GENERAL INDEX. 



A. 



Aamhcup, the, a periodical river, 303 ; 

 splendid mirage, at, ib. 



Abeghan, a watering-place, 3SS ; the Au- 

 thor shoots a large bull-elephant there, 

 891. 



Afrika, Jonathan, 349 ; his adventure 

 with a lion, 350. 



Allen, John, 71 ; enters Mr. Galton's serv- 

 ice, ib. ; his adventure on the banks of 

 the Swakop, 264; falls sick of a fever, 

 301 ; emigrates with Hans to Australia, 

 834. 



Amral, a Namaqua chieftain, 319. 



Amulets, great faith of the South African 

 natives in, 1T9, 319. 



Ana, the, a species of acacia, 42, 5S; its 

 fruit nutritious food for cattle, ib. 



Animals, domestic, of the Ovambo, 201 ; 

 of the Damaras, 228 ; of the Namaquas, 

 324; of the Bechuanas, 454; of the 

 Bayeye, 480. 



Antelopes, Author stalking, in company 

 with lions, 210. 



Archery, the Ovambo inferior to the Da- 

 maras in, 184. 



Articles of barter of the Ovambo, 175. 



B. 



Baboon Fountain, 172. 



Bahurutsi, the natives at Kuruman send 

 embassadors to a rain-maker residing 

 among the, 442. 



Bain, Mr., the distinguished South Afri- 

 can geologist, 333. 



Bam, Mr., slight results of his missiona- 

 ry efforts among the Namaquas, 42 ; his 

 wonderful escape from a rhinoceros, 

 49, 50. 



Baobob-tree, the, 415, 426. 



Barmen, its aspect and situation, 106 ; ill 

 suited for an encampment, 125 ; return 

 to, 214 ; second departure from, 241. 



Basutos, the famous king of the, 438. 



Batoana, the, a Bechuana tribe, 413 ; 

 their appearance and manners, ib. ; 

 their government, 4.37 ; their Pichos, 

 ib. 



Bayeye, the, expert fishermen, 455. 



Beads, in request with the South African 

 tribes, 202; kinds most esteemed, ib., 

 323, 455. 



Bean, a species of white, used as an anti- 

 dote for snake-bites, 296; the Author 

 falls sick from eating a bean-looking 

 fruit, 354. 



Bears, affecting story of two, 20. 



Bechuanas, the, their language, 439 ; first 

 acquaintance of Europeans with, ib. ; 

 their want of religious ideas, 440; wiz- 

 ards numerous among, 441 ; hold a 

 council at Kuruman as to the best 

 means of removing a severe drought, 

 442; practice circumcision, 448 ; festi- 

 vals attending the age of puberty, ib. ; 

 funeral ceremonies, ib. ; vindictiveness, 

 450 ; theft a pi'evailing vice among, ib. ; 

 attire, 452 ; great snuff-takers, 453. 



Beer, 193, 480. 



Bees, wild, frequently make their nests 

 in the giant dwellings of the termites, 

 137 ; their disposition unusually quiet 

 and forbearing, ib. 



Berry, delicious, 145. 



Bethany, a Rhenish missionary station, 

 304. 



Bill, a Damara lad in the Author's serv- 

 ice, loses himself ih the bush, 211. 



Blacksmiths, 203. 



Boers, the, on the Trans-vaal River, 27; 

 Sir Harry Smith's opinion of, 28; an 

 uncivil one, 328. 



Bonfield, George, 336; spoils the Au- 

 thor's watch, 390. 



Boom-slang, the (or tree-snake), 294. 



Borele, a species of rhinoceros, 371, 372. 



Buffaloes, following the tracks of, 462 ; 

 proof against bullets, 464. 



Biqjhaga A/ricana, the sentinel bird, 212. 



Bushmen, a few met with near Omuve- 

 reoom, 15S; Lake Omanbonde, called 

 Saresab in their language, ib. ; a few 

 met with near Baboon Fountain, 172; 

 and at Otjikoto, 182 ; legend of a Bush- 

 woman changing herself into a lion, 

 320; some met with returning from 

 Lake Xgami, 392; their manner of 

 hunting the koodoo, 467. 



Bush-ticks, deadly effects of the bite of, 

 36. 



Bustard, the large, very abundant at 

 Schmelen's Hope, 135 ; the flesh good 

 eating, 136. 



Buxton Fountain, origin of its name, 105. 



C. 



Caffre-com, the, 183, 482. 



Camelopards, a troop of them seen near 

 Omanbonde, 166; one shot, ib. 



Canoe, description of a Bayeye, 456. 



Cape Cross, a vessel supposed to be wreck- 

 ed at, 129, 139. 



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