GENERAL INDEX. 
647 
Waterfall on Sn&uwberg. II. 170, 
Watermelons, cultivated by the 
Bachaplns II. 587. 
Water-point, in the Cisgariepine. 
II. 36. 47. 
Water-uyentjes, an eatable root. 
51. 
Waveren. See, Roodezand. 125. 
Wawakoo, a Bushman dance. II. 
66. 87. 
Waxbill. See, Astrild ; and Roode- 
bekje. 
a new finch allied to it. 
II. 269. 
Wax bushes. See Waschbosch- 
jes. 
Weasel ; a species of; called 
M^erkatje 343. 
various species used for 
making fur-cloaks .... II. 592. 
Weather of the Cape Colony. 81. 
^ Transgariepine. 
368. 11.259.465. 
observed during these 
travels 251. 
Weights ; Dutch ; compared with 
English 154. 
Werf : Colonial signification of the 
word 238 . 
Western Districts, of the Colony. 
580. 
W^sthuisen: Jan Van der; his 
mode of attending to the duty 
of furnishing the relays ... 249. 
Whips of the Cape waggoners : 
their extraordinary length. 52. 
■ the powerful 
sound produced by them, and 
their great utility in making 
signals .... 169. 422. II. 234. 
Whirlwinds 507. 
Whistles : BachapTn II. 5^8. 
White-men ; called 'Gasa or 'Gow- 
sa, by the Bushmen ... II. 210. 
■ Makwa mashu, 
by the Bachaplns II. 440. 
opinion of the Bacha- 
plns respecting them. II. 558. 
astonishment occa- 
sioned by the first sight of. 
II. 454. 
their proportionate 
population of the Colony. 77. 
II. 144. 
White-stem (Witgat boom), a re- 
markable tree. 343. 452. II. 18. 
Whoo-ah! (Halt!) a cry of the 
waggon-drivers 505. 
Widgeon. See Smi-eendje. 
Wilde (Wild). Names beginning 
with this word, and not found 
in this place, are to be sought 
for under their proper name 
Wildebeest 431. II. 109. 278. 
Wilde Kastanje (Wild Horseches- 
nut) 63. 
Wilde Paard (Wild Horse). 138, 
139. II. 275. 
Willems : Philip. See Philip. 
Wilgan-boom. See Willow. 
Willow of the Gariep, described. 
317. 
a singularity observed in 
the growth of some, on the 
banks of the Kygariep ... 423. 
an instance of their 
quickness of growth 490. 
— indicate to a traveller, at 
a distance, the situation of 
water II. 29. 
a species observed on the 
Snow Mountains II. 172. 
Winds at Cape Town. 36. 58. 81. 
their dry nature and effects 
in the Interior 488. 
in the Transgariepine. 508. 
II. 324. 516. 
Wind-heuvel ; a steep mountain in 
the Karr6 231. 233. 
Station. 233. 9p;n, 
236. 
Wine of the Colony. 62, 63. 118. 
206. II. 593. 
Winters of the Cape Colony. 72. 
81. 153. 176. 
Sn&uwberg .... II. 127. 
the Transgariepine. II. 
299. 324. 
Winterhoek, near Tulbagh. 129. 
185. 
Wire-grass II. 5. 7. 217. 
Witgat boom 343. II. 18. 
Spreeuw 394. 
Witsenberg, a mountain near Tul- 
bagh 130. 
Wltteberg, or Wittebergen. 207. 
Witteboom, or Silvertree 17. 54. 
61. 67. 
a place near Cape 
Town 61. 
Wlttedoorn (see also Karr6-doorn, 
Doornboom, and Acacia.) 195. 
Witte-Elze, a tree so called by the 
Dutch Colonists 143. 
Wittehals Kraai (White-necked 
Crow) 501. 
Witte Kraai (White Crow) ... 338. 
Wittewater, in the Transgariepine. 
See Gattikamma. 
Wolf : the Common ; compared 
with the Hunting Hyena. II. 
229. 
the Spotted Hyena, com- 
monly so called, in the Colony. 
II. 277. 
Women : Hottentot : remarks on 
a peculiarity of form, occa- 
sionally observed among them. 
216. 
Bushman. See Bush- 
women. 
Kora 344. II. 565. 
Bachapln. II. 555, 563, 
564. 
Wood : its structure, if more deep- 
ly examined, may afford some 
additional light to the study of 
Botany 123. 
Wood : the Unlucky ; a shrub not 
used by the Bachaplns for 
fuel II. 258. 451. 499. 
Wood-cutter (Hout-kapper), a bird 
so called 5 18. 
Woodpecker : a remarkable species 
of 245. 
Wortel Fontein II. 184. 
Wormwood : Wild, or African. 
480. 
Wyk: Jacob van. 11. 104. 105. 
183. 
Wynberg 59, 60. 65. 
Yam (Dioscorea) : a wild plant, 
botanically allied to it II. 147. 
—— die Water : the cultivation 
of it neglected 24. 
Yellow dye, or ink, may be ex- 
tracted from a wild shrub 
found in the Karro 212. 
Fish (Geelvisch) 262. 280. 
— — astonishment of some 
Koras at a drawing of one. 
441. 
River (see also Vaal Rivler, 
and Kygariep). 591. 401. 441. 
581. 
— ^— Wood (G^elhout), one of 
the largest trees of the Cape 
forests, much used for timber. 
72. II. 114. 
Yokes of the Cape waggons, de- 
scribed 151. 
Yoke River 225. 229. 
Yzerhout (Ironwood) 180. 
Z. 
Zand-Moll (Sand Mole) 57. 
Zak Rivier. See Sack River. 
Zand Valley, near Tygerberg. 172. 
■ in the Cisgariepine. 
309. 
Zandveld, in the Transgariepine. 
II. 242. 
Zand-VIakte, near Cape Town, 
(see also Sand-Flats, Isthmus, 
Downs) 58. 
Zebra, distinguished from the 
Quakka and Dauw or Moun- 
tain Horse 159. II. 315. 
a skin of it, formed into a 
tanning-vat 243. 
a remark on the name. 
420. 
a troop of thirty, seen 
420 
a male and female, shot. 
451, 452, 4 53. 
