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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Page 89
... nests were not far distant , especially if they wheeled round the place from whence they started up : when they have no nest , they make off , immediately on being disturbed , with the wing- feathers close to the body . There is ...
... nests were not far distant , especially if they wheeled round the place from whence they started up : when they have no nest , they make off , immediately on being disturbed , with the wing- feathers close to the body . There is ...
Page 90
... nest to contain more than they could con- veniently_cover . The time of incubation is six weeks . For want of knowing the ostrich to be polygamous , an error respecting this bird has slipt into the Systema Nature , where it is said that ...
... nest to contain more than they could con- veniently_cover . The time of incubation is six weeks . For want of knowing the ostrich to be polygamous , an error respecting this bird has slipt into the Systema Nature , where it is said that ...
Page 112
... nests . On the twelfth , in the course of twenty miles , we saw two farm - houses , one of which was desert- ed from a scarcity of water ; and the following day we also passed two houses . Having crossed the Sunday river nine times ...
... nests . On the twelfth , in the course of twenty miles , we saw two farm - houses , one of which was desert- ed from a scarcity of water ; and the following day we also passed two houses . Having crossed the Sunday river nine times ...
Page 151
... watching a bee to its nest . They no sooner hear the humming of the insect than they squat themselves on the ground , and , having caught it with the eye , follow it to an incredible distance . The organ of sight SOUTHERN AFRICA . 151.
... watching a bee to its nest . They no sooner hear the humming of the insect than they squat themselves on the ground , and , having caught it with the eye , follow it to an incredible distance . The organ of sight SOUTHERN AFRICA . 151.
Page 170
... nest of the most atrocious villains that ever disgraced and disturbed society , which these thickets conceal . The gang consists of seven or eight Dutch peasants , and a body of armed Hottentots which they retain in their service . They ...
... nest of the most atrocious villains that ever disgraced and disturbed society , which these thickets conceal . The gang consists of seven or eight Dutch peasants , and a body of armed Hottentots which they retain in their service . They ...
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