South-West Africa

by William Eveleigh

• Labour, shortage of, due to massacres of natives, [242], [243].
• Land Bank, [191]-[193].
• Lattman, Herr, on strategic value of railway, [152].
• Le Vaillant, explorer, [96], [97].
• Lead, [187].
• Leopards, [73].
• Lewis, A. D., on the Orange River, [25], [241].
• Lindequist, von, Governor, [136].
• Lions, [71], [72], [104].
• Live stock, [189]-[191], [234], [235].
• Locusts, [86].
• Locust-birds, [79].
• London Missionary Society, [100], [102].
• Lucerne, [189].
• Luderitz, Herr, [119], [121], [124].
• Luderitz Bay, [18], [19], [59], [124].
• Luderitzbucht, temperature of, [47], [48];
• description of, [177], [178];
• railway from, [180], [181];
• wireless station at, [182];
• diamonds discovered near, [197].
• Lynx, the red, [73].

• Malaria, rarity of, [48].
• Mammals, [71]-[76], [86].
• Manufactures, no future for, [244].
• Marble, [188].
• Marloth, Dr., on the “Flora of South Africa,” [55], [58], [59].
• Martin, E. A., on “Dewponds,” [40].
• Mauch, Karl, [148].
• Mealies, [189].
• Meercats, [76].
• Melons, [189].
• Minerals, [184]-[189], [229];
• exports of [255].
• Mining royalties, [186].
• Mist-ponds, [40].
• Missionaries, [100].
• Moffat, Dr., [21], [22], [30], [101];
• converts Titus, [101], [102].
• Mountains, [20], [31], [66].
• Musgrave, Major, [116].

• Namib, the, [15]-[19], [29];
• rainfall, [44];
• flora, [54]-[57].
• Namaqua pheasant, the, [77].
• Namaquas, the, [116].
• Namaqualand, Great, [13], [21]-[23];
• climate of, [42];
• rainfall, [43];
• vegetation, [67], [68].
• Naras, the (Acanthosicyos horrida), [56];
• fruit and seeds of, [56], [57].
• Native races, [157]-[166].
• “New Accounts of the Cape of Good Hope,” [93].

• Officialism, rampant, [146], [147].
• Okahandja, [31], [178].
• Omataho, Mount, [20].
• Omaruru, springs at, [29], [31];
• temperature of, [39], [178].
• Orange River, [13]-[15];
• basin of, [22]-[26];
• course of, [23];
• fauna, [24];
• bar at mouth, [25];
• no economic value, [26];
• temperature of valley, [42];
• hippo in, [72];
• first crossed, [91], [94];
• irrigation possibilities of, [241].
• Oryx, the, [74].
• Ostrich, the, [76].
• Otavi, copper mines, [186], [229].
• Otavi Hills, [19].
• Otavi Railway, [180].
• Otjimbingue, [133].
• Ottweiler, Dr., [44].
• Ovambos, the, [161]-[163], [165].
• Ovamboland, [13], [19], [32], [65], [78], [108];
• never conquered, [145].
• Owls, [78].

• Palgrave, W. C., [114]-[116], [125].
• Palms, [65], [66].
• Partridges, [77].
• Paterson, William, explorer, [94], [95].
• Pedestal Point, [90].
• Penguins, [78], [79].
• “Peter Moor,” [135].
• Peters, Dr. Karl, [227], [228].
• Pettman’s “South African Place Names,” [95], [96].
• Physical features, [14]-[33].
• Pienaar, early explorer, [99].
• Plateau, the, [19]-[21];
• formation of, [21];
• climate, [41].
• Pomona, diamonds in, [206], [217];
• Diamond Co., [220].
• Population, see [Native Races], [White People];
• possible European, [237], [246], [247];
• distribution of, [254].
• Porcupines, [76].
• Possession Island, [217].
• Post Offices, [182].
• Potatoes, [189].
• Pratincoles, [79].
• Prussian civilising methods, [134], [138], [139].
• Puff-adder, the, [82], [83].
• Pump-line on coast, [212].
• Pythons, [85].

• Quagga, [72].
• Quail, [78].
• Railways, [179]-[181].
• Rainfall, [42]-[49];
• table of, [45].
• Red-lipped snake, [84].
• Reenen, Jacobus van, [95].
• Reenen, William van, [97].
• Rehoboth, temperature of, [39].
• Religious creeds, [169].
• Revenue, [184].
• Rhenish Missionary Society, [107], [113], [129].
• Rhinoceros, [71], [72].
• Rinderpest, [190].
• Rivers, [26]-[30].
• Roan antelope, [73].
• Robinson, Sir Hercules, [121].
• Rock-rabbit (dassie), the, [76].
• Rohrbach, Dr., [237];
• on stock-raising prospects, [234], [235], [237].

• Sable Antelope, the, [73].
• Salt, [30].
• Sand-snakes, [84].
• Sandstorms, [16].
• Scenery, [30]-[33].
• Schaapsteker, the, [84].
• Schlettwein, on civilising natives, [143], [144].
• Schmelen, missionary, [101],
• Schools, [182].
• Scientific research, [194].
• Scorpions, [86].
• Sealing, [193].
• Seals, [86].
• Seashore, vegetation of, [59], [60].
• Secretary birds, [78].
• Sheep, [189].
• Sinclair, Captain, [120].
• Snakes, [81]-[83].
• Snipe, [78].
• Snow, [42].
• South African Territories Co., [231].
• South-West African Co., [187].
• Somerset, Lord Charles, [102].
• Spoonbill, [78].
• Springbuck, [74].
• Stapff, Dr., [15].
• Starling, wattled, [79].
• Stauch, Herr, [200].
• Steenbuck, [74].
• Stel, Van der, [94], [95].
• Storks, [78].
• Sun, not dangerous, [46].
• Swakop Boy, [19].
• Swakop River, [26], [27].
• Swakopmund, temperature of, [39];
• population, [167];
• description, [176], [177];
• railways from, [179]-[180];
• wireless station at, [182].
• Swifts, [179].

• Telegraph service, [181], [182].
• Telegraph, wireless, [182].
• Telephone service, [181], [182].
• Temperature, see [Climate].
• Theal’s “History,” [89].
• Threlfall, murdered, [102], [103].
• Thunderstorms, [43].
• Ticks, [86].
• Tilby, A. Wyatt, in the Nineteenth Century, [245].
• Tin, [188].
• Titus Africaner, conversion of, [101], [102].
• Tobacco, [159].
• Tortoises, [86].
• Towns, [175].
• Traders, German, [141], [142].
• Treitschke, prophesies a German South Africa, [149].
• Trotha, von, General, issues infamous proclamation, [134]-[136].
• Tsama melon, [67].
• Tsumeb, copper at, [186].
• Tulbagh, Governor, [92].

• Union of South Africa, rebellion in, work of Germany, [148], [149].
• Upingtonia, rise and fall of, [129].
• Uyntjes, edible root, [67].

• Valleys, [20].
• Vermin, [86].
• Versfeld, Dr., [17], [207], [230].
• Vleís, [16], [29].
• Vogelsang, procures treaties, [119].
• Vultures, [78].