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INDEX. 
Ca'tlk, Ahhe de la, afcertains the length of 
a degree of the meridian at the 
Cape - - - 368 
important conclufion drawn from his 
meafurement • . 369 
Came], or Dromedary, might be intro- 
duced with advantage into the 
colony - - - 333 
Camekon, fafts refpe£llng its change of 
colour ... 304 
why they have been thought to live on 
air, explained - - ih. 
Cape of Good Hope, importance of - i, 2 
taken polTeflion of by the Britifh, 1620, 2 
particulars of this tranfadlion - 3» 4> 5 
colonized by the Dutch in 1650 - 6 
its rapid population - - ib. 
difficulties of the firft fettlers - ib. 
policy of the Dutch government un- 
friendly to the fettlement - 7 
extent and population of the fettle- 
ment's territory - - 9 
general view of the country 10, 1 1, 12 
its divifion into diftrifls, and internal 
government - - 12 
defcription of the Cape diftrift 12, 13, 14 
Cape and Egypt, circumrtances of analogy 
between - - 297, 8 
Cape Totvn, defcription of - X4, 15 
population of - - 16 
its inhabitants principally engaged in 
mercantile tranfaftions - 48 
their manners, fecial and domeftic 48, 49 
charafter of the Cape ladies - 49, 50, 51 
difeafes to which they are liable - 43 
longevity rare among them - - - ib. 
their education much negleftcd - 47 
Catalogue of various forts of wood in 
the colony - - 339, 40 
Cattle, their food in the defarts four and 
acrid _ - - 56 
its effedls upon them - - ib. 
how the acridity is correfted - 103 
of theKafFers immenfely numerous 170 — 177 
guided by fignals - - 170 
account of the various kinds of - 177 
loofe horned ox, defcription of - 203 
Chinefe, their refemblance to the Hot- 
tentot race - - - 278 
Circiimc't/ion pradtifed among the Kaf- 
fers - - - 212 
how performed - - 213 
Climate of the Cape, not unhealthy - 42 
Coal, difcovered at the Cape by the. 
Englifh - - 20, 21 
Cobra capella, the moft dangerous fnake 
at the Cape - - 140 
Cold, intenfe degree of, in the Kar- 
roo - - 87. 96. lOl 
Colonifls, Dutch, their mode of life, and 
domeftic economy - .77 
their modes of agriculture - - 84 
manners of the females - " - 80 
their prolific tendency - - 81 
external appearance of the men - ib. 
their neglefted education - - 82 
their religious zeal - 82, 83 
their hofpttality - '- 83 
fome of them treat their oxen with 
brutality - - 182, 183 
inftance of their inhumanity in a cafe 
of fhipwreck - - 197 
their inanity of mind, and indo- 
lence - - "377 
Copper, indications of its abundance in 
the Khamiesberg - - 385 
