AFRICA. loi 
produce a fingle plant worthy to engage the 
attention of the fpeculatlve botanift. 
The tribes mentioned by Kolben, under 
the names of the Gunjemans and the Koop^ 
mans^ never exifted but In the Imagination. 
^The name of Gunjemans^ which fignlfies 
nothing in the language of the Hottentots, 
muft have been corrupted by fome Ignorant 
traveller who wrote it improperly. The 
name ought to be Goed-mansy compofed of 
two Dutch words that fignify good men, or 
good people ; a qualification given by the 
firft planters to all the Hottentots in gene- 
ral, becaufe they found them peaceable and 
obliging. 
The name of Koopmans was alfo given to 
thofe who firft carried on trade by barter. 
Thefe two words fignify, in very goodDutch, 
a merchant or dealer ; but they are no more 
applicable to one nation than to another. 
Thus the traveller, not comprehending the 
languages of thofe countries which he tra- 
verfes, retains their expreflions Imperfedlly, 
writes them ftill worfe, and forms the name 
of a favage horde from a barbarlfm. The 
manners of foreign nations, and every thing 
that concerns them, can never be accurately 
H 3 defcribed. 
