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GENERAL INDEX. 



Ondara, the, a species of serpent, 291 ; 

 story of one, ib. 



Ondonga, the country of the Ovambo, 

 186 ; arrival in, ib. ; water and pastur- 

 age scarce, 18!) ; departure fi'om, 206. 



Onesimus, Zwartliooi's henchman, joins 

 the Author's party, 140; is flogged, 

 363. 



Ongeama, native name for lion, 114 ; 

 cries of, 178. 



Onguirira, a species of animal resem- 

 bling, but totally distinct from, the 

 lion, 153. 



Ophthalmia, the Author attacked by, 281. 



Orange River, the, description of, 310. 



Oranges, a feast of, 331. 



Orukurab'ombura, " ]*ain - beggars," the 

 name given by the Damaras to col- 

 umns of sand driven along by the wind, 

 21T. 



Oryx, the death of one, 123 ; the Dama- 

 ras feast on it, 124 ; description of, 273. 



Ostrich, the, omelet of the eggs, 60; the 

 egg equal to tAventy-four of the com- 

 mon fowl, ib. ; numerous on the Naa- 

 rip plain, 247 ; chase and capture of 

 part of a brood of young ones, 24S ; in- 

 teresting manoeuvre of a parent ostrich, 

 ib. ; districts in which found, 250 ; 

 types in other parts of the world, ib. ; 

 general appearance, ib. ; its cry great- 

 ly resembles that of the lion, 251 ; its 

 marvelous speed, ib. ; food, ib. ; power 

 of enduring thirst, 253 ; season for 

 breeding, ib. ; period of incubation, 

 253 ; a peculiarity in regard to the eggs 

 of the ostrich, 254 ; nature of the cov- 

 ering of the young .birds, ib. ; the flesh 

 of the young ostrich palatable, ib. ; in 

 estimation with the ancient Romans as 

 an article of food, 25^ ; uses to which 

 the egg-shells are applied, 256 ; ostrich 

 feathers, ib. ; the ostrich in a wild 

 state, 258 ; its powers of digestion, 259 ; 

 resemblance to quadrupeds, ib. ; modes 

 in which it is captured, 262. 



Oswell, Mr., his chase of a rhinoceros, 

 382. 



Otjihako-tja-Muteya, 186; sufferings from 

 cold on, '207. 



Otiikango, the, name of a series of wells, 

 172, 179. 



Otjikoto fountain, 180 ; a wonderful freak 

 of nature, ISl ; its I'emarkable cavern, 

 ib. ; visited by a great number of doves, 

 182 ; Bushmen reside near to it, ib. 



Otjironjuba Fountain, 156 ; departure 

 from, 158. 



Otjombind^, 233. 



Otjruru, an apparition, 219. 



Otters, not imcommon in Lake Ngami, 

 434. 



Ovaherero, the, their mode of using to- 

 bacco, 90; tip their arrows with the 

 poison of euphorbia candelabrum, 91. 



Ovambo, the, a people of Africa, 165; 



• first interview with, 172 ; their food, 

 173; arms, 174; effect of fireworks on. 



192 ; musical instruments in use among, 

 193 ; their personal appearance, 194 ; 

 their strict honesty, 196 ; no pauperism 

 in their country, ib. ; their national 

 pride, ib. ; hospitality, 197 ; staple food, 

 ib. ; morality among, 198; state of re- 

 ligion among, ib. ; their dwellings, 201 ; 

 domestic animals, ib. ; farm imple- 

 ments, 202 ; their chief articles of ex- 

 port, ib. ; have some slight knowledge 

 of metallurgy, 203. 



Ovapangari, the, an African tribe, 205, 

 485. 



Oxen, invaluable in South Africa, 44; 

 method of breaking in, 45; one charges 

 Mr. Galton, 47 ; manner of guiding a 

 saddle-ox, 71 ; can be made to travel at 

 a pretty qiiick pace, ib. ; training for 

 the yoke, 77 ; vicious one ridden by 

 Mr. Schoneberg, 102 ; become wild and 

 unmanageable from their over -long 

 rest, 123; several stolen from Mr. Gal- 

 ton's party, 148; extraordinary confu- 

 sion among, and the cause of it, 212 ; 

 curious custom when an ox dies at a 

 cliiefs werft in Damara-land, 220; 

 their instinctive power of catching the 

 scent of humid winds and green herb- 

 age at a great distance, 240; instance 

 of affection between two, 268; Author's 

 adventure with a runaway, 270 ; the 

 Author has an ugly fall from one, 288 ; 

 superstition that they I'efrain from eat- 

 ing on Christmas-eve, 307 ; the Damara 

 breed of, ib. ; the Bechuana breed of, 

 SOS ; the Namaqua breed of, 324. 



Palm-trees, a large number seen, 166 ; 

 description of a peculiar kind of fan- 

 palm, ib. ; fruit of the, ib., 188. 



Parrots, crested, 57, 59. 



Pelicans, 77; curious mode of flight, ib. 



Phenomenon, 143. 



Phillippus, a Damara, joins the Author's 

 party as a wagon-driver, 140. 



Pichos, the (or Parliaments), of the Bato- 

 anas, 437. 



Pitfalls for the capture of game, 362. 



Polygamy, 198, 222, 321, 448, 479. 



Population of the Ovambo country esti- 

 mated, 189. 



Portuguese, 183. 



Puff-adder, the, 294 ; its manner of seiz- 

 ing its prey, ib. 



R. 



Rain-maker, the Bahurutsi, 442 ; murder- 

 ed among the Bauangketsi nation, 447. 



Rains, the, begin as early as September 

 and October, 125. 



Rath, Mr., 61, 109, 121; his description 

 of the track of a nondescript animal, 

 133. 



Rehoboth, a Rhenish missionary station, 

 139, 281 ; description of, 286 ; the rocks 

 in its neighborhood strongly impreg- 

 nated with copper, 349. 



