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GENERAL INDEX. 



Termites, the, Schmelen's Hope swamis 

 with, 136 ; theii- method of constructing 

 their nests, ib. ; encampment in the 

 middle of a nest of, 145; instances of 

 the fearful ravages they are capable of 

 committing in an incredibly-short space 

 of time, 155. 



Textor erytliorhynchus, a parasitical in- 

 sect-feeding bird, 213. 



Thirst, suffering from, 52 ; water not 

 quenching thirst, ib. 



Thorn coppices, 182. 



Thunder-storm, a, in the tropics, 107, 141, 

 352. 



Tiger-wolf (or spotted hyaena), 369. 



Timbo, a native of Mazapa, 81 ; carried 

 into captivity by Catfres, ib. ; sold as a 

 slave to the Portuguese, 82; liberated 

 by an English cruiser, ib. ; his faithless 

 spouse, ib. ; his good qualities, ib. ; his 

 love of (native) country, 83 ; friendship 

 between him and George Bonfield, 336 ; 

 turns sulky, 352 ; the Author sends him 

 to Lake Xgami, 393; his return, 402. 



Tineas, the mountain, 52 ; great strong- 

 hold and breeding-place of lions, ib. 



Tineas, the Pdver, S4. « 



Tjobis, a river and tributary to the Swa- 

 kop, 59. 



Tjobis Fountain, arrive at, 60, 93; de- 

 part from, 61, 93. 



Tjopopa, a great chief of the Damaras, 

 16S ; reach his werft, 169 ; his charac- 

 ter, ib.; death of his mother, 176; his 

 idleness and fondness for tobacco, ib. ; 

 sensuality, 177 ; leaves Okamabuti, 

 207. 



Tobacco, great size of leaves of, 110 ; the 

 Ovambo cultivate it, 189 ; buy sheep 

 for, 208. 



Topnaars, a branch of the Hottentot 

 tribe, 314, 



Toucans, 59. 



Trans-vaal River, the, rumors respecting 

 the churlish conduct of the Boers on, 

 2L 



Traveling ly day injurious, 58, 61 ; by 

 night preferable, but dangerous, 84; 

 difficulties of African, 160. 



Trees, bearing an apple-looking fruit, 

 176, 189; enormous sized, ib. 



Tsetse fly, the, where chiefly found, 468 ; 

 description of, 469 ; poisonous nature 

 of its bite, ib. ; result of Captain Yar- 

 don's experiment on, 470; Mr. Oswell's 

 examination of oxen bitten by, 471 ; 

 wild animals unatfected by the poison 

 of, ib. 



Tunobis, 233 ; days profitably and pleas- 

 antly passed there, 235; immensequan- 

 tity of game in the neighborhood of, ib.; 

 the Atithor's misadventure at, 360. 



Twass, the head-quarters of the Namaqua 

 chief Lambert, 355. 



U. 



Usab, the, a striking gorge, we arrive at, 



S3. 



V. 



"Venus," a small half-breed dog, her 

 combat with a rhinoceros, 391 ; great 

 sagacity of, ib. 



Voet-gangei's (^vide larva?). 



Vollmer, Mr., 139, 286. 



W. 



Waggoner, John, his sulkiness and reluc- 

 tance to work, 79 ; dismissed at Bar- 

 men, 125; his subsequent dishonest ca- 

 reer, 139. 



AVagons, the, fifteen hundred weight a 

 good load for, 78 ; accident to, 170. 



Wait-a-bit thorn, the, 156; great strength 

 of its prickles, ib. ; excessively trouble- 

 some, 367, 413, 415. 



Walfisch Bay, the Author's party advised 

 to select this place as a starting-point 

 for their journey into the interior, 28; 

 arrival at the entrance of, 29; appear- 

 ance of the coa.~t as f^^een from, ib,; de- 

 scription of, 30; trading establishments 

 there, ib. ; frequented by immense 

 numbers of water-fowl, 31 : outrageous 

 conduct of the crews of whaling and 

 guano ships visiting, 243; extroardi- 

 nary number of dead fish in, 245 ; the 

 Author's second visit to, 339. 



Water, difticulty of obtaining, 306, 387. 



Water-courses, the periodical, afford the 

 only really practicable roads, 124. 



Wenzel, Abraham, 79; his thievish hab- 

 its, ib. ; dismissed at Schmelen's Hope, 

 140. 



Whirhvinds, 21T. 



Williams, John, results of his careless- 

 ness, 80. 



Willow-tree, the, in the neighborhood of 

 Omuvereoom, 155. 



Witch-doctor, the Namaqua, 318. 



Witchcraft, Damaras have great faith in, 

 219; the Bechuanas have great faith 

 in, 442. 



"Wolf," 114. 



Wolves, or hyaenas, 131. 



Women, Ovambo, 194 ; Damara, 221 ; 

 Bayeye, 480. 



Z. 



Zebra, melancholy wail of the, 98 ; the 

 Author shoots one, 102 ; its flesh not 

 very palatable, ib. ; a lion mistaken for 

 one, 112 ; the Author shoots one, 142. 



Zouga, a river which flows out of Lake 

 Ngami, 403 ; runs in an easterly direc- 

 tion from Lake Ngami for a distance 

 of about three hundred miles, 428; veg- 

 etation along its course varied and lux- 

 uriant, ib. 



Zwartbooi, William, a Namaqua chief- 

 tain, 137; relations between Jonker 

 Afrikaner, and, ib. ; his territory, 138 ; 

 assists us with sei"vants, 140. 



Zwart Nosop, many pitfalls for game con- 

 structed in the neighborhood of, 238. 



Zwart-slang, the, or black snake, 294, 295. 



