INDEX, 
413 
D 
Damaras, of the KafFer race, account 
of the - - 396 
acquainted with the art of fmelting 
iron ore ■ - - ih. 
their procefs defcribed - - ih. 
Dead, peculiar manner of difpofing of 
the, by the KafFers • - 220 
Defile, deep, account of the pafTageof 181, 182 
Dichotoma, a curious fpecies of aloe, de- 
fcribed - - - 381 
Difeafes that prevail among the colonifts 42, 43 
D'ljlicha, a fpecies of amarj-^lhs, defcribed 391 
Difllllation of fpirits, procefs of, at the 
Cape - - - 66 
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 - 223 
Drawings by, the Bosjefmans, account 
of - - 239, 240 
Z^r/yui/'j io/, difficult pafs of - 336 
E 
Egypt and the Cape, circumflances of 
analogy between - - 297, 298 
Eland, of the antelope genus, defcribed 262 
Elephants, immenfely numerous in South- 
ern Africa - - 178 
errors refpefting their mode of copu- 
lation refuted - - 179 
their period of geftation - - ib. 
how hunted by the KafFers - 209 
Euphorhium defcribed - - 19 
Farms, immenfe fize of in the co- 
lony - - 7. 78. J37 
unfriendly to its profperity - y 
flrange manner of regulating their 
boundaries - - 78, 79 
Ft/}}, various kinds of - 29, 30, 31 
French refugees introduce the cultivation 
of the vine - - 67 
now confounded with the other fet- 
llers - - - 81 
Fruits, European and Tropical, introdu- 
ced and cultivated - 22, 23 
Game, various kinds of - - - 67 
Garden, public, eftablifhed by Lord Ma- 
cartney - - 17 
Ghonaquas , tribe of the, their deplorable 
ftate - 228, 229 
Gnoo, or ivilde heejl of the Dutch, de- 
fcribed and clafFed - 259, 260, 261 
Goat African, remarks on the - 1 16 
Government Civil and Judicial of the 
Cape, account of - 12 — 16 
Graaff Reynet, arrival in the diftrift of 98 
account of a valley in it - "99 
gigantic fize of its colonifts - 100 
political ftate of the diftrid - no, in 
its phyfical appearance - * '^3 
village of, defcribed - 1 13, 114 
its wretched ftate - - 114 
Grain, fpecies of, cultivated - 24 
average product of, near the Cape - 359 
(?ra/} dry, conflagration of • 184, 185 
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