An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa, in the Years 1797 and 1798:: Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography of the Southern Part of that Continent; the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms; and Sketches on the Physical and Moral Characters of the Various Tribes of Inhabitants Surrounding the Settlement of the Cape of Good Hope. : To which is Annexed, a Description of the Present State, Population and Produce of that Extensive Colony; with a Map, Constructed Entirely from Actual Observations, Made in the Course of the TravelsG.F. Hopkins, at Washington's Head, no. 118 Pearl-Street., 1802 - 386 pages |
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... Hout or Wood Bay , and the other Chapman's Bay . The latter is exposed to the west and north - west , but the former is sheltered from all winds . The confined anchorage , which is said to admit of , at the utmost , ten ships only , and ...
... Hout or Wood Bay , and the other Chapman's Bay . The latter is exposed to the west and north - west , but the former is sheltered from all winds . The confined anchorage , which is said to admit of , at the utmost , ten ships only , and ...
Page 126
... hout , iron - wood ( a sidero.x- ylon ) growing to the size of three feet in diameter , and very high . The wood of this tree is close- grained , ponderous , and very hard . Hassagai hout ( the curtesia faginea of the Hortus Kewensis ) ...
... hout , iron - wood ( a sidero.x- ylon ) growing to the size of three feet in diameter , and very high . The wood of this tree is close- grained , ponderous , and very hard . Hassagai hout ( the curtesia faginea of the Hortus Kewensis ) ...
Page 127
... hout is the native oak of Africa , and I believe the only species found upon that con- tinent . It may , therefore , not improperly be called the Quercus Africana . Several other timber - trees of vast size were growing here , and ...
... hout is the native oak of Africa , and I believe the only species found upon that con- tinent . It may , therefore , not improperly be called the Quercus Africana . Several other timber - trees of vast size were growing here , and ...
Page 304
... - ment of a double chain of mountains , and the in- termediate forests , of which the eye , looking east- erly , could discover no end . The trees that were most plentiful were two species of the Geel - hout 304 TRAVELS IN.
... - ment of a double chain of mountains , and the in- termediate forests , of which the eye , looking east- erly , could discover no end . The trees that were most plentiful were two species of the Geel - hout 304 TRAVELS IN.
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... hout , or Yew , some of which were from twenty to thirty feet in circumference , and sixty to seventy feet in length . The summit of the Kaka mountain commanded a most extensive view of the Kaffer country , as far as the sea - coast to ...
... hout , or Yew , some of which were from twenty to thirty feet in circumference , and sixty to seventy feet in length . The summit of the Kaka mountain commanded a most extensive view of the Kaffer country , as far as the sea - coast to ...
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abundance animal antelope appeared banks beautiful berg birds Bosjesmans called Camdeboo Cape Cape Town cattle chain of mountains coast colonists colony colour consisting covered deep desert distance district Drosdy Dutch eastward False Bay farmers feet Fish river five four gemsbok Graaff Reynet grass ground habitation hartebeests height hills horde horns horses Hottentots hout hundred inches inhabitants journey Kaffers Karroo kind kloof kraal landrost larvæ length miles mimosas moun mouth naked Namaaqua nature nest night northward Orange river oxen party passed peasantry plains plants quantity rixdollars rock Saldanha bay salt sand sand-stone sandy scarcely Sea-Cow seemed sheep shrubbery side skin Sneuwberg sort south-east Southern Africa species spring springbok steenbok stone summit Sunday river surface Table Bay Table Mountain tail tains tentot thick tion traveller trees tribe valley waggons whole wild winds wood