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INDEX. 



SEKHOSI. 



502,503; reproved, 503; bis de- 

 cision as to removing to the Ba- 

 rotse valley, 504 ; discreet settle- 

 ment of a difficult question by, 

 509 ; plans a sugar-manufactory, 

 his commissions to Dr. Living- 

 stone, 511, 512; escorts Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, provides his outfit, 515, 

 516; prevented visiting Mosioa- 

 tunya, 519; accompanies Dr. 

 Livingstone on his second visit, 

 524; first fine imposed by, for 

 marauding, his last parting with 

 Dr. Livingstone, 526 ; a smoker 

 of mutokwane, 540; his tribute 

 given to Dr. Livingstone, 541 ; 

 honey, his tribute from the Ba- 

 toka, 614. 



Sekhosi, provides Dr. Livingstone 

 with canoes, 208. 



Sekoa, name lor the speech of white 

 men, 201. 



Sekobinyane, ill treatment of his 

 serfs, sells children to the Ma m- 

 bari, 247 ; punished by Sekeletu, 

 248. 



Sekokole, marriage of his daughter 

 to Simoens, 578. 



Sekomi, chief of the Bamangwato, 

 Dr. Livingstone's journey to his 

 residence on ox-back, 11 ; anxiety 

 of, to exclude foreigners from the 

 Lake JS garni country, 45; un- 

 favourable answer of, to Sechele's 

 embassy, 46 ; returns Dr. Living- 

 stone's runaway oxen, remon- 

 strates against the advance of 

 the expedition to Lake Ngami, 

 57; intrigues of, against the ex- 

 pedition, death of his spy, 63, 

 64; fills up the wells at Serotli, 

 his remonstrance with Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 74; furthers Dr. Living- 

 stone's third northern journey, 

 77 ; his escape from the Batoka 

 of the Zambesi, 86; daily oration 

 in praise of, 151 ; Dr. Living- 

 stone welcomed by, extortion 

 practised by, 146 ; his narrow 

 escape on the Leeambye, 234. 



Sckonkamena hills, seen from 

 Mabue-asula, 570. 



Sekote, last Batoka chief, con- 

 quered by Sebituane, 517 ; his 

 grave, 518. 



Sckwebu, his history, qualifications 

 as a guide, route recommended 

 by, 513; points out a good site 

 for a settlement, 549 ; points out 

 an elephant-hunt, 561; fails to 

 save an elephant-calf, 562 ; ad- 

 vises a settlement on the Kafue, 

 567; reminiscences of early life, 

 568 ; remembers the Zambesi 

 free from tsetse, 575 ; his remark 

 on piercing the upper lip, 577 ; 

 recognises Simoen's captives, 

 579; stories of bis forays with 

 the Matebele, 583 ; denies having 

 attacked the Bazunga, 585 ; his 

 appreciation of hospitality, 590; 

 gains over Mpende, 593 ; pays 

 Monina's men, 621 ; fails to gain 

 over a deserter, 622 ; his infor- 

 mation touching the Landeens, 

 66t; determines to go to Eng- 

 land, his first experience of the 

 sea, 681, 682 ; his sad fate, 683. 



Selkirk, Alexander, allusion to, 40. 



SHALE. 



Selali, a nest-making spider, 326. 



Selole, or Cuilole, cause of his at- 

 tack on Dr. Livingstone, 578. 



Semalembue, change of route, to 

 visit, 556; arrival at his resi- 

 dence, 566 ; eagerly desires peace, 

 his pretensions to supernatural 

 power, 567 ; his parting with 

 Dr. Livingstone, 568 ; rhinoceros 

 foot-prints in the hills of, 611. 



Senga, the country of the Basenga, 

 594. 



Sengko, the, fee demanded at cross- 

 sing of, 335. 



Senna, Portuguese soldiers removed 

 from, to 'fete, 629, 630 ; canoes 

 built at, for the transit of Tete 

 merchandise, 635 ; arrival at, 

 miserable condition of, 658 ; at- 

 tempts to revive the trade of, 

 659 ; situation of, cause of its un- 

 healthiness, 660; country sur- 

 rounding, 661 ; boat-building at, 

 662; departure from, 663 ; earth- 

 quakes at, 641 ; forests of cbin- 

 chona at, 647. 



Senna plant, the, found in Tete, 636. 



Senza, the, canoe trade of, 388 ; 

 sugar grown on the banks of, 

 398 ; geology of the adjacent 

 country, 398, 399. 



Senoga, a prophet, 87. 



Serfdom in Africa, 186 ; not op- 

 pressive among African tribes, 

 247, 248. 



Serinane, hot salt-spring of, 134. 



Serotli, a fountain of the Kalahari 

 desert, 54 ; description of the 

 country surrounding, 57 ; de- 

 parture from, 59; the wells at, 

 rilled up by Sekomi, 74 ; flight of 

 Sebituane's cattle to, 85. 



Serpents, apt to infest houses, 143 ; 

 venomous varieties of, 143, 144; 

 constrictors, 145 ; Bayeiye, charm- 

 ers of, 145, 146. 



Services, public, religious, a part of 

 missionary duty, 41 ; restlessness 

 of the Makololo during, 187; cha- 

 racter of Dr. Livingstone's, 188. 



Sescnda, a species of leprosy, 605; 

 Nyakoba suffering from, 623. 



Sesheke, Dr. Livingstone meets 

 Sebituane at, 83; country de- 

 scribed, between Linyanti and, 

 203, 204 ; signification of the 

 name, 208 ; at, the entrance to 

 Linyanti, free from tsetse, 227; 

 population of, punishment of 

 thievery, 234, 235; Dr. Living- 

 stone's public addresses at, 235, 

 236; children carried off bj' ali- 

 gators at, 254 ; winter scenery 

 near, 498; delay at, 500; last 

 preparations at, 516. 



Severus, Septimius, medal of, with 

 impression of an elephant, 564. 



Setula-tsipi, a plover, its courage, 

 the alligator's friend, 239. 



Shakatwala, Katema's messenger to 

 Dr. Livingstone, 315 ; tries to 

 enforce Katema's orders, 323 ; his 

 story of the origin of Lake Dilolo, 

 327 ; curious phenemenon of the 

 Lotembwa remarked by, 473 ; 

 plays the host in Katema's ab- 

 sence, 4S0; appointed guide to 

 the Leeba, 481. 



Shale, red, an indication of gold, 361. 



SILICA. 



Sheakondo, his frankness and sim- 

 plicity, presents of his wives, 272. 



Shells, found in saltpans, identical 

 with living mollusca, 78. 



Shell-ornaments, highly prized by 

 the Balonda, 300, 301 ; a Makololo 

 lad tricked out of, 332; Shiate's 

 given as hire to a guide, 355. 



Shelley, Captain, lost in the Kala- 

 hari desert, 122, 123. 



Sbibanga, the island, a visitor from, 

 gives information of war between 

 Tete and the neighbouring tribes, 

 589. 



Sbinte, or Kabompo, the greatest of 

 the Balonda chiefs, 273 ; Nya- 

 moana's offer of an escort to, 275 ; 

 arrival of messengers with pre- 

 sents from, 288; his town de- 

 scribed, its latitude, its situation, 

 289, 290 ; his grand reception of 

 Dr. Livingstone, 291-294; re- 

 quests, an interview at riight, 

 294 ; receives the gift of an ox, 

 recommended to trade in cattle, 

 295 ; his cure for fever, 296 ; his 

 slave-trading, 297 ; his parting 

 interview with Dr. Livingstone, 

 his last gift, 300, 301; Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone leaves his town, 302; 

 less liberal than his people, 304 ; 

 his migration from Matiamvo's 

 country to Mokwanka, 307 ; Ilio- 

 Janeiro cock killed at his village, 

 439; heartily welcomes Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone on his return, details his 

 troubles, 483, 484 ; sojourn in his 

 town, its latitude, 485; umpire 

 between Masiko and Limboa, 485, 

 486 ; parting from, 486. 



Shiramba, breakfast at, alarm of 

 the Landeens, its history, 657. 



Shire, the, course of, 241 ; width of, 

 at its mouth, 663 ; has its rise in 

 still waters, 664. 



Shitakoteko, an earthquake, 641. 



Shuia, Lake, discovered by Makololo 

 marauders, 503; the existence of 

 a labyrinth of rivers, north of, 

 probable, 612. 



Shiva, the, a tribe on the south of 

 Lake Nyanja, 640. 



Shivo, an earthquake, 641. 



Shobo, a Bushman guide, 78, 79. 



Shokufine, first meeting with Sech- 

 ele at, 9, 14 ; first stage on the 

 journey to Lake Ngami, 53. 



Shongwe, ancient name of the Vic- 

 toria falls, 518. 



Shrubs, changing to trees, with de- 

 crease of latitude, 237. 



Sicard, Commandant, D'Aranjo, his 

 cordial reception of Dr. Living- 

 stone at Tete, 628 ; his influence 

 with the natives, 632; Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's arrival announced to 

 him, 633; rosary of native gold 

 presented by, 638 ; liberality of, 

 to Dr. Livingstone's followers, 

 639; attacked by fever, 647; his 

 loan of a boat to Dr. Livingstone, 

 652. 



Sicbuana, the Bechuana language, 

 113, 114 ; its extensive use, 

 115. 



Sikonyele, the Basutu attacked by, 

 84. 



Silica, different forms assumed by, 

 611. 



