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Damarasy of the KafFer race, account 
of the - - - 396 
acquainted with the art of fmelting 
iron ore - - ib. 
their procefs defcribed - - ib. 
Dead, peculiar manner of difpofing of 
the, by the KafFers - - 220 
Defile, deep, account of the paffageof 181, 182 
Dlchotoma, a curious fpecies of aloe, de- 
fcribed - - - 381 
D'lfeafes that prevail among the colonifts 42, 43 
D'tfticha, a fpecies of amaryllis, defcribed 391 
D'tjlillation of fpirits, procefs of, at the 
Cape - - - 65 
Dogs of the cur kind, among the Kaffers, 
their multitude, and miferable ap- 
pearance - - _ lyy 
different fpecies of the dog kind met 
with in Southern Africa 
Drawings by the Bosjefmans, account 
of 
DuyvU's hop, difficult pafs of 
223 
239, 240 
Egypt and the Cape, circumftances of 
analogy between - - 297, 298 
Eland, of the antelope genus, defcribed 263 
Elephants, immenfely numerous in South- 
ern Africa - - 178 
errors refpe£ling their mode of copu- 
lation refuted - - 179 
their period of geftation - - ib. 
how hunted by the KafFers - 209 
Euphorhiutn defcribed - - 19 
Farms, immenfe fize of in the co- 
lony - . 7. 78. 137 
unfriendly to its profperity - 7 
ftrange manner of regulating their 
boundaries - - 78, 79 
Fijh, various kinds of - 29, 30, 31 
French refugees introduce the cultivation 
of the vine - .67 
now confounded with the other fet- 
tlers - - -81 
Fruits, European and Tropical^ introdu- 
ced and cultivated - 22, 23 
Game, various kinds of - - -61 
Garden, public, eftablifhed by Lord Ma- 
cartney - - - - 17 
Ghonaquas, tribe of the, their deplorable 
flate ... 228, 229 
Gnoo, or ivilde beejl of the Dutch, de- 
fcribed and clafFed - 259, 260, 261 
Goa^ African, remarks on the - ii6 
Government Civil and Judicial of the 
Cape, account of - 12 — 16 
Graaff Reynet, arrival in the diftrifl of 98 
account of a valley in it - - 99 
gigantic fize of its colonifts - 100 
political ftate of the didrid - 110, 11 1 
its phyfical appearance - ■ ' ' 3 
village of, defcribed - 113,114 
its wretched flate - - 114 
Grain, fpecies of, cultivated - 24 
average produft of, near the Cape - 359 
Grafs Ary, conflagration of - 184, 185 
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