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SILVER-TREE. 



Silver-tree, the, of the Cape, found 

 at different levels, 283. 



Silver, said to have been found for- 

 merly on the Zambesi, 597 ; 

 mines in Chicova, 603 ; no indi- 

 cation of, now to be found, 6U4 ; 

 native testimony on the point, 

 605. 



Simah, the, a branch of the Leeba, 

 264. 



Simoeus, an Italian slave-trader, 

 story of his death, 578 ; character 

 given him by Mbururaa's brother, 

 581. 



Sinbad, the riding ox, his perversi- 

 ties, 345 ; throws his master, 350 ; 

 plunges Dr. Livingstone into the 

 Lombe, 381 ; bitten by tsetse, 

 488. 



Sindese Oalea, undertakes Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's defence, 593. 



Singing of the Makololo, 83. 



Singing-birds, African, 6U9, 610. 



Siriatomba, Simoen's nickname, 

 578. 



Skpne, Captain, invitation of, to Dr. 

 Livingstone, 391. 



Skins, prepared, of the Makololo, 

 Sebituane's gift to Dr. Living- 

 stone, 84. 



Slave-forays of the Boers, 31. 



Slave-labour, less productive than 

 free, 398. 



Slave-trade, encouragement to com- 

 merce, the most effectual means 

 of abolishing, 28 ; between the 

 Makololo and the Mambari, 91, 

 92 ; encouraged by Shinte, 296, 

 297 ; practised by Matiamvo, 

 318; cruelty of, in Western Af- 

 rica, 330 ; an honoured institution 

 among the Chiboque, 343 ; levy- 

 ing " black-mail " taught by, 351 ; 

 check given to, in Angola, 385; 

 willingness of the Portuguese 

 Government to suppress, 395 ; 

 difficulties hindering suppression, 

 gradual decline of, 396 ; efforts to 

 abolish, 414, 415 ; likelihood of 

 its dying a natural death, 526; 

 Dr.Livingstone finds traces on the 

 Zambesi of, 578 ; impression on 



I African tribes of English hostility 

 to, 596; enmity of Zamhesian 

 tribes to, 597 ; the trade of Tete 

 annihilated by, 631 ; free naviga- 

 tion of the Zambesi prevented by, 

 612; the Portuguese inimical to, 

 660.' 



Slave-traders, half-caste Portuguese, 

 attack on a village of the Baka- 

 lahari by, seizure of the inhabit- 

 ants, 180, 181 ; their route, in 

 traversing a country, to be 

 avoided, 227. 



Slavery, practised by the Magalies- 

 berg Boers, 29, 30 ; destroys all 

 feeling of loyalty, 447 ; existence 

 of a native, among the Banyai, 

 618. 



Slaves, insensible to moral obliga- 

 tions, 4!3; appellations applied 

 to, 447 ; their lives held of little 

 value, 652. 



Smith, Dr. Andrew, letter from, on 

 the venom of snakes and their 

 fascination of their prey, 144, 145 

 vote ; maintains the existence of 

 four species of rhinoceros, 612., 



SUMMER. 



Smyth, Admiral, medals from his 

 descriptive Catalogue, 563. 



Small-pox, in South Africa, 128. 



Snakes, water, of the Zouga, edible, 

 72. 



Snuff, used by Quendende, 318. 



Soano Molopo, Dr. Livingstone's 

 interview with, remonstrates 

 against opening his country to 

 the Makololo, 313 ; reputation of, 

 among his countrymen, 314. 



Soap, manufacture of, in Africa, 

 40. 



Society, London Missionary, cha- 

 racter of, joined by Dr. Living- 

 stone, 6 ; tenor of instructions 

 from the directors of, to Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 9 ; the Directors' ap- 

 proval of Dr. Livingstone's plans, 

 93; misunderstanding with, 677. 



Societies, Missionary, their general 

 success, the reverse of the picture, 

 116, 118. 



Sofala, near the ancient Ophir, 661. 



Solomon, King, his trade with Af- 

 rica, 661. 



Sombo, a fruit-tree of the Batoka, 

 553. 



Sousa, Anna da, Donna, sugar ma- 

 nufactory of, 398. 



Souza, Anna de, the Jinga Queen, 

 her history, 422. 



Sova, an Angolese chief, 411. 



Spiders, large variety of, ally of the 

 matlametlo, 43 ; venomous black, 

 325; springing on their prey, ib.\ 

 seizing prey from an ambush, 

 nest-builders, 325, 326 ; sociable, 

 their labyrinth of webs, carpet- 

 weavers of the Makolo, 326 ; 

 varieties, not venomous, 610. 



Spleen, enlargement of the, a disease 

 of Cassange, 371, 432; its most 

 effectual remedy, 505. 



Sponges, found in the Leeambye, 

 249. 



Spoons, the Makololo introduced to 

 the use of, 206. 



Spring at Kolobeng, 463-465. 



Springbuck, the, migration of, from 

 the Kalahari desert, 103; its 

 habits, its timidity, 104. 



Squirrel, the African, stores up pro- 

 vision for summer, 603. 



Starch, unmixed, unwholesomeness 

 of, 505 



Steele, Colonel, assistance given by, 

 to Dr. Livingstone's Lake Ngami 

 expedition, 46. 



Steppes, swampy, destitute of trees, 

 in Africa, 476. 



Steinbuck, the, able to subsist long 

 without water, 56. 



Stockenstrom,Sir Andries.his know- 

 ledge of colonial interests, 107. 



Stonehenge, African rocks resem- 

 bling, 381. 



Strychnia, fruit yielding, described, 

 236, 237. 



Suckling children, curious facts re- 

 garding, 126, 127. 



Sugar-cane, Makololo use of the, 

 207 ; grown by the Balonda, 290 ; 

 cultivated in Angola, 39b; planta- 

 tion, great productiveness of a, at 

 Tete, 632. 



Sulphur, used as a charm, 253. 



Summer, variations of, in Africa, 

 313. 



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Sunday, in the woods of the Lee- 

 auibye, 258, 259. 



Sundew, tin- African, a fly-trap, 472. 



Sura, palm-toddy, 639. 



Swifts, migratory flocks of, 121. 



Taba Cheu, the white mountains, 

 518. 



Table Mountain, atmospheric phe- 

 nomena observed on, accounted 

 for, 96. 



Tahetsi on the Leeba, 486. 



Tala-Mungongo, western ridge of 

 the Quango valley, 372 ; de- 

 scribed, 376; ascent of, 377; 

 coffee-plants on the heights of, 

 379; clay shale beginning at, 

 429; ants of, 430; descent from, 

 431 ; break in the channel of the 

 Quango, 440. 



Tala-.Mungongo village, caravan- 

 serais of, 377. 



Tamba, the, little visited by slave- 

 traders, idle, good-humoured cha- 

 racter of the tribes on, 4 52 ; mice- 

 eaters, their villages, 453. 



Tampan, the, bad effects of its bite, 

 382, 383 ; Dr. Livingstone's men 

 secured from, at Tete, 628 ; cure 

 of the bite, 629, 



Tamunak'le, the, discovery of, its 

 seeming importance, 65 ; fresh- 

 ness of its waters, 66; Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's, project of ascending, 



74 ; banks of, infested with tsetse, 



75 ; infested with mosquitoes, 80. 

 Tanganyenka Lake described by 



Arabs, 476 ; probable breadth of, 

 506. 



Tangwe, the, a sand river, its lati- 

 tude and longitude, 617 ; march 

 in the bed of, 620. 



Tapioca, preparation of, from ma- 

 nioc, 425. 



Tattooing of the Balonda, 272 ; in 

 the east of Londa, 450, 451 ; on 

 the banks of the Zambesi, 576. 



Tears, shedding, " tlolo " in South 

 Africa, 552. 



Teeth filed to a point, an African 

 decoration, 452; front, knocked 

 out among the Batoka, 532. 



Tell, William, a settler on the 

 Quango, his presents to the Ma- 

 kololo, 439. 



Teoughe, the, flowing into Lake 

 Ngami from the north, 65 : com- 

 pletely surveyed by Mr. Macabc, 

 122. 



Tete, Tette, or Nyungwe, the tam- 

 pans of. 383 ; coal of, 121 ; er- 

 roneously placed in Bowdich's 

 map, 507 ; breadth of the Zam- 

 besi at. 522; no proof that it lias 

 been a centre of established com- 

 merce, 531 ; a rapid thirty miles 

 above, 554; Dr. Lacerda, com- 

 mandant of, 5S7 ; Cazembe's 

 people restricted in trading at, 

 588 ; the true position of, ascer- 

 tained, 589 ; ten days from, 590 ; 

 halt eight miles from, hospitable 

 embassy, 626 ; happy arrival in. 

 627 ; delay at, 628 ; description 

 of the town, 629 ; the fort, 630 ; 

 plundered by rebels, 631; its 

 trade destroyed, 632 ; country 

 north of, described, 631 ; value 



