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GENERAL INDEX. 



Ice, 209, 300. 



Implements of husbandry, 58, 104, 202. 



Ivory, 202, 



Jackal, a mischievous, 364, 



Jonker Afrikaner, IDS, 112 ; a letter from, 

 125 ; his quarrel with Kahichene, 127 ; 

 an instance of his cruelty, 129 ; Mr. 

 Galton sets out to visit, 130 ; relations 

 between him and William Zwartbooi, 

 138 ; sends an express to Zwartbooi for 

 his horses, ib. ; promises to live in 

 peace and amity with the Damaras, ib. ; 

 his first victories over the Damaras, 

 216 ; whence he came, ib. ; gifts pre- 

 sented by Mr. Galton to, 231 ; the Au- 

 thor takes his portrait, ib. ; loses the 

 greater part of his cattle, 240 ; his werft 

 in the neighborhood of Eikhams, 278 ; 

 engaged in a cattle-lifting foray, 287 ; 

 the Author upbraids him for his depre- 

 dations, 289 ; his defense, ib. 



Justice, summary, 149. 



K. 



Kachamaha, a powerful Damara chief, 

 287 ; the Author's visit to, ib. 



Kahichene, a Damara chieftain, 122 ; im- 

 mense number of oxen and sheep pos- 

 sessed by, ib. ; his quarrel with Jonker 

 Afrikaner, 127 ; meets the Author's 

 party at Kotjiamkombe, 147; his ap- 

 pearance and manners, ib. ; at variance 

 with a tribe of Damaras under the rule 

 of Omugunde, 149 ; his summary treat- 

 ment of thieves, ib. ; his kraal, ib. ; his 

 death, 152. 



Kaiaob, the Namaqua witch-doctor, 318. 



Kamapyu, a half-caste native lad, 344. 



Kameel-doorn, the, 104 ; hardness of its 

 wood, ib. ; the social grosbeak con- 

 structs its nest in the branches of, ib. ; 

 groups of, 163. 



Klaas Zaal, engaged as a wagon-driver, 

 354. 



Kleinschmidt, Mr., 139, 286. 



Kobis, good shooting at, 398 ; adventure 

 with a black rhinoceros there, 399 ; 

 with a white one, 400 ; and with a herd 

 of female elephants, ib. ; departure 

 from, 412. 



Kolbe, Mr., 109, 127, 138. 



Komaggas, a Rhenish missionary station, 

 325. 



Konyati, the, a mountain, 143. 



Koodoo, the, a young one caught and 

 reared, 130 ; its tragic end, 131 ; de- 

 scription of, 465; the Bushmen's man- 

 ner of hunting, 467. 



Kotjiamkombe, a splendid vley, 146. 



Kuisip, the, a periodical stream, 41 ; swol- 

 len by heavy rains, 264. 



L. 



Lambert, eldest son of Amral, a Namaqua 



chief, 355. 

 Larsen (inde Hans). 



Larvse, locust, sudden appearance of at 

 Schmelen's Hope, 140; conjecture re- 

 specting, ib. ; devoured by storks, ib. 



Leche, the, a species of antelope, 431 ; the 

 Author shoots one, 458. 



Lecholeteb^, chief of the Batoanas, the 

 Author sends presents to, 393 ; Timbo's 

 interview with, 402 ; the Author visits, 

 418 ; his manner of receiving presents, 

 420 ; his greediness, 421 ; his prompt 

 mode of punishing his subjects, 422, 



Leopard, the, erroneously called tiger by 

 the Dutch, 133 ; one seizes and wounds 

 a favorite dog, 134 ; pursued and slain, 

 134. 



Libebe, the capital of the Bavicko, situ- 

 ated considerably to the north of Lake 

 Ngami, 422; the Author determines to 

 visit, 423 ; the centre of a great inland 

 trade, 484 ; visited by the Mambari, ib. 



Lightning, a man killed by, 108. 



Lion, the, a daring and destructive one 

 slain by Messrs. Galton and Bam, 41 

 a horse and mule killed by lions, 53 

 panic caused by a trooij of lions, &6, 67 

 two met with on the banks of the Swa- 

 kop, 93 ; narrow escape from, ib. ; mid- 

 night interview with a, 97 ; one de- 

 prived of his prey, 98; one mistaken 

 for a zebra, 112 ; one kills a goat, 114 ; 

 pursued and slain, 118 ; the travelers 

 serenaded by a whole troop of, 123 ; 

 Mr. Galton confronted by one, 164 ; 

 stalking antelopes in company with, 

 210 ; very numerous and daring in the 

 neighborhood of Zwart Nosop, 238 ; ad- 

 venture with one at night, ib. ; story of 

 the seizure of lion cubs, 543 ; troops of 

 them in the neighborhood of Tineas 

 and Onanis, 267 ; a lion devours a lion- 

 ess, 302 ; a fair shot at one, 342 ; Old 

 Piet's adventures with, 343; one finds 

 his way into the church at Eichterfeldt, 

 344 ; instances of their boldness, 350 ; 

 unexpected meeting with five, 396; se- 

 rious night adventure with one, 508. 



Locust, the, larvse of, 281 ; immense 

 masses of, ib. ; their arrival a cause of 

 rejoicing to the Bushmen, 283 ; how 

 prepared as food, 284. 



Locust-bird, the {Spring -haan vogel), 284. 



Louis, a Mozambique liberated slave, 337, 



M. 



Mackintosh punt, 160. 



Malays, the, religion and mode of life of, 

 24, 25. 



Mambari, the, an African tribe, 484. 



Matsanyana, the, an African tribe resid- 

 ing north of the Bayeye, 484. 



Mimosa, the black-stemmed, found in the 

 periodical water-coxirses, 90. 



Mirage, a remarkable, 33, 303. 



Missionaries, their exertions unavailing 

 in Namaqua-land, 42 ; the natives very 

 reserved on their first appearance in 

 Damara - land, 109 ; prospect of their 

 success at Schmelen's Hope disappoint- 



