An Account of Travels Into the Interior of Southern Africa in the Years 1797 and 1798: Including Cursory Observations on the Geology and Geography ... the Natural History of Such Objects as Occurred in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms, and Sketches of the Physical and Moral Characters of the Various Tribes ...G.F. Hopkins, 1802 - 386 pages |
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Page 18
... abundance two varieties of the Myrica ceri- fera , or wax plant , from the berries of which is procurable , by simple boiling , a firm pure wax ; and the honey bee is every where wild on the heathy sides of the hills ; but the culture ...
... abundance two varieties of the Myrica ceri- fera , or wax plant , from the berries of which is procurable , by simple boiling , a firm pure wax ; and the honey bee is every where wild on the heathy sides of the hills ; but the culture ...
Page 19
... abundance both on the hills of the peninsula , and on the sandy isthmus that connects it with the continent . The article of fuel is so scarce , that a small cart load of these plants sells in the town from five to seven dollars , or ...
... abundance both on the hills of the peninsula , and on the sandy isthmus that connects it with the continent . The article of fuel is so scarce , that a small cart load of these plants sells in the town from five to seven dollars , or ...
Page 27
... abundant with the other two beyond the isthmus . This animal is the Antelope Grimmea of Pallas , and the Guinea antelope of Pennant . The horses of the Cape are not indigenous , but were first introduced from Java , and since that , at ...
... abundant with the other two beyond the isthmus . This animal is the Antelope Grimmea of Pallas , and the Guinea antelope of Pennant . The horses of the Cape are not indigenous , but were first introduced from Java , and since that , at ...
Page 30
... abundant . All these are collected on the coast near the Cape , and burnt into lime , there be- ing no limestone on the whole peninsula , and none worth the labour of getting , and the expenditure of fuel necessary for burning it , in ...
... abundant . All these are collected on the coast near the Cape , and burnt into lime , there be- ing no limestone on the whole peninsula , and none worth the labour of getting , and the expenditure of fuel necessary for burning it , in ...
Page 31
... abundant ; and small land - turtles are every where crawling about in the high roads and on the naked plains . Scorpions , scolopendras , and large black spiders , are among the noxious insects of the Cape ; and al- most all the snakes ...
... abundant ; and small land - turtles are every where crawling about in the high roads and on the naked plains . Scorpions , scolopendras , and large black spiders , are among the noxious insects of the Cape ; and al- most all the snakes ...
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