INDEX. 



711 



navigation of the Zambesi, 670, 

 671 note. 



Water, Bakalahari mode of draw- 

 ing, jealous storing of, 51, 52 ; 

 difficulty of obtaining in the 

 desert, 55 ; list of animals able to 

 subsist without, 56 ; animals 

 found only in the neighbourhood 

 of, 56 ; indications of, in old 

 watercourses and fountains, 111; 

 indispensable to serpents, 143 ; 

 evidence of its importance in Af- 

 rican eyes, 151 ; salt and bitter, of 

 South Africa, 160; insect distil- 

 ling, 416; experiments showing 

 the moisture to be drawn from 

 the atmosphere, 417 ; palisades 

 for secure drawing of, in Angola, 

 403. 



Water-plants of the Shire, 663. 



Waterboer, a Griqua chief, history 

 of his administration, 105, 106. 



Watershed, the, of South African 

 rivers, 329 ; of the Zambesi and 

 Nile, 476 ; of eastern sand rivers, 

 610, 611. 



Wax, exported from the west coast 

 of Africa, source of the, 285; a 

 staple of trade, 344 ; its value, as 

 a staple of commerce, unknown 

 in East Africa, 614, 615. 



Webb, Captain, supplies brought 

 by, to the Bakwains, 125. 



Weir, Balonda, of mats and reeds, 

 312. 



Wells, description of, in the desert, 

 54 ; care requisite in digging, 55 ; 

 artesian, probable success of, in 

 Africa, 97 ; proposed as substi- 

 tutes for the Boers' deep cuttings, 

 112; roofed, by the Balonda, 286. 



Welweitsch, Dr., remarks of, on 

 grasses, 415. 



Westwood, Mr., letter from, de- 

 scribing edible larvae, 164 note. 



AVheat, grown in Angola, 379 ; 

 grown at Pungo Andongo, 421 ; 

 yielding an hundredfold at Tete, 

 639. 



White men, Dr. Livingstone the 

 first of, seen by the Balonda, 307. 



Wilkinson, Sir Gardner, woodcuts 

 from his work, 400. 



Winds, easterly, the cause of little 

 rain falling in South Africa, 95 ; 

 hot electric, of the Kalahari de- 

 sert, 123 ; north and south, of 

 Africa, 323 ; west, followed by 

 fever in Angola, 436, 437 ; effects 

 of north, in Londa, 462; north- 

 east, the harbinger of the rainy 

 season, 516 ; bringing rain in dif- 

 ferent latitudes, 558. 



Witchcraft, cowardice in lion-hunt- 

 ing, from belief in, 11, 12; drought 

 ascribed to, 22 ; premature burials 

 from fear of, 129 ; ordeal to prove 

 innocence of, in Angola, 434; 

 chief dying by the ordeal for, 441 ; 



ZAMBESI, 

 case of, decided before Kawawa, 

 468 ; ordeal to prove innocence 

 of, used in eastern Africa, 621. 



Winter, varying severity of, in 

 South Africa, 463 ; in Londa, 483 ; 

 smoky tinge of, its probable cause, 

 498, 499. 



Women, not compelled to hard la- 

 bour by the Makololo, 186 ; high 

 position of, among the Balonda, 

 292. 



Woodruffe, Lieutenant, lost on the 

 bar before Kilimane, 672. 



Worms, infesting wild animals, 

 136. 



Worship, religious, inability of 

 savages to understand, 157 ; ob- 

 servance of, among the Bushmen, 

 165; disrespect of the Makololo 

 for, 187 ; propriety of setting 

 apart a place for, 188 ; increasing 

 reverence of the Makololo for, 

 508. 



Xavier, St. Francis, missionary 

 armour of, 41. 



Zabesa, a broad reach of the Chobe, 

 175 ; villages of observation on, 

 232. 



Zaire, or Zerezere, name of the 

 Kasai, 457. See Congo. 



Zambesi, or Leeambye, the tsetse 

 on, preventing the domestication 

 of cattle, 82 ; Sebituane's con- 

 quests on, 85, 86 ; conflict with 

 the Matebele on, 88 ; the dis- 

 covery of, by Dr. Livingstone and 

 Mr. Oswell, 90,91 ; peculiar cere- 

 monies, system of instruction of 

 Bechuana and Caffre tribes south 

 of, 146-149; names of, 208; pro- 

 ject of making a path to the east 

 coast, by the, 391 ; cruel religion 

 of the countries north of, 434 ; 

 branch of, rising near Matiamvo, 

 458 ; Dr. Livingstone's project of 

 following it to Masiko, 459 ; ap- 

 proach to, 472 ; its floods ac- 

 counted for, 475-479; route to 

 the east coast by, obstacles, 507 ; 

 signification of the name, 519 ; 

 dark hue of Batoka of, 533 ; a 

 great dislocation of rocks, opening 

 a bed for, 566; near its conflu- 

 ence with the Kafu, breadth of 

 the river, the waters discoloured, 

 its abundance of animal life, 573, 

 574 ; agriculturist population on 

 its banks, 576 ; piercing the upper 

 lip, practised by the women, 577 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone advised to cross 

 to Tete, unable to borrow canoes, 

 589 ; terraced banks of, 589, 590 ; 

 ready hospitality of villagers on, 

 590 ; passage of, resolution to 

 follow its course, 594 ; the couu- 



ZUNGO. 



try to the north of, the most 

 fertile, 595; floods of, distin- 

 guished from its inundation, 602; 

 probability of a conn 

 stream of inundation in old 

 times, 603 ; the black rhino© roa 

 scarce to the north of, 611 ; wild 

 grape-vines on, 616; trial by 

 ordeal of tribes on, 021 ; fertile 

 islands, depopulated by the war, 

 636 ; its source unknown at 

 Tete, 610; navigation of, fet- 

 tered by rights of native chiefs, 

 642; its capabilities as a highway 

 of commerce, 656, 657 ; laborious 

 ascent of, to Tete, 658 ; navigable 

 to its moHth, 665-669 ; projects 

 for improvement of its naviga- 

 tion, 673 ; in certain months open 

 to Tete, 674. 



Zangu, rest and refreshment at, 

 383. 



Zangwe, the, flowing into the Zam- 

 besi, below Senna, 663. 



Zanzibar, Arabs from, trading in 

 slaves, 92; Arabs from, enter- 

 tained by Dr. Livingstone, 223 ; 

 region to the east of Londa de- 

 scribed by Arabs of, 476 ; route 

 to the east coast by, 506. 



Zebra, the, found always near 

 water, 56 ; shot in the Balonda 

 country, 270, 271 ; antipathy to, 

 among the Africans, 538. 



Zimika, the hill, bare rocky hill- 

 tops seen from, 626. 



Zingesi, the, a sand rivulet, vain 

 attempt to ford, 598. 



Zouga, the, Dr. Livingstone passed 

 by, in 1842, 10; flocking of elands 

 and ostriches to, in drought, 56 ; 

 reached by Dr. Livingstone's 

 party, 63 ; Dr. Livingstone's raft- 

 making in, escape from alligators, 

 69 ; the banks of, described, 69- 

 71 ; fish of, 72 ; Dr. Livingstone 

 reluctantly recrosses, 75 ; size of 

 elephants on, 564. 



Zulus, expelled from the Maglies- 

 berg, 30 ; of Natal, their honesty, 

 201. See Caffres. 



Zumba, at, Dr. Livingstone learns 

 his father's death, 3 ; Father 

 Pedro of, 171 ; a ruined village, at 

 the confluence of the Zambesi 

 and the Loangwa, 585 ; an admir- 

 able site for trade, 586 ; water 

 communication in three direc- 

 tions, 587 ; old grey sandstone 

 beginning at, 589 ; spoken of as 

 still belonging to the Portuguese, 

 597 ; no game-law enforced above, 

 599 ; dolomite near, unremarked 

 by the Portuguese, 629 ; breadth 

 of its great coalfield, 635 ; the 

 wheat of, 639. 



Zungo, a Zambesi islander, his pre- 

 sent, his recommendaiion tol'an- 

 gola, 589. 



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