. 
Regenwerm (Rain-worm) .... 449. 
Religion of the Bachapins. II. 543. 
550. 552. 
R^mschoen (Skid, or Lock-shoe). 
151. 
Republican form of government : 
its natural origin. II. 546 — 
548. 
Resin-bush 259. 
Rhenoster, or Rhinoster. See Rhi- 
noceros. 
Rhenosterberg 581. 
Rhenoster-bosch (see also Rhino- 
ceros-bush) 101,102. 
Rhenoster Poort ... II. 91. 93. 187. 
. Rivier 259. 
vogel 245. 
Rhinoceros : its hide converted 
into Shamboks or whips. 86. 
— one shot by a Bush- 
man II. 41. 
_— hunt II. 52. 
the first shot... II. 69. 
— — • mode of hunting it. 
11.72. 
Rhinoceros: nature of its hide. 
II. 73. 
meat. II. 74. 
its measures ... II. 75. 
— a new species dis- 
covered II. 75. 
remarks on its horn. 
11.76. 
rarely to be seen with- 
in the boundary of the Cape 
Colony II. 126. 
means by which a 
Hottentot escaped being killed 
by one 11. 579. 
bush (see also Rhe- 
noster-bosch) 176. 255. 
II. 126. 
Mountains. See Rhe- 
nosterberg. 
Pass. See Rhenoster 
Poort. 
River. See Rhenos- 
ter Rivier. 
Rhus : none browsed upon by the 
wild animals II. 248. 
Rice, grown in the Colony... 80. 
II. 393. 
Riebeck, the founder of Cape 
Town 77. 
Kast^el ; a mountain so 
called 25. 44. 130. 
Riem, or leathern halter. 151. 450. 
II. 250. 
Riet: Dak. See Reed: Thatching. 
B^zem. See Reed : Broom. 
Spansche. SeeReed: Spanish. 
Fontein, in the Transgarie- 
pine. See 'Aakaap. 
Rivier (Reed River) .... 261. 
264. 
rivier's Poort 263. 266. 
Rifle-gun. 164. 273. II. 224. 235. 
274. 
Riizo (R^ezo) a friendly Bushman 
who accompanied the author 
from the Gariep to the borders 
of the Cape Colony. 
his kraal, described.... II. 16. 
his dance II. 87. 
his character II. 101. 
returns to his kraal. II. 108. 
second meeting with him. 
II. 196. 
Rivers of the Colony: the prin- 
cipal 126. 
of the Colony : a remark- 
able difference observed in 
the color of their waters. 89. 
90. 116. 
fatal accidents occasioned 
by their suddenly overflowing 
their banks 178, 179. 
Periodical. 215.216. 11.18. 
the paucity of ; in the Cis- 
gariepine 261. II. 299. 
of Southern Africa : a re- 
markable circumstance ob- 
served with respect to their 
fishes 425. 
Rivers : some which run to the 
Western, and others to the 
Southern Coast, have their 
sources in the Snow Moun- 
tains II. 125. 
■ the means used by the 
Hottentots and Bushmen, for 
crossing them 416. II. 13. 
River-Horse, (see also Hippopo- 
tamus, and Z&koe or Sea- 
Cow) : first sight of its foot- 
marks 317. 
remark respecting 
the propriety of its names. 
412. 
Rix-dollar: its value in English 
money, in the year 1810. 79. 
in the year 1823. 
II. 540. 
Roads over the mountains... 130. 
of the Karro 211. 
of the Roggeveld 257. 
of the Colony 256. 455. 
of the Bachapins .... 11.306. 
Robben (Seal) Islaud, in Table 
Bay 6. 44. 
Rocks of the Colony 29. 
sonorous 277. II. 43. 
having a black and shining 
surface II. 43. 
of recent formation on banks 
of the Gariep 398, 
— Fountain, in the Cisgariepine. 
293, 294. 
in the Transgarie- 
pine II. 261. 
Roebuck (Reebok) II. 23. 
Fallow (Vaal Reebok). 
II. 302. 
Roggeveld (Ryeland, or Rye-coun- 
try), an elevated district of 
the Cape Colony .... 81. 207. 
254, 255. 306. 346. 527. 
Middel (Middle)... 256. 
the mountain of. 
207. 232. 246. 249, 250. 466. 
558. 581. II. 211. 
difficulty and dan- 
• ger in ascending the Moun- 
tain in wet weather. 251. 253, 
254. 
Onder (Farther)... 579. 
Roki 11.409. 
Rondebosch, near Cape Town. 
35. 59. 
a list of plants grow- 
ing in the vicinity of 57. 
Roode. This word, which sig- 
nifies ' Red,' is usually, in the 
Cape Colony, spoken as an 
Englishman would pronounce 
Ro-ey, or Rowey. 
Roode-b^kje (Red-beak) 266. 
II. 41. 91. 
Roodeblat (Red-leaf) ... 400. 404. 
Roodebloem (Red-bloom) 35. 
Roodebok (Red-buck) see also 
Paala II. 301. 
Roode Elze (Red Alder) 142. 
