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GENERAL INDEX. 



Cape-Town, 24; varieties of the human 

 race encountered in its streets, ib. ; sen- 

 sation caused by the Author's appear- 

 ance in, 329. 



Caracal, the, 135; itsfurwami and hand- 

 some, ib. ; supposed medicinal virtues 

 of the skin, ib. 



Caravan, 178 ; caravan route, 182. 



Ohikor'onkombe, chief of an Ovambo 

 trading caravan, 1T5; his residence, 

 188 ; desertion of, 206. 



Christmas in the desert, 119. 



Cobra di capella, the, common in the 

 Cape Colony, 293 ; a remarkable escape 

 from one, ib. 



Cockatrice, the, Damara's account of, 292. 



Cold weather, 154, 185, 300. 



Comet, the Author observes a remarka- 

 ble, 354. 



Cornelius, chief of a powerful tribe of 

 Namaquas, 280. 



Cow, the Damara, 309. 



Cunene, a river of Africa, its discoveiy 

 and subsequent mysterious disappear- 

 ance, 204 ; the Ovambo often extend 

 their trading excursions to, 205; at- 

 tempt of Mr. Galton's party to visit it 

 frustrated, 206; the Ovambo' s account 

 of, 430. 



D. 



Dacre's pulpit, 333. 



Damara-land only partially inhabited, 

 217; the seasons there the reverse of 

 those in Europe, ib. ; reptiles numer- 

 ous in, 29o. 



Damaras, the, beautifully formed, 62; 

 not strong, ib. ; complexion, ib. ; sym- 

 metrical shape of the women, 64 ; cloth 

 ing, ib. ; ornaments, weapons, 65; di 

 vided into two large tribes, 66 ; carry 

 firebrands at night, 94 ; one struck 

 dead by lightning, 103 ; believe that all 

 men of a light complexion are their en- 

 emies, 111; entirely a pastoral people, 

 121 ; their notions respecting property 

 in land, ib. ; cruelly treated by the Na- 

 maquas, 127 ; the flesh of the leopard, 

 hyaena, and other beasts of prey eaten 

 by the poor, 135; a Damai'a's opinion 

 of his countrymen, 143 ; addicted to 

 telling falsehoods, 144; their method 

 of cooking and eating, 151 ; villages, 

 159 ; their immorality, 177 ; eight Da- 

 mara women surprised and put to death 

 by Bushmen, 208; general reflections 

 on, 214, 215; Avhence they came, 215; 

 their conquests, ib. ; attacked by the 

 Namaquas, 216; their own ideas re- 

 specting their origin, 218; their chief 

 deity, ib. ; their tribes, ib. ; have great 

 faith in witchcraft, 219 ; a fire always 

 kept burning before the hut of their 

 chief, 220; curious customs respectin 

 food among the, 221 ; the women mar- 

 ry at much the same age as those in 

 Europe, ib. ; customs on the occasion 

 of ft girl's betrothal, ih. ; polygamy 



practiced among, 222 ; domestic habits, 

 ib. ; customs respecting the naming of 

 children, ib. ; bury their dead, 223 ; 

 ceremonies on the death of one of the 

 tribe, ib. ; the law of succession among, 

 222, 225; ceremonies on the accession 

 of a new chief, 225 ; fever and ophthal- 

 mia their prevailing maladies, 226 ; 

 milk their staple «food, 227 ; fond of 

 music and dancing, ib. ; power of the 

 chief, ib. ; rudiments of science among, 

 228; value their cattle next to their 

 women, 309. 



Dance, a, at Nangoro's residence, 193. 



Daviep, arrival at, 52 ; much frequented 

 by lions, ib. 



Dogs, miserable plight of the Namaqua, 

 278. 



Duikers, the (cormorants and shags), 

 mode in which they obtain their food, 

 32. 



E. 



Eggs, the, of the ostrich, 60; of the 

 Guinea-fowl, 92, 136. 



Eikhams, the residence of Jonker Afri- 

 kaner, 130; twilight at, 230; abundant- 

 ly supplied with water, ib. ; hot spring 

 in the neighborhood of, ib. ; history of 

 the mission at, 231; terrific thunder- 

 storm at, 277. 



Elands, spirited chase after, 366. 



Elephants, tracks of, 143 ; breed near to 

 Omuvereoom, 158 ; combat between 

 rhinoceros and, 164 ; unsuccessful hunt 

 of, 170 ; Hans and Phillippus kill one. 

 175 ; the Author shoots a large bull- 

 elephant, 391 ; a midnight meeting with 

 a troop of, 394; adventure with a herd, 

 of female elephants at Kobis, 400; a 

 midnight spectacle of a magnificent 

 troop of, 405. 



Elephant Fountain, arrival at, 233 ; for- 

 merly a Wesleyan missionary station, 

 ib. ; chiefly inhabited by Hill-Dama- 

 ras, ib. ; nature of the country east- 

 ward of, ib. ; return to, 236 ; abundance 

 of game in its neighborhood, 237. 



Elephant Kloof, the Author shoots a 

 magnificent giraffe at, 357. 



Erongo, a mountain famous for its pe- 

 culiar formation, and as a stronghold 

 of the Hill-Damaras, 114; about three 

 thousand feet in height above the level 

 of the plain, 120. 



Etosha, a sterile plain, 156; at times in- 

 undated, ib. 



Eiqihorbia Candelabrum, use made of its 

 poison by the Ovaherero and the Hill- 

 Damaras, 91 ; fatal to the Avhite rhino- 

 ceros, but harmless to the black species, 

 ib. ; abundant at Okamabuti, 176. 



Eyebrecht, Mr., Jonker's right-hand man. 

 231. 



F. 



Fever, the Author attacked by, 390. 



Fig-tree, a gigantic one near Otjironjuba 

 fountain. 156. 



