INDEX 



Acacia giraffa, 157 

 Accident with powder, i 3 

 Algoa Bay, i, 235 

 Amachankas (a Kafir tribe), 98 

 Andersson, Mr. C. J., 158 



Baboons, 162 



Bakalahari (a native tribe), 13 



Bailie, Mrs. Alexander, 446 



Baines, Mr., 137 



Baldwin, Mr. W. C, i 



Bamangwato, 15; arrive at, 16; 

 governed by Matchin, 16 ; Khama, 

 present chief of, 16; leave, 175 

 range of hills of, 25 



Banyai kraal, 320 



Baobab tree, first sight of, ^2 



Barber, Mr. Henry, 290 



Barber, Mrs. Frederick, kindness of, 

 446 



Batlapin village, 4 



Batongas (a Kafir tribe), 301 



Batongas and Shakimdas, conflict be- 

 tween, 302 ; further disputes be- 

 tween, 303-305 ; scanty clothing 

 of, 305 ; unmusical instrument of, 

 305 5 raids on, by Portuguese sub- 

 jects, 307 ; girls, daring escape of, 

 314; recapture of, 314; barbarous 

 treatment of, 314 



Beaconsfield Cataracts, 464, 469 



Bechuana tribe, 33, 34 ; huts of, 36 



Bechuanas, industry of, 7 ; karosses 

 made by, 7 ; want of reciprocity of, 

 7 ; European dress of, 13 ; town at 

 Pelatse, i8 



Bell, Mr. C, 256, 262 



Bembces river, 39, 44, 349 



Biles, Mr. H., 65 



" Biir' caught by crocodile, 62; sad 

 end of, 389 



Black vulture, 467 



Blue wildebeest, 8, 198, 406 



Boers, 40 j Boer hunters, etc., 42, 46, 

 60 j emigrant Boers, relics of, 398 



Boomplaats, fight at, 37 



Botletlie river, 399 



"Bottle," pure cussedness of, 259; 

 killed by lions, 260 



Boy brought for sale, 328 



"Boy," arrival of, with French's rifle, 

 436 ; story of, 436-438 



Brown, Mr. Alexander, 257, 274 



Buffaloes, 52, 69, 71, 74, 76, 96, 147- 

 150, i53> 157, 161, 169, 184, 193, 

 202, 218, 224-226 ; habits of, etc., 

 290, 297 J narrow escape from, 292- 

 294 ; encounters with, 295-297 ; 

 size of horns of, 298 ; killed by 

 lions, 271 ; immense herd of, 427 ; 

 further account of, 424, 464-466J 

 472 



Bug, venomous species of, 326 



Bukwela, kraal of, 68 



Burnt skin, remedy for, 14 



Bushbnck, striped variety of, etc., 71, 

 298, 488 



Bushmen, 28 j miserable huts of, 27 ; 

 following spoor, 29 ; traits, habits 

 of, etc., 1 3 1 J lair of, 6 ; language 

 of, 6 ; appearance of, 6 ; town of, 

 S ; families of, 17 ; starving, 403 ; 

 foul feeding of, 484 



Bush-pig, 71 



Bustard (great crested), 401, 416 



Calolo rivulet, 329 

 Cambari's town, 319 



499 



