390 TRAVELS IN 
(foliis hasfatis), and rose-colored petals, ornamented the mar- 
gins of the Keurboom River ; and the Wachendorfia with the 
Aletris Uvaria were common in all the boggy grounds. The 
stately white Strelitzias, which are found only on the banks 
of the Pisang River, were also now in flower. The Protect 
Grandijlorce, on the summit of the mountains, resembled, in 
their size and appearance, old stunted oaks. Heaths also 
were very large, and bulbous rooted plants in great abund- 
ance. We found, likewise, growing among the rocks, num- 
bers of that singular plant the Tamils Elepha?iiipes, so called 
from the resemblance of its large tuberous root, rising above 
the surface of the ground, to the foot of the elephant. This 
district affords, in fact, a rich field for the naturalist. Let 
his favorite pursuit be what it may, botany, ornithology, or 
zoology, he may here indulge his inclination. The greater 
part of the forest trees still remain unexamined. The birds 
are numerous, and have not seriously been attacked by any 
other collector than Mr. Le V aillant, of whom Mr. Meeding, 
for many years the postholder at the bay, speaks as being an 
excellent shot at small birds, and a most indefatigable pur- 
suer of them. Of animals, from the little tailless das or 
Cavy, and the pigmy Antelope, to the huge Elephant, the 
woods of Sitsikamma furnish great variety. The Plai?i of 
Hartebeests abounds with that noble species of the antelope 
tribe from which it takes its name ; and every thicket 
is filled with the beautiful Bosbok, or Bush deer, re- 
markable for its spotted haunches, and still more so 
from the near resemblance of its cry to the barking of a 
dog. 
