Index 



Nachtigal, Dr., 290-1 



Naja (cobra snakes), 810 



Nana Kru, 270, 468 



Nandinia, 703, 705-6 



Napoleon III., 224, 232, 237 



National Anthem of Liberia, 394-6 



Natives of Liberia, their status, etc., 219, 

 884-7. -5^^ ^^^0 Liberians, Native 



" Nautilus " (U.S.A. brig), 128, 449 



Negative particles in Negro languages, the 

 different, 1097 



Negro, the, 220, 275, 342 ; early history 

 of, 892 et seq. ; mingling with the 

 Caucasian, 890, 892, 895-8 ; early 

 introduction of fire, 892-4 ; in the 

 Stone Age, 888-900 ; domestic ani- 

 mals of, 720, 894, 900, 902 et seq., 920 ; 

 long-legged and short-legged types of, 

 931 et seq. ; development of head- 

 and body-hair, 942 ; degrees of 

 nudity, 954-6, 1016-7 ; elementary 

 clothing, 10 16-7 ; sexual initiation 

 ceremonies, 1036-7 ; religious ideas, 

 " fetish," ancestor worship, 1061-3 ; 

 folklore and beast stories, 1083 et 

 seq. ; languages, iioo, 1106 



Negroes in the United States, 126, 157, 



275. 341-2 

 Neotragus (Royal antelope), 727, 742-3, 



I 084- 5 

 Nephila (spiders), 844 

 Nephthytis, 558, 565 

 New Cess, 148, 164-6, 169-70. See also 



Cess 

 New York, U.S.A., 157, 179, 346 

 Newman, Percy H., 512 

 Newport, R. (Liberian), 137 

 Nidi, Nedi, or Niete Mountains and Forest, 



420, 462, 468, 480, 540, 938, 1000 

 Niger languages, 1003-4 

 Niger River, Niger B\sin, 24, 26, 308, 



486, 906, 917, 1017-9 

 Nigir River (also written Gir : see Draa 



River), 24, 26 

 Nile, River, basin of, 824, 828 

 Nilotic Negroes, languages, 932, 1097, 1102 

 NfMBA Mountains, 6, 239, 306, 440, 



477-8, 482 

 Nipwe or Tige River (also name of River 



Cestos, Errata and 462), 308, 440, 478 



" Nivaria " (Tenerife Island), 26 

 Nordenskiold, Ulrik (Swedish writer), 102 

 Normans (French), 29 et seq., 36, 41, 57-9, 



98, 472 

 Norris, E., Librarian to Foreign Office,. 



1 107 

 North Africa, ^^, 46, 80, 697-8 

 Norway, 399 



Nova Scotia and the slaves, 112, 122 

 Nuba (Nubian) languages, 1102 

 Nudity amongst African races, 27, 41, 63,. 



91, 172, 954, 956, 1016-7 

 Numerals 2, 3, 4 in African languages, 1 106 

 Nuon River (? Western Cavalla), 478, 480 

 Nutmegs, African (Monodora), 528, 576 

 Nuts, edible, 587, 992 

 Nyctcris (bats), 691-2 



Octodont rodents, 697-8 



Octoroons in Liberia, 180, 185, 190 



Ocypoda, 843 



Oil of the oil palm, 176, 492, 988, 996 



Oil seeds, 542, 638, 645 



Okroes (Hibiscus), 528, 581, 990 



Oleanders, 475 



Olivine, 515 



Ollone, D', Captain, 306, 476, 478, 482, 



496, 502, 707, 734, 887, 952, 954, 



1064, 1 1 15 

 Onions, 901, 992 

 Oost Afrikaansche Compagnie, 102, 290, 



427 



Ophiocephalus, 826 



Orange tree, 52, 423, 452, 568, 584, 992 



Orchids, 468, 543, 544 et seq., 654 



Ordeals : by poisonous bark decoction, 

 188, 1065-7, 1069-70 ; by eye- 

 torture, 1068 ; by the spleen, 1066 



Ormord, senior and junior, the mulatto 

 slave traders, 117, 120 et seq., 163 et 

 seq., 170 



Oro, Rio de, 20, 2>7' i^S 



Orthography, Americo-Liberian, 253, 

 1 1 15 ; author's, 1 137 



Ortholophns (hornbill), 780, 798 



Orycteropus, 747-8 



Osteolcemus, 819 



Otters, 708 



Ovis, 914, 916, 918; jubata, 914 



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