INDEX 



503 



Metle river, 17 



Michonya, stinginess of, 7 



Miller, Mr. Edwin, 257, 260, 262, 288, 

 299' 396, 398, 400, 401, 405, 406, 

 407, 408, 410, 423, 425, 426, 427, 



430. 43 1> 439. 441 

 Minyania, kraal of, 34 



Monteiro, Lorenzo, 302 



Montsua, the chief, 13 



Moore, Mr., 67 



Mosquitoes, 199, 212 J viciousness of, 



158 ; numbers of, 333 



Mvvemba's kraal, 301 



Neros, the, a Griqua family, 351 

 New El Dorado, the, 2 

 Nightjar, standard-winged, 387 

 Ningengnee, sister of Lobengula, 67 



Oates, Mr. Frank, 227 



Orange river, the, 3, 5 ; desert country 

 near, 8 



Oribi antelope, 322, 323, 386, 482 



Ostriches, 27, 280, 349, 406 



Owen, Mr. L. M., 300, 301, 306, 316, 

 317, 326, 327, 334, 335, 339, 341, 

 344, 346 J severe illness of, 333 



Oxen, price of, 9 ; powers of endur- 

 ance of, 412 J deaths from thirst, 

 420 



Palm wine, 195 



Pelatse, walk to, 28 



Phillips, Mr. G. A., 35, 39, 274 



Pitfalls, dangers from, 138 



Plantain-eater, 458 



Pniel, ride over to, 3 



Pookoo antelope, 135, 146, 150, 157, 

 179; description of, 180; localisa- 

 tion of, 180 



"Pookoo Flats," 158, 161, 172, 177 



Port Elizabeth, i, 2 



Portuguese, ill-treatment of natives by, 



307. 313 

 Potgieter, Anthony, 6 

 Potgieter, Petrus, 291 ; the family, 68 

 Python, 201 



Quabeet, dreadful death of, 355-358 



Rain, heavy storm of, 338 

 Ramokwebani river, 33, 238, 240 

 Reed, enchanted, the, 355 

 Reedbuck, 52, 71 



Rhebucks, grey and red, 2 



Rhinoceros, notes concerning the black 

 species, 68, 96, 98, 102, 103, 122, 

 161, 169, 176, 191, 198, 226, 345, 

 361, 379-380, 389, 450, 467, 483 ; 

 notes concerning the white species, 

 53, 71, 74, 102, 226, 386, 388 ; 

 rhinoceros wounded, 380 ; capture 

 of young rhinoceros, 390-391 



Rhinoceros biconiis, 103 



Rhinoceros keitloa, 191 



Roan antelope, 52, 71, 246-247, 251. 



255. 321. 324, 351 

 Ruthven, death of, 279 ; burial of, 280 



Sable antelope, 52, 72, 34S, 349, 351, 

 353. 379. 452-453; tirst sight of, 

 33 ; chase<i by wild dog, 384-385 



Sadlier, Mr. T. V., 10, 11, 14, 16, 18, 



37'. 41, 54, 63 



Salubanda, a small stream, 425 



Samoes, Antonio, 305 



Sangwe river, 40 



Sanyati river, 309 



Saunders, Mr., 399 



Schinderhutte, Mr. Stoffel, 226; tragic 

 end of, 227 



Scotch cart, purchase, 9 



Sebakvve river, 42, 45, 60, 349, 393 ; 

 Boer encampment at, 42-43 



Sebituane, old town of, 425 ; incanta- 

 tions over grave of, 428 ; perversity 

 of ghost of, 429 



Secheli, a Kafir chief, 13-15 



Sekeletu, prayers at grave of, 427 



Sell, Mr., 396, 400, 408, 410, 423, 

 441 



Sengvve nver, 344, 347 



Serule river, 30 



Se-whoi-whoi river, 41, 45, 61, 62, 



348, 349, 393 

 Shakuniias, the, 3 1 1 

 Shangani river, 40, 69, 71, 347 

 Shashi river, 32 

 Shelton, Mr. Henry, 399 

 Sipopo, king of the Barotse, 256 ; fear 



inspired by, 212 

 Sitanda, visit to, 332 ; curious mode 



of addressing, 331 ; inhumanity of, 



335> 337 

 Situngweesa, the Mashuna god, 354; 



powers of, 355 

 Situtunga antelope, 193, 196 ; found 

 dead, 424 



