646 
GENERAL INDEX. 
Van Roye, tried at Litakun, for 
mutiny II. 468. 
Van Wyk : Jacob ; a boor on the 
northern borders of the Co- 
lony : inhospitable reception 
at his house. II. 104, 105. 
108. 183. 
Vanity : personal. 413, 414. 11,566. 
573. 
Variation of the compass. 266. 271. 
375. II. 325. 
Vegetable physiology. See Plants. 
life II. 327, 
fit for culinary use, sel- 
dom found wild in Africa. 
545. 
culinary; introduced into 
the Transgariepine (see also, 
the Garden) II. 280. 588. 
- — 80. 93. 118. 
240.248. 366. II. 118. 143. 
Vegetation on the northern and 
southern sides of the moun- 
tains, differs 91. 
its rapidity, after the 
rains. See Rains. 
of bulbous plants. See 
Bulbous plants. 
Veld-corndt (Field-cornet) a civil 
officer in the Colony : the na- 
tui'e of his official duties, 76. 
various examples of. 
174. 189. 191. 238. 241. II. 
119, 120. 127. 
Veld-commandant (Field-command- 
ant) a leader of the Colonial 
militia 250. II. 1 20. 
V^el-kombaars (Sheepskin Coverlet). 
See Kombaars. 
Velschoen (Hide Shoes ) the man- 
ner in which they are made. 
214. 
Vendue. See, Auction. 
Venisonof Southern Africa. 11.281. 
Verkeerde Valley 197. 579. 
Vermeulen : Piet ; a boor in 
Achter-Sneeuwberg. II. 111. 
183. 
Vignettes of the present work. vi. 
II. 340. 
Viljoen ; Jan ; a boor on the Snow 
Mountain II. 176. 
Villages of the Colony, enumerated. 
76. 
Vineyards. 63. 74. lis. 144. 179. 
Vinegar, its utility to South-Afri- 
can travellers II. 287. 
Visch Rivier: Groote (Great Fish- 
River) 100. 575. 579. 
in Great Namaqua- 
land 579. 
Vischer's-hoek, in False Bay. 86. 
Vlier: Wilde (Wild Elder) .... 94. 
Vogelent (Mistletoe) 143. 
Volatile Alkali, a valuable medicine 
against the bite of venomous 
serpents. 392. 541. II. 14. 130. 
Volcanic appearances. 95. 175. 
308. 474. 
Voorhuis, the hall of a Dutch 
colonist's dwelling-house. 118. 
140. 
Voorspan, a relay of oxen provided 
under the authority of govern- 
ment...... 183. 185. 236. 256. 
V6or-stel; the fore-part of the 
carriage of a Cape-waggon. 
150. 
V6ortouw; or Fore Drag-rope. 174. 
Vrouw 500. II. 177. 
Vulgar : a term not applicable to 
the Bachapins II. 556. 
Vultures 214. II. 414. 
the Sacred Egyptian Vul- 
ture, called by the Boors, 
Witte Kraai, or White Crow. 
338. 502. II. 194. 
the large black. 377. 492. 
II. 194. 
the nest of one, found. 
473. 
new species observed in 
the Cisgariepine II. 194. 
their utility, conformation 
and habits, examined. II. 325. 
description of the Linong, 
a new species II. 329. 
Station II. 193. 
W. 
Wagenboom (Waggon tree): re- 
marks on the nature and ap- 
pearance of its wood 123. 
said to have been seen in 
the country of the Nuakket- 
sies II. 474. 
Wagenmaker's Valley. 139. 178. 
179. 
Waggons of the Cape Colony: a 
description of one 149. 
well con- 
structed for travelling over a 
rugged country 152. 
' represent- 
ations of them .... 26. 52. 82. 
additional 
remarks on their construction. 
II. 261. 329. 
See also 
Ossewagen, and Paardewagen. 
belonging to the Half 
Hottentots. 232. 531. 385. 
468. 
picturesque 
appearance of a caravan of. 
282. 288. 
the author's : a descrip- 
tion of 149. II. 479. 
a repre- 
sentation and plan of. 148. 
171. 
^— its con- 
tents 164. ]69. 
proves to 
have been overloaded. 174. 
177. 
Waggon: the author's: the only 
shelter or home during nearly 
four years' travelling... 194. 
244. 246. 261. 317, 318. 474, 
475. 
' its internal 
arrangement. 163. 165. 241. 
a second 
purchased. 184. 256. 372. II. 
479. 
Waggon-tracks. See Tracks. 
Waggon-tree. See Wagenboom. 
Walls of mud : the mode of con- 
structing them. See Mud- 
walls. 
of sticks and clay, at Lita- 
kun II. 518, 519. 
Wankets, (Nuakketsi) a tribe: re- 
marks on the word ... 11.276. 
Wantrouw, the author's dog : his 
history 382, 383. 
• his travels and memo- 
randa 384. 
: — 415. II. 2. 25. 
War : the arts of : compared with 
those of peace ... II. 484. 547. 
Warfare of the Bushmen. 373. 
391. 392. 456. 443. 559. II. 
61. 62. 
CafFres 494. 
Bachapins. II. 
477, 478. 490. 500. 534, 535. 
Warm Baths, at Zwarteberg. 95. 
— — — in the Cape Colony 
and adjoining regions 96. 
. at Brandt Valley. 124. 
Waschboschjes (Wax-bushes.) See 
Myricse, in general, 1 5 ; and 
Myrica cordifolia, in particu- 
lar 30. 
Washing feet; the ceremony of. 
II. 122. 
Water : its general scarcity on the 
western side of the extratro- 
pical part of Southern Africa. 
82. 
— ^ deficiency of it, in the 
Karro, during a great part of 
the year. 215.220.222, 223. 
225. 240. 
sufferings from want of. 
300. 303. II. 205. 
— — of many rivers along the 
southern Maritime Districts of 
the Colony, of a brown colour. 
89. 
delusive appearance of. II. 
28. 
a word very frequently 
found in the names of places in 
the Cape Colony, and over the 
whole of Hottentotaria. 259. 
indicated by birds. II. 20. 
plants. II. 29. 
i the Bushmen often live at 
a distance from it .... II. 189. 
Mineral 96. 
Water-drum, of the Bushmen. II. 
65. 87. 
