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INDEX. 



MDEOMBO. 



Muvombo, a mountain in Lake 

 Nyanja, 640. 



Murotuani, Bechuana name for the 

 hornet, 499. 



Murray, Captain, murdered by the 

 Boers, 106. 



Murray, Mr., joins the expedition 

 to the Lake Ngami, 46 ; depar- 

 ture of the expedition, 53 ; lost 

 in the desert, misunderstanding 

 with his guide, 57,58; sent for- 

 ward with oxen in search of 

 water, misled by Ramotobi, 60. 



Muscle, edible, found in brackish 

 rivers, 431. 



Museum, British, African resem- 

 blances to Egyptian paintings in, 

 443 ; young elephant calf in, 564. 



Museum of Practical Geology, speci- 

 mens of African coal and gold 

 dust in, 638. 



Mushinga, at, rock pounded in 

 wooden mortars, to find gold, 

 637. 



Mushrooms, of the Londa forests, 

 285 ; of the Mopane country, 625. 



Music, African, and musical instru- 

 ments, 292, 293 ; instrument 

 used in mourning the dead, 433; 

 its construction, 434. 



Mutokuane-bang, 330. 



Mutokwane, an African narcotic, 

 its pernicious effects, 540, 541. 



Mutu.the, a branch of the Zambesi, 

 664 ; navigable in old times, 670. 



Nakacbinta, the, a rivulet flowing 

 east to the Zambesi, 558. 



Nakalombo, hot springs of, once a 

 residence of Sebituane's, 568. 



Nake, a doctor, 232. 



Nake, the, thickets on its banks, 

 604 ; course of, 605 ; bordering 

 the Mopane country, 607 ; coal- 

 seams in, 635. 



Nakong, the, a new species of ante- 

 lope described, 205 ; seen on the 

 Kasau, 343. 



Naliele, a town of the Barotse, 83 ; 

 Mpepe fixes himself at, in oppo- 

 sition to Sebituane, 180 ; San- 

 turu's store-house, 216; visited 

 by no white men before Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 217, 218 ; Dr. Living- 

 stone's excursions from, 221 ; 

 Masiko's intrigues in the neigh- 

 bourhood of, 245 ; picho at, 245 ; 

 beginning of rains, 246; return 

 to, 495 ; arrival of an embassy 

 from Masiko, 496 ; Dr. Living- 

 stone leaves, 497 ; salt-pans a 

 fortnight west of, 600. 



Namagari, the, source of, Sebitu- 

 ane's birthplace, 84. 



Nambwe, a cataract of the Leeam- 

 bye,213. 



Nameta, hippopotami found be- 

 tween Katimo-molelo and, 241 ; 

 news received by Dr. Livingstone 

 at, 245; between, and Sekhosi, a 

 tsetse district, 499 ; haunted river 

 reach near, 517. 



Names, commemorative marks of 

 remarkable events in Africa, 217, 

 218; confusion of, from misun- 

 derstanding native languages, 

 617. 



Namilanga, a well under a fig-tree, 



NIGER. 



origin of the name, 531 ; depopu- 

 lation of the surrounding country, 

 532. 



Nampene, canoes left at, 517. 



Nananko elected chief at Nyenko, 

 489. 



Napier, Sir George, governor of 

 Cape colony, 98. 



Narcotic, a, used by the Batoka, 

 540. 



Nato, large edible caterpillar, 54. 



Natural history, value of, to the 

 missionary, 259. 



Navigation, remarks on, of the 

 Zambesi, from its mouth, 664- 

 C70 ; beneficial results to be hoped 

 for, 673, 674. 



Nchokotsa, the salinas of, 62 ; 

 parching heat at, glare from the 

 salt-pans, 160 ; boundary of a 

 great central lake, 527. 



Ndongo, Makololo name for the 

 Dongolo, 625. 



Need, Captain, good service done 

 by his gift, 445. 



Negro type found among the Ba- 

 londa, 290, 291 ; customs followed 

 by the Barotse and Balonda, 318 ; 

 emotions excited by the sight of 

 white men, 465. 



Nest, bird's, of stitched leaves, 175 ; 

 scooped in trees and plastered 

 over, 613. 



Neves, Captain Antonio Rodrigues, 

 his kindness to Dr. Livingstone, 

 369 ; anniversary feast giveu by, 

 37 1 ; his knowledge of the geo- 

 graphy of Angola, 372; Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's host on his return to 

 Cassange, 432 ; death of his 

 child, 433 ; saves a woman ac- 

 cused of witchcraft, 434 ; present 

 of, to Matiatnvo, 435 ; remarks 

 of, on the unheal thiness of Cas- 

 sange, 436; enormous tusk be- 

 longing to, 439. 



News, African interpretation of, 

 151. 



Newton, John, his slavery in the 

 West Indies, 287. 



Ngaba, a Matebele plunderer, 585. 



Ngabisane, oxen and waggons left 

 at, 64. 



Ngami, Lake.Dr. Livingstone's near 

 approach to, in 1842, 10 ; idea of 

 penetrating to, suggested by Se- 

 chele, 44 ; difficulties of the 

 journey, fittest season for the at- 

 tempt, 46; start of the expedi- 

 tion, 53; sufferings from thirst, 

 60 ; difficulty in tracing a route, 

 61 ; guided by a bushwoman, 

 62 ; hindered by Sekomi, 63 ; dis- 

 covery of, 65; detailed descrip- 

 tion of, 65-68 ; molluscus found 

 in, salt-springs of, 78 ; the resi- 

 duum of an ancient lake, 528; 

 the large cattle of, imported from 

 the west, 565. 



Ngio, a Sunday spent at, 379. 



Ngotuane, poisonous shrub of 

 South Africa, 113. 



N'gwa, a poisonous caterpillar, ef- 

 fects of the poison, 171. 



the hill, its latitude andheight, 



172 ; hill-range stretching from, 

 a boundary of the Sanshureh, 174. 



Niger expedition might, by pene- 

 trating farther, have found a 



NYAMPUNGO. 



healthy climate, 544 ; no failure, 

 679. 



Nile, the, theory accounting for the 

 inundations of, 475-479; analogy 

 between its inundations and that 

 of the Zambesi, 602, 603 ; a water- 

 plant of, found in the Leeambye, 

 664. 



Nile desert, the, resemblance of, to 

 the ridge bounding the Barotse 

 valley, 220. 



Njambi, a Chiboque chief, hump 

 and ribs of an ox offered to, 339 ; 

 surrounds Dr. Livingstone's en- 

 campment, 340 ; comes to terms, 

 his shabby peace-offering, 342 ; 

 familiarity of his people with the 

 slave-trade, 343. 



Njefu, a water-plant bearing an 

 edible nut, 663 ; found in various 

 countries, 664. 



Nju, a bean of the Batoka country, 

 535. 



Nkauane, oxen sent forward to the 

 well of, 153. 



Nkuesi, a Zambesian island, a 

 night spent on, 557. 



Nkwatlele accompanies Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 515. 



Noga-put-sane, the " bleating 

 snake," 143, 144. 



Noka ea Batletli, a name of the 

 Zouga, 62. 



Nokuane 'Mpepe's executioner, 

 182 ; executioner of 'Mpepe's evil 

 counsellors, 215. 



Nokwane, his death, during Dr. 

 Livingstone's absence, 503. 



Nolloth, Captain, his present of 

 wine to Dr. Livingstone, 672. 



Ntlarie volunteers into Dr. Living- 

 stone's convoy, 515. 



Ntwetwe, a plain broad enough to 

 allow of the latitude being taken, 

 162. 



Nuana-Kalueje, a branch of the 

 Lokalueje, 31 1. 



Nuana-Loke, the, Dr. Livingstone 

 nearly drowned in, 336, 337. 



Nunes, Captain, his great-grand- 

 father intrusted with the expul- 

 sion of the Jesuits, 643. 



Nunes, Colonel Galdino Jose, Dr. 

 Livingstone's host at Kilimane, 

 672 ; chosen by Dr. Livingstone 

 trustee of his property and inte- 

 rests in Africa, 677. 



N wet we, a large salt-pan, 77. 



Nyakalonga, Matiamvo's sister, her 

 liberal treatment of Dr. Living- 

 stone, 461 ; her village entrenched 

 by bog, 462. 



Nyakoba, arrival at his village, con- 

 fession of poverty, 621 ; ill-faith 

 of the guide provided by, 622 ; 

 his favourable reception of Dr. 

 Livingstone, 623 ; promises guides 

 to Tete, 624. 



Nyamboronda, the hot-spring of, 

 described, 634. 



Nyamongamountains,heightof,661. 



N3'amoana, Dr. Livingstone's con- 

 ference with, 273-277; parting 

 gift of, to Dr. Livingstone, 281 ; 

 recommendation to, to furnish 

 canoes, 484 ; her removal to the 

 river Lofuge, meeting with Dr. 

 Livingstone, 486. 



Nyampungo, headman of the Bam- 



