Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume I (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy.

CHAPTER VI.

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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