INDEX. 



703 



MOON. 



the slave-trade proposed, the set- 

 tlemeut of a missionary in his 

 country, 555 ; a discourager of 

 Bashukulotnpo fashions, 556 ; 

 visit to his sister's village, meet- 

 ing with an old acquaintance, 

 557 ; pleasure expressed at the 

 prospect of peace, 558. 



Moon, new, Makololo custom of 

 greeting the, 235. 



Mopane tree, edible insect secretion 

 on its leaves, 164 ; described, 

 165. 



Mopane country, entrance into the, 

 607 ; elepant hunt in, 608 ; sing- 

 ing birds of, 609 ; the white rhi- 

 noceros extinct in, 611 ; the 

 korwe a frequenter of, its nest 

 described, its voluntary imprison- 

 ment, 612, 613; abundance of 

 game in, 615 ; edible tubers, geo- 

 logical structure of, 625. 



Mopato, or mepato, guilds of Caffre 

 and Bechuana soldiery, 147 ; their 

 customs and rights, 148 ; their 

 fidelity to duty, 168 ; their duty 

 to the chief, 204. 



Morala tree, a protection against 

 lightning, 165. 



Morality, Sekomi's notion of, 146 ; 

 of a Bushman, misunderstood, 

 from ignorance of his language, 

 159. 



Moremi, chief of the Batauana, con- 

 quered by Sebituane, 68 ; his 

 second meeting with Dr. Living- 

 stone, 177. 



Moremi, a village on the Chobe, 

 233. 



Moretloa, a resinous shrub, 1 12 ; 

 supple rods used in the " sechu," 

 146. 



Moriantsane, Sebituane's brother- 

 in-law, 234 ; enforces order dur- 

 ing religious service, 235 ; pro- 

 vides supplies of food, 236 ; escorts 

 Dr. Livingstone to the confluence 

 of the Chobe, 516. 



Moroa - Majane, services of, as 

 guide, 80. 



Morongozi, the, bed of coal, exposed 

 on, 633, 634. 



Morumbala, termination of the 

 Lupata gorge, 656 ; a mountain 

 east of Senna, its sulphurous 

 spring, 661 ; proposed as the site 

 of a new town, 662. 



Mosala, a large fish found in the 

 Zouga, its resemblance to the 

 eel, 172 ; spread, by inundation, 

 over the Barotse valley, 261 ; 

 overspreading plains flooded by 

 the Lokalueje, 312. 



Mosamba range, the, rise of the 

 Quango in, 440. 



Mosantu, sent as escort with 

 Barotse captives to Masiko, 263; 

 his message, 264 ; anxiety of his 

 comrades concerning, 271 ; arrival 

 of, with the embassy from Ma- 

 siko, 277 ; checks an officious 

 mutineer, 348. 



Moshesh, his fondness for agricul- 

 ture, 196 ; paramount chief of the 

 Bakoni and Basuto family, 202. 



Moshoma, or mokuchong, an African 



trait- tree, 70. 

 Moshuka, a tree bearing fruit like 

 apples, 534. 



MOZINKWA. 



Mosibe, a bean, eaten with honey, 

 236. 



Mosilikatze, character of, 30 ; his 

 attack on Sebituane, his defeat, 

 87 ; his ill success in a second 

 attack, 88 ; his people, Mr. 

 Moffat's messengers, 499 ; mis- 

 trusted by the Makololo, 500 ; his 

 overrunning the Batoka country, 

 544. 



Mosioatunya, on the Leeba, 264. 



native name of the Victoria 



falls, its meaning, 518 ; garden 

 planted by Dr. Livingstone above, 

 524, 525. 



Mosisinyane, head man of Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's Banajoa, 533. 



Mosogo, hospitality of his wife to 

 Monenga, 327. 



Mosquitoes, of the Senza, 388 ; 

 follow muddy rivers, 398. 



Mosses in African forests, 356. 



Mosusa, elephants chased from an 

 island near his village, 598, 599 ; 

 salt manufactured by his people, 

 600. 



Motemwa, the axe-shaped hill, 591. 



Motete carriers' poles, 380. 



Motibe, first scholar of the Mako- 

 lolo, 188, 189 ; his opinions on 

 dancing, 225,226 ; advised reproof 

 to Sekeletu, 503 ; justifies ma- 

 rauding, 514. 



Motirikwe, the, a stream flowing 

 through Manica, 662. 



Motito, meeting of Dr. Livingstone 

 and Sechele at, 120. 



Motlatsa, insufficient supply of 

 water at, 153 ; friendliness of the 

 Bakalahari at, 157 ; Dr. Living- 

 stone leaves, 159. 



Motlose, African jackal, 50. 



Motondo, the, a fruit-tree, excel- 

 lence of its timber, 602. 



Motsikiri, an evergreen, bearing a 

 fruit, yielding oil, 535. 



Motsintsela, fruit of the, 232. 



Motsouri, the, an African fruit-tree, 

 70 ; fruit of the, 232. 



Motuia, of the Londa forests, 284. 



Mowanas- baobabs, 70; described, 

 its obstinate vitality accounted 

 for, 162, 163. 



Moyara, a day spent at his village, 

 discussion on its ornaments of 

 skulls, 530; proposes a protection 

 against tsetse, saved from Ma- 

 kololo imperiousness, 531. 



Mozambique, journey of two native 

 traders from Loanda to, 435 ; Eng- 

 lish goods from, exchanged for 

 ivory, 567 ; lime brought from, 

 to Tete, 629 ; guns declared con- 

 traband by the Government of, 

 636 ; inefficiency of the Govern- 

 ment of, 660 ; the Governor of, 

 his offer of a passage in the 

 Zambesi, 672 ; advantage of pro- 

 claiming it a free port, 673. 



Mozambique, the Zambesian, La- 

 cerda's and Dr. Livingstone's 

 astronomical observations on, 655. 



Mozinkwa, his hospitable entertain- 

 ment of Dr. Livingstone, his 

 house and garden described, 314 ; 

 painful meeting with, 482. 



Moziukwa's wife, her request to 

 Dr. Livingstone, her premature 

 death, 314. 



MURCHLSON. 

 Mozinkwa, the Zambesian, 

 tion on his island, .195; desertion 

 of a Batoka to, 596 ; bitten by a 

 hyama, 600. 

 Mozunga, the, Dr. Livingstone 

 proves himself not one of, 593. 



Mozungo, Monomotapa's son, his 

 history, 642. 



Mozuma, the, or river of Dila, 547 ; 

 lignite found on its banks, ruined 

 towns on, 548 ; the country once 

 rich in cattle, 549. 



Mpakane, his marauding on the 

 Zambesi, 583 ; never reached the 

 confluence with the Loangwa, 

 585, 586. 



Mpata, a gorge of the Zambesi, 582. 



Mparia, an island at the confluence 

 of the Chobe and the Leeambye, 

 its geology, 233; night spent on, 

 234 ; its position, geological struc- 

 ture, 516; detention in, 517. 



Mpende, warning against, 589 ; 

 beauty of his country, 590 ; 

 arrival at his village, doubtful 

 reception, 591 ; insulting hostility 

 of the villagers, preparations for 

 war, 592 ; Dr. Livingstone's mes- 

 sage and present to, meeting of 

 council, conference with Sek- 

 webu, 593; provides canoes for 

 the passage of the Zambesi, 594 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's thank offering, 

 to, 595 ; game laws enforced be- 

 yond his country, 599. 



Mpepe, intrigues of, to succeed 

 Sebituaue,179 ; resists Sebituane's 

 authority, 180 ; protects slave- 

 traders, plots against Sekeletu, 

 181, 1S2; his death, 182, 183; 

 permission granted by, to slave- 

 dealers to trade in Batoka vil- 

 lages, 213. 



Mpololo, sanctions Lerimo's foray, 

 assents to Ma-Sckeletu's advice, 

 245 ; makes restitution, 246 ; his 

 liberality to Dr. Livingstone, his 

 parasites, 247 ; his rights as chief, 

 495 ; murder of his daughter, 495, 

 496 ; exerts himself in Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's service, 496 ; con- 

 demn's Masiko's assertion of in- 

 dependence, 497 ; bis loan of 

 canoes, 498 ; furnished Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone with a slender provision 

 of salt, 600. 



Mponko, a species of melon, 266. 



Muanzanza, chief of Cabango, pre- 

 vented, by a feast, from transact- 

 ing business, 456 ; Dr. Livingstone 

 requests a guide from, presents 

 received by, 459 ; his guide breaks 

 his engagement, 460. 



Muatize, or Motize, the, seam of 

 coal on, described, 633; no drain- 

 age required, in working, 635. 



Muavi, an ordeal of the Banyai and 

 other tribes, 621. 



Mujao, the, a tribe north of Lake 

 Nyanja, 640. 



Mullet, abounding in the Zouga, 72 ; 

 heaps of, left by floods, in the 

 Barolse valley, 261. 



Murchison, Sir Roderick, remarks 

 of, on the geology of Africa, 474, 

 475 note ; truth of his conclu- 

 sions with regard to the con- 

 figuration of the African conti- 

 nent, 500. 



