INDEX. 
Paarlherg, a remarkable mountain, ac- 
count of - - 60 
Phenomenon, curious, in natural hif- 
tory - - - 127 
Pigmies of the ancients, traces of refem- 
blance between them and the Bos- 
jefmans - - - 282 
Plants, ufeful, to be found in the coun- 
try about the Cape - 17, 1 8. 344, 345 
that might be introduced with fuccefs ib. 
Plettenberg^s Bay, country around, de- 
fcribed - - - 341, 342 
landing-place near - - - 343 
Polygamous birds • - - 244 
Potatoes, difliked by the planters - 117 
Punipments, public, at the Cape - 44, 45 
Rivers — page 
how paffed by the Dutch pcafmts • 79 
Roode fand, valley of, defcribed - 71 
mountains beyond, account of "73 
^aci, an Irifli, Impofes on the credulity 
of the Dutch farmers - -376 
^adrupeds, account of - 27,28,29 
^artz, its change into clay frequently 
vifible in the African mountains - 227 
R 
Rate/, of the fpecies of Viverra, noticed 335 
Refradion of the air, curious effeft 
of - - - 107 
Reptiles of the Cape - - 33 
Rivers that crofs the Karroo, obferva- 
tions refpefting the - - 97 
Saldanha hay, account of - - 361, 362 
frequented by whales - - 362 
its conveniences and difadvantao-es as 
a harbour, and means of removing 
the latter - 362, 363, 364 
appearance of the country in its neigh- 
bourhood - - - 3^5 
Sah-nvater lake remarkable, defcribed 123. 311 
fuppofition concerning the caufe of its 
faltnefs - - 124, 125 
probable caufe - - - 126 
Sand, chryftallized, pyramidal columns 
- - 371—373 
probably the ruins of vaft mountains - 374 
Sea-fand, conjeftures refpedling its origin ib. 
Schoolmajiers, who, and what their fitua- 
tion among the planters - 82 
Sea-JJjells, why found fo high above the 
level of the fea - _ j8 
Seajons, view of, at the Cape - 40, 41. 
Sepulchral heaps, origin of - - 108, 109 
Serpents, moft of them thought noxious 140 
a fafcinating power afcribed to tliem - ih. 
vulgar antidotes againft their poifon - ib. 
curious method of deftroying, by the 
Hottentots - - - 268 
Sheep, defcription of the Cape breed - 1 j 6 
their wool, of what kind - 117 
Shrubbery, natural, defcribed - - 121 
Slaves, African, in the colony - - 46 
Malay, fometimes dangerous - ib. 
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