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A HUNTER'S WANDERINGS 



Kobetsi's town reached, 7 ; country 



about, 7 

 Kok, Adam, the Griqua chief, 3 

 Konze antelope, the first shot, 321 ; 



description of, etc., 321, 322, 323, 



324, 330 

 Koodoo antelope, 140, 141, 161, 218, 



245' 349' 489 



Kopong, arrive at, 15 



Koranna chief, 6 



Kuruman, 1 1 j view of downs of, 7 j 

 change of country on leaving, 1 3 ; 

 Kuruman and Secheli's, journey be- 

 tween, 13 



Laing, Mr. Arthur, 3, 9 



Lake Ngami, 17, 18 



Lange Berg Kafirs, 7 



Lanyon, Sir Owen, 447 



Leask, Mr. T., 65 



Lechwe antelope, 166-168, 176, 181- 

 184, 192, 196, 200, 218, 333 



Lee, Mr. John, 34, 68 



Lemouni pan, 17 



Leopard wounded, 354 



Limpopo river, i8 



Linquasi, valley of, 68, 71, 97, 122 



Linyanti, site of, 425 



Lions, encounters with, etc., 41-44, 

 52, 102, 190, 228 ; first sight of, 

 31 ; voices of, 95, 154; the first 

 shot, 228, 248-251, 252-255, 259- 

 264, 280-286, 354, 393-394, 400, 

 414-418, 426, 489-490 ; horse killed 

 by, 260 ; where met with, etc., 265 ; 

 species, discussion on, 266 j differ- 

 ences, etc., of, 267 ; size, habits, 

 etc., of, 269-276 ; attack on camp 

 by, 278-279 J flesh of, 286 j ten- 

 acity of life, 287 ; best weapon for, 

 287 ; large troop of, 311 ; donkeys 

 killed by, 348 j measurement of 

 skins of, 419 ; man eaten by, 427 ; 

 grand roaring of, 444 ; nightly visits 

 of, 476 



Livingstone, Charles, 307 



Livingstone, Dr., 145, 307 ; statement 



by, 44 

 Lobengula, king of the Amandebele, 



33' 34. 35. 45' 63, 67, 347, 354; 



appearance of, 35; battle between 



Lobengula and Kuruman, 39 ; tribute 



of tobacco to, 345 

 Lo Magondi, a Mashuna chief, 374, 



454 ; visit to, 455 ; costume of, 



457 J character of, 469 

 London Missionary Society, station of, 



38, 40,63, 65, 346 

 Longwe river, 40 

 Lory, or plantain-eater, 458 

 Lukanga river, 333 



Mababe Flat, the, 410 



Machabel tree, 381 



Mackenzie, the Rev. Mr., missionary 



at Bamangwato, 16 

 Macloutsi river, 32 

 Macuna tree, beauty of, 57 

 Mafungabuzi, neighbourhood of, 57 

 Mahalapsi river, 17 

 Mahobo-hobo tree, the, 360 

 Maiyune river, 322 

 Makalaka Kafirs, the, 71, 143; dress 



of, 34 ; kraals of, 289 

 Makobe's tribe, extermination of, 33 

 Makuba Kafirs, low state of, 428 

 Mamba (a large snake), 241 

 Mamele (a headman), 425 

 Manchuran, a Kafir chief, 4 

 Mandy, Mr. Frank, 14, 17, 18, 29, 



31, 36, 46, 60, 62, 63 

 Mangwe river, 34, 68 

 Manica country, beauty of, 320 ; 



natives of, 329 ; small size of cattle 



of, 332 

 Marabout storks, 467 

 Marico, the district of, 38, 40 

 Martini-Henry carbine, 10 

 Masaras, 18, 24, 142 

 Mashuna country, 67 j Mashuna towns, 



41, 44 5 character of Mashunas, 44 ; 



musical instrument of, 44 ; domestic 



animals, small size of, 45 ; their 



mode of killing elephants, 59 ; nets 



for game, 375 

 Matabele Kafirs, the, 69, 70, 98 ; fear 



inspired by, 94 ; grand dance of, 65, 



66 ; raids of, 44 5 history of, 38 ; 



courage of, 2725 killed by lions, 2745 



huts of, 36 ; girls, appearance of, 34 ; 



girls, dress of, 34 ; country of, 34, 



38, 61 5 waggon road to, 17 

 Mendonga, Joaquim de, 31 1-3 19 ; 324, 



335, 341 ; candour of, 316 

 Mendose, a Kafir, death of, 107 j burial 



of, 107 

 Metford Express rifle, excellence of, 



461 



