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INDEX. 



Mpepe, 140, 144. 



Mtesa, chief of Waganda, 464, 469. 



Murchison, Sir Roderick, 169, 1S4, 235, 

 242, 255, 261, 338, 342, 348, 350, 353, 

 354, 358 ; attachment of Livingstone 

 to, 5 ; opinion of Livingstone's work, 

 201, 203, 205, 214, 236 ; urges Living- 

 stone to write a book, 208 ; views on 

 African geology, 318 ; urges Living- 

 stone to explore the Nile sources, 349, 

 375, 395 ; organises Search Expedi- 

 tion, 379 ; letters from, 185, 239, 288, 

 349 ; letters to, 192, 224, 268, 280, 

 304, 307, 310 ; death of, 437, 451. 



Murchison, Lady, 304, 338 ; death of, 

 406. 



Cataracts, 253, 260, 264, 287, 312, 



313, 315, 379, 465, 471. 



Murphy, Lieut., R.N., 405, 447, 448. 



Murray, John (Livingstone's fellow-tra- 

 veller), 99, 102, 158, 280. 



John (publisher), 208, 215, 339, 357, 



367. 



Musa, one of the Johanna men, 370, 378, 

 379, 406. 



Musa bin Salim, 388. 



Musurus Pasha, 343. 



Mutake, 374. 



Mvula-tree, 447, 461. 



Myonga-tree, 447. 



Naliele, 2S1. 



Nasonsa, 441. 



Nassick boys, 361, 366, 370, 372. 



Natal, 340. 



Ndonde, 361. 



Negroes, 158, 173, 354. 



New, Rev. Charles, 430, 431. 



Newstead Abbey, 346 et seq., 412. 



Newton, Dr., of Philadelphia, 255. 



" New York Herald," 67, 413, 417, 428, 

 435, 466. 



'Ngami, Lake, 40, 49, 62, 98, 100, 101, 

 105,106, 120, 126, 184,275, 289, 399, 

 467 ; discovery of, 101. 



Niger Expedition, 29, 275. 



Nightingale, Florence, letter from, 458. 



Nile River, exploration of sources under- 

 taken at request of Geographical So- 

 ciety, 337, 349, 395 ; hardships of the 

 search, 394 ; Livingstone's impression 

 that sources were higher than Nyanza, 

 376 ; Livingstone's theory of sources 

 in Bangweolo watershed, 387, 397, 

 401, 4l4 ; theory of inundation, 416 ; 

 sponge theory of soui'ces, 3S7 ; account 

 of sources given to Herodotus, 377 ; 



Ptolemy's description of source, 396 ; 

 Miss Tinn6's explorations of, 398 ; 

 natives sceptical of object of Living- 

 stone's exploration, 426; Livingstone's 

 doubts of his own theory, 408, 435 ; 

 theory finally disproved, 414, 467. 



Nindi, 395. 



Nunes, Jose, Colonel, 258. 



Nyangwe, 408, 426, 438. 



Nyanza, Victoria, 376, 398, 450, 464. 



Nyassa, Lake, 22, 247, 260, 303, 327; 

 discovery of, 258 ; Livingstone's plan 

 for a steamer on, 268, 315 ; different 

 routes to, 272, 280 ; travels in Nyassa 

 district, 283 et seq., 306 et seq. ; slave- 

 trade in district, 288 et seq. ; Living- 

 stone's schemes for exploration, 350 ; 

 reaches the lake, 373 ; Search Expe- 

 dition in Nyassa district, 399; nomen- 

 clature of the lake, 442 ; missionary 

 and commercial projects in Nyassa 

 district, 465 et seq. 



Oldfield, Captain, R.N., 279, 327, 349, 

 359. 



Ophthalmia, 51. 



Orange River, 39, 62. 



Orchids, 440. 



" Orestes," H.M.S., 325-327. 



Ornament, lip, 259. 



Ornithology. See Bee-eaters, Cranes, 

 Fish-eagle, Geese, Guinea-fowl, Hum- 

 ming-birds, Ostrich, Parrot, Sparrows, 

 Sun-birds, Turtle-doves, Wagtail, Why- 

 dahs. 



Orphanage, St. George's, Cape Town, 322. 



Ostrich, 51, 120, 277. 



Oswell, William C, 127, 255, 280 ; his 

 description of Kolobeng, 84 ; accom- 

 panies Livingstone to 'Ngami, Linyanti, 

 and Sesheke, 99 et seq.; meets Living- 

 stone at Geographical Society, 201 ; 

 Livingstone's opinion of, 355 ; Living- 

 stone bids farewell to, 357 ; at 

 Livingstone's funeral, 452. 



Mrs., 357. 



Otis, Mr., 470. 



Owen, Commodore, 275, 299. 



Owen, Professor, 32, 40, 51, 83, 203, 205, 

 210, 237, 242, 255, 394, 414 et seq. 



Ox, 154, 160, 161. 



Oxford, 225 et seq., 355. 



Oysters, 410. 



Palmerston, Lord, 230, 231, 245, 255, 



270, 338, 341, 351, 390. 

 Palms, 393, 394 ; palm-oil, 394, 414. 



