IXDKX. 



706 



NYANJA. 



biri, a rain-charmer, informa- 

 tion given by, to Dr. Livingstone, 

 afflicted with leprosy, 605 ; de- 

 parture from his village, 61)7 ; 

 spoils of an elephant hunt shared 

 with, 608. 



Nyanja, Lake of the Maravim, per- 

 haps Lake Kalagwe, 476; the 

 Maravi of geographers, described, 

 640. 



Nyaondo, the, a rivulet showing 

 igneous action, 634. 



N3'ate\ve, supreme ruler of the 

 Banyai, his dependent chiefs, 

 617. 



Nyaude, his rebellion against the 

 I'ortuguese, 631 ; his two years' 

 siege of the fort at 'fete, 632 ; 

 sustained defence of his stockade 

 against Kisaka, 655. 



Nyenko, Limboa's country, 4S5 ; 

 Barotse of, disclaim allegiance to 

 Limboa, 489.. 



Nyuugwe. See 'fete. 



October, heat at Linyanti in, 508 ; 

 plains still inundated in, 509. 



Ophir of Solomon in East Africa, 

 637 ; reasons for fixing its site in 

 Africa, 661,662. 



Ophthalmia among the Bakwains, 

 its cure, 129 ; animals attacked 

 by, 136; atLibonta,249. 



Orange River, boundary of the 

 Kalahari desert, 47 ; boundary of 

 the Griquas country, 104 ; mar- 

 tins observed in winter on, 249. 



Orapa, a well lying between Lotla- 

 kani and Nchokotsa, 159. 



Orchilla-weed. used in dying, 266; 

 found in the Batoka country, 

 55*. 



Ordeal, trial by, practised in An- 

 gola, 434 ; trial by, practised 

 north of the Zambesi, 621. 



Ostrich, the, able to subsist long 

 without water, 56; roar resem- 

 bling the lion's, 141 ; infatuation 

 of, when hunted, 153; speed of, 

 mode of laying and batching its 

 eggs, 154; vitality of eggs, 155; 

 its food, difficulty of stalking, 

 feathers of, ib. ; long sight of, 

 156 ; habitat of, in South Africa, 

 612, 613. 



Oswell, Mr., Seehele's arithmetical 

 master, 16 ; agrees to join Dr. 

 Livingstone's expedition to the 

 Lake Ngami, 46; starts for the 

 interior, 53 ; lost in the desert, 

 absurd colloquy with his guide, 

 57, 58; captures a Bushwoman, 

 61 ; deceived by the salt mirage, 

 62, 63; volunteers to procure a 

 boat from the Cape, embarkation 

 on the Zouga,69; elephant hunt- 

 ing of, his remembrance of Dr. 

 Livingstone, 76 ; reaches Sebi- 

 tuane's residence, 83 ; discovers 

 the Zambesi, 90, 91 ; his opinion 

 of a South African climate, 133 ; 

 attacked by a lioness, 138 ; re- 

 gretted by Dr. Livingstone, 507 ; 

 map of the Zambesi drawn for, 

 529; hairbreadth escape of, from 

 a wounded elephant, 58(1; dan- 

 gerously wounded by a rhino- 

 ' ceros, on, 61 2. 



PETROLEUM. 



Ox, alarm caused by an, 288. 



Oxen, their sufferings from thirst, 

 60 ; delight on reaching water, 

 01 ; loss of, in pitfalls, 75 ; pre- 

 pared skins of, coverlets, 84 ; lost 

 for want of water, 153; effects 

 of panic among, 16.8 ; Makololo 

 riding on, 204 ; number of, given 

 to Dr. Livingstone's party in the 

 Barotse valley, 498 ; African 

 veneration for, 532. 



Palaui, his notion of an exquisite 

 dainty, 464. 



Paley, Brougham's, habits of the 

 black ant misrepresented in, 

 538. 



Pallah, the, an antelope frequent- 

 ing only well-watered tracts, 53. 



Pallah, an edible snake, 145. 



Palm-tree of the Leeanibye country 

 resembling the palmyra, 260 ; fos- 

 sil, at Pungo Andongo, 421. 



Palma-Christi, oil of, balsam for 

 poisoned arrow wounds, 171 ; 

 used by the Balonda, 272 ; a gar- 

 den shrub in Londa, 314. 



Palms, their language to North- 

 men, 519. 



Palmyra-trees, the, of Lotlakani, 61. 



Pangaze, the, a river flowing into 

 the Mutu, 670. 



Pangola, recommendation to, 589 ; 

 visit from, fails in his promise of 

 canoes, 590. 



Panyame, the, a river near Zumbo, 

 flowing through a gold district, 

 637. 



Paper, African plants suited to the 

 manufacture of, 6J5. 



Papyrus of the Chobe, 175. 



Park, Mungo, story in his travels 

 explained, 311. 



Parker, Captain, opinion of, as to 

 the navigation of the Zambesi, 

 656 ; extract from his journal on 

 the navigation of the Zambesi, 

 665-668. 



Parra-Africana, the, its walking on 

 the water, 253. 



Pascoal, Senhor, obliged to propi- 

 tiate native tribes, 444 ; cures 

 Dr. Livingstone of rheumatic 

 fever, 445 ; harassed by slaves 

 and carriers, 447 ; moderates 

 Muanzanza's expectations, 459. 



Pedro, Father, of Zumbo, his balsam 

 for poisoned arrow wounds, 171. 



Pedro, H. M. Don, supports Dr. 

 Livingstone's men during his ab- 

 sence, 673. 



Peixemulher, a fish of the Coanza, 

 403. 



Pelican, the, plundered by the fish- 

 hawk, 241 ; flight of, 252. 



Pepacheu, a hollow lined with tufa, 

 59. 



Pepper, the bird's-eye, eaten by a 

 maggot, 609. 



Pereira's visit to Cazembe's town, 

 305; frequency of human sacri- 

 fices exaggerated by, 317; his 

 account of Oazembe not accurate, 

 587, 588. 



Peri hills; ford of the Leebaat, 482. 

 Petroleum said to be found near the 

 Calvt, 418; springs, an indication 

 of coal in Angola, 421. 



POISON. 



Peytori, Captain, bis kind vn Icome 

 on board the Frolic, 682. 



Pezo, Hie, its capabilities for irriga- 

 tion, 4 17. 



Phillips, Captc-fln, of the Polyphe- 

 mus, 391. 



Philomel, the, visit of the .Makololo 

 to, 39 1 , 392. 



Pieakholu, venomous stiake, the 

 " spitting serpent," 143. 



Pieho of departed spirits, 220 ;called 

 to deliberate on a journey to tin- 

 coast, 228 ; to discuss removal to 

 the Barotse valley, 503 ; resolu- 

 tions, 504. 



Pingola, his destructive conquest of 

 the Batoka, 553 ; savage mode ot 

 fighting, 554. 



rinkwe, a hill on the Zambesi, 602 ; 

 march stiikes off from the river 

 opposite, 603. 



Pinto, Mr., presents of, to the Ma- 

 kololo, 407. 



Pires, Colonel, successful cultivation 

 of, 421 ; his success in life, 423 ; 

 his slave-boy cariied off by an 

 alligator, 424. 



Piri, two hills on the Leeba, 307. 



Pita, half-caste Portuguese fugitives 

 at, 657. 



Pitfalls of the Bayeiye described, 

 69, 70 ; oxen lost in them, 75. 



I'itsane, his care to enforce Seke- 

 letu's orders, 236 ; affords the 

 Chiboque a pretext for attacking 

 Dr. Livingstone, 34 ; attacked 

 by fever, 380 ; borrows a canoe 

 without leave, 469, 470 ; proposes 

 establishing a Makololo colony 

 in Londa, 482, 483 ; chooses Sam- 

 banza for his blood relation, 488 ; 

 marries a Balonda wife, 489 ; 

 oration of, at Libonta, 492 ; re- 

 ceives a tusk from Dr. Living- 

 stone, 497; to carry a present 

 to Mr. Gabriel, 501 ; willing to 

 return to Loanda, 526. 



Plains flooded with rain, aspect of, 

 discomforts of travelling over, 

 309 ; trees destroyed on, 310 ; 

 parched in the dry season, ib. ; 

 the sources of the great southern 

 rivers, 311. 



Plasterer, the, an insect stupifying 

 its prey, 538 ; mode of building 

 and furnishing its nest, 539. 



Plateau, central, of Alrica, its east- 

 ern ridge traced and described. 

 its elevation, 543 ; healthy cli- 

 mate of both ridges, aceessible- 

 ness of the eastern, undulating 

 character of the country, 543, 

 545. 



Plateaus between rivers, absence of 

 life in, 454. 



Plover of the Leeambye, its mono- 

 tonous cry, 239. 



Pluto, the, Dr. Livingstone's ad- 

 dress to his men on board, 391, 

 392. 



Toku, a new species of antelope, 

 256 ; a smaller leche, 564. 



Poluma, a black monkey with white 

 mane, 288. 



Polyphemus, the, attention of the 



officers of, to Dr. Livingstone, 391 . 



Poison of the Ngotuane, its effects, 



113; of the N'gwa, used for 



arrows, 171; vegetable, used for 



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