Chapter VI: Cape of Good Hope

Contrasts of Scenery and Seasons at Cape Colony.--Ramble through
Simon's Town.--Malay Population.--The Toad-fish, or
Sea-devil.--Rondebosch and its delightful Scenery.--Cape
Town.--Influence of the English Element.--Scientific and other
Institutions.--Botanical Gardens.--Useful Plants.--Foreign
Emigration.--A Caffre Prophet and the Consequences of his
Prophecies.--Caffre Prisoners in the Armstrong Battery.--Five
young Caffres take Service as Sailors on Board the _Novara_.--
Trip into the Interior.--Stellenbosch.--Paarl.--Worcester.--
Brand Vley.--The Mission of Moravian Brethren at Genaadendal.--
Masticatories and intoxicating Substances used by the
Hottentots.--Caledon.--Somerset West.--Zandvliet.--Tomb of a
Malay Prophet.--Horse Sickness.--Tsetse-fly.--Vineyards of
Constantia.--_Fête Champétre_ in Honour of the _Novara_.--
Excursion to the actual Cape of Good Hope.--Departure.--A Life
saved.--Experiments with Brook's Deep-sea Sounding Apparatus.--
Arrival at the Island of St. Paul in the South Indian Ocean. 196