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GENERAL INDEX, 
and pronunciation ... II. 296. 
507 — 509. 
Sichuana language, various remarks 
on it. II. 505, 304. 586. 599. 
a specimen of 
it II. 581 — 585. 
^ readiness of the 
Bichuanas to give instruction. 
II. 407. 
■ surprise of the 
Bichuanas on first hearing it 
spoken from a book. II. 558. 
Sifting-mat of the Bushmen. 11.25. 
Sihurri (Coot) II. 546. 
Sikhaka (beads): their value and 
importance among the Bichua- 
nas II. 407. 568. 
Siki, a kind of acacia II. 241. 
Sikkloniani, a fountain in the Great 
Plains of Litakun II. 342. 
Sillabi, a Bachapin 11.481. 
Silver II. 575. 
. tree (see also Witteboom). 
17. 54. 61. 67. 
Singing of the Hottentots. 109. 
557. 
of Bushwomen. II. 66. 87. 
of the Bachapins. II. 4,~8. 
598. 
Singke II. 463. 
Sltsikanmia 580. 
Skammel, a part of a waggon. 150. 
Sketches of a traveller, constitute 
a pleasing kind of journal. 
II. 214. 
Sketching, often the most expe- 
ditious mode of making a de- 
scription 411. 
Skid, or Lockshoe, used in the 
Cape Colonj' 151. 
Skirmish Fountain. See Schiet 
Font^in. 
Skoft, (a day's journey). 191. 576. 
Slagter's brief 201. 
knegt (Butcher's man, or 
servant) 201. II. 1 15. 
Slate (see also Schistus, and Clay- 
slate) 29. 559. 492. 505. 
Slaves in the Cape Colony. 13. 52, 
35, 34. 
Slavery among the Bachapins. 
II. 555. 
Small-pox, sometimes makes its 
appearance in Southern Africa. 
371. II. 149. 5S0. 
Smell : some genera of plants may 
be detected by it... 145. 186. 
Smelling : the sense of ; in vultures. 
577. 
in some 
beetles , II. 328. 
Smi-eendje (Widgeon) 283. 
Smoking tobacco ; a universal cus- 
tom among the Dutch colo- 
nists ■ II. 115. 
remarks on. II. 
521. 
Snakes, (see also Serpents, PufF- 
adder, Spitting-snake) ... 469. 
II. 531. 
Sn&uwberg Proper (Snow Moun- 
tain): one of the highest 
mountains of the Cape Colony. 
254. II. 125, 124. 
: Achter. See also 
Achter II. 551. 
Sndeuwbergen (Snow Mountains) 
an elevated and cold district 
in the north-eastern part of 
the Cape Colony. 80, 8 1 . 58 1 . 
II. 121. 
Snipe 502. 
Snow, in the Cape Colony. 81. 
146. 157. 185. 194. 198. 255. 
271. II. 172. 
in the Transgariepine. 369. 
II. 235. 
perpetual ; a remark respect- 
ing the probable cause of it. 
497. 
Mountains: Proper; or 
Sn&uwberg .... 11.123 — 135. 
Snuff, (see also Lishuena)... 164. 
II. 116. 321. 367. 
Snyman : Gerrit ; a veld-corn^t of 
the Roggeveld 237. 
his ideas respecting the 
author and his travelling. 259. 
Soap, manufactured in the Cape 
Colony 419. II. 115. 
Sondak (or Zondag, Sunday) a 
word adopted by the Bacha- 
pins II, 426. 
Sopje, or dram II. 287. 
Sorcery practised by the Bachapins. 
II. 540. 
Sorrel : a climbing species of. 
II. 146. 
Southeaster : nature of this wind. 
58. 
Space, in which the solar system 
revolves : an hypothesis rela- 
tive to it 497. 
Span of tobacco ; its quantity and 
weight II. 49. 
Spansche Riet, a useful kind of 
reed, cultivated in the Colony. 
105. II. 172. 
Sparrman : character of his book 
of travels 98. 
his character as zoolo 
gist, defended 432. 
his route, and map. 577, 
578. II. 559. 
Sparrow : a species of ; called 
Koorn-vreeter (Corn-eater). 
246. 259. 296. II. 91. 
a species of 502. 
Reed; a kind of. 440. 
11.91. 
Specimens of plants (see also. 
Plants): a mode of preserv- 
ing them 154. 245. 
Sp&lman, a Hottentot who ac- 
companied the author from 
Cape Town into the Interior, 
and continued three years 
and three months in his ser- 
vice. 
Sp&lman : some account of him 
and description of his person, 
and of his wife 167. 
legal forms of binding 
him in service 183. 
his grotesque appearance 
in a cocked hat 260. 
finds twenty-six ostrich- 
eggs: his extraordinary con- 
trivance for bringing them 
home 279. 
departs with the oxen 
to Elands Valley ... 555, 554. 
his hut burnt down. 578. 
his manners contrasted 
with Philip's 427. 
his ingenuity and accom- 
plishments, in making a fiddle 
and playing on it 499. 
his solicitude for his 
* dear wife.' 500. 
shoots two rhinocerotes. 
II. 72. 
in full dress II. 102. 
claimed by his former 
master II. 151. 
his display of zeal and 
fidelity II. 152. 
the alarm occasioned by 
mistaking him and Keyser for 
Bushmen II. 266. 
his signal mistaken. 
II. 282. 
some traits in his cha- 
racter II. 525. 
the nature of his ser- 
vices, and his attachment to 
his master II. 352. 
his almanack ... II. 545. 
his character with re- 
spect to courage. II. 416. 423 
his services in shooting 
birds /or the author's collec- 
tion II. 491 . 
exhibits some symptoms 
of timidity during a general 
alarm at Litakun II. 501. 
SpAboom (Fat-tree) a succulent 
shrub or tree..,. II. 153. 144. 
Spider : a venomous species, used 
by the Bushmen for poisoning 
their arrows 559. 
Spies sent by the Nuakketsies. 
II. 489. 
Spionberg, a mountain seen in the 
Cisgarieplne 288. 
Spitskop, the most elevated peak 
of Sn^euwberg or the Snow 
Mountains ; and probably the 
highest in the Cape Colony. 
125. 184. 
Spitting-Snake. See Spuigslang. 
Spoon, or Lushua, of the Bachapins. 
II. 595. 
Spoonbill 501. 
