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INDEX. 



MBOELA. 



Mboela, Mambari name of Nyenko, 

 485. 



Mboenga deserts from Dr. Living- 

 stone, 489 ; takes Nyamoana's 

 gift, Dr. Livingstone's message to 

 him, 490. 



Mburuma, attempts to raise his tribe 

 against Dr. Livingstone, 578; 

 arrival at his village, 580 ; visit 

 from his brother, 581 ; suspicious 

 conduct of his guides, 582 ; Dr. 

 Livingstone distrusted by his 

 people, 583 ; Dr. Livingstone's 

 present to, 586. 



Mead, a cure for fever, 296 ; of the 

 Balonda, 299. 



Mebalwe, a native schoolmaster, 

 his courage in a lion-hunt, 11-13. 



Medicine, native practice of, 129- 

 131 ; knowledge of, an aid to 

 missions, 188; elephant, the, ini- 

 tiated in, leader of the hunt, 599 ; 

 a good price offered for, 600. 



Medicines asked for as charms, 581 ; 

 list of native African, 649, 650 

 note. 



Melita, at, rendezvous of the Bang- 

 waketse, to destroy the Makololo, 

 84. 



Mellot, Senhor, his kind entertain- 

 ment of Dr. Livingstone, 383 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's companion, from 

 the Calvi to the Quango, 418. 



Melons, water, of the Kalahari 

 desert, described, 48 ; large crop 

 of 1852, 121, 122. 



Menye-makaba, an island on the 

 Zambesi, feud of its several 

 classes of inhabitants, 574 ; deten- 

 tion at, 575. 



Merchandise, compulsory carriage 

 of, in Angola, 385, 386. 



Mesembryanthemums of Cape 

 Colony, their secreting of mois- 

 ture in drought, 99 ; propagated 

 by the Boers in arid districts, 

 100. 



Mice, multitudes of, near Mashue, 

 their haymaking, 142 ; an article 

 of food, 333. 



Micombo, a Jesuit settlement near 

 Tete, described, 643. 



Miland, Mr., his plantations and 

 garden near Sanza, 379. 



JMilk, a substitute for salt, 27 ; im- 

 portance of, to the Bechuanas,160 ; 

 Portuguese prejudice against, 

 421. 



Milo, the African medlar, 260. 



Mines, company projected to work 

 East African, 660. 



Mirage of the desert salinas, 62. 



Miranda, Lieutenant, Dr. Living- 

 stone's escort to the coast, 652 ; 

 prepares for defence at Shiramba, 

 657; hires Dr. Livingstone's men 

 for the ascent of the Zambesi, 

 658 ; resignation of his commis- 

 sion, 659 ; volunteers to disperse 

 Kisaka's band, 663. 



Mission, Dr. Livingstone's, esta- 

 blished at. Mabotsa, 11 ; at Sho- 

 kuane, 19 ; removal to Kolobeng, 

 20 ; circumstances of the native 

 tribes adverse to, 27 ; difficulties 

 from without, 29 ; destroyed by 

 the Boers, 39. 



Missionaries, expediency of their 

 trading discussed, 33, 34; their 

 daily work described, 41 ; pati- 



MOHORISI. 



ence and an enterprising spirit, 

 necessary qualifications of, 116, 

 117 ; resources and necessary ex- 

 penditure of, 190 ; Jesuit, high 

 reputation of, 410 ; permanence 

 of their teaching, 411. 



Missionary addresses, prominent 

 theme of, 317 ; difficulty of con- 

 veying, through an interpreter, 

 320. 



Missionary efforts, indirect good 

 influence of, 19 ; serious hin- 

 drances to, in Africa, 27 ; pro- 

 moted by trade, 28 ; the Bible a 

 substitute for, 115 ; circumstances 

 weakening, in South Africa, 116 ; 

 mistakes in, 117 ; injury done by 

 sectarianism to, 118 ; apparent 

 ill success of, good insensibly 

 derived from, 158 ; ill directed, 

 505 ; district of Africa best pre- 

 pared for, 505, 506 ; all earnest 

 labour, in some measure, 673, 

 674 ; importance of an established 

 commerce to, 675. 



Missionary life, definitively em- 

 braced by Dr. Livingstone, 8 ; 

 qualifications necessary for, 8f, 

 20 ; toils, privations, compensa- 

 tions of, 40. 



Missionary societies, stations in 

 Africa to be occupied by, 676. 



Missionary teaching, advantages re- 

 sulting from, to Griquas and 

 Bechuanas, 107-109. 



Mitilone, proposed as a port of the 

 Zambesi, 662; lighthouse and 

 village at,, proposed, 673. 



Moamba, the, latitude of, 453 ; geo- 

 logical structure of its slopes, 454. 



Mobala, last friendly chief met in 

 the descent of the Zambesi, 578. 



Mobola, a fruit dried by the Ban- 

 yati, 237. 



Mochoasele, the first Bechuana who 

 learned the existence of white 

 men, 14. 



Moenda en Goma, hills at the en- 

 trance of Lupata, 656. 



Moene Dilolo, entertains Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 479. 



Moena, Kilkanje, border Chiboque 

 chief, 44 6. 



Moffat, Mr., missionary settlement 

 of, at Kuruman, 8 ; dam made 

 by him at Kuruman, 110; his 

 ' Scenes and Labours in South 

 Africa,' translation of the Bible, 

 113, 114 ; receives Sechele's 

 children, Sechele's letter to, 118, 

 119 ; packages sent by, lodged on 

 an island, 500 ; curious meteoro- 

 logical phenomenon observed by, 

 595, 596. 



Mogametsa, an African bean, 260. 



Mohango, a pass through wooded 

 hills, 582. 



Mohatla, an aromatic shrub, 112. 



Mohetolo, the indigo plant, 71. 



Mohohu, Bechuana term for the 

 white rhinoceros, 611. 



Mohonono bush, thickets of, its 

 edible bark, 167. 



Mohorisi, taunts Lerimo with 

 cowardice, 245 ; his boldness 

 during the attack of the Chi- 

 boque, 342 ; comforts Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone with assurances of fide- 

 lity, 353, 354 ; projects a Mako- 

 lolo village on the Leeba, 482; 



MONZE. 

 marries a wife in Katema's town, 

 489 ; his readiness to promote 

 direct trade with Europeans, 526. 



Mohotluane, the wells of, destroyed 

 by digging too deeply, 55. 



Moisture sensibly cooling the at- 

 mosphere, 417. 



Mokantsa, a tall Bushman, 165. 



Mokoko, the, a dry river-bed of 

 the Kalahari desert, 60 ; an- 

 ciently spreading to a large lake, 

 61 ; temporary flood of, 159. 



Mokokonyani, a water-pool in the 

 bed of the Mokoko, 61. 



Mokoronga, the, a fruit-tree, in the 

 Mopane country, 611. 



Mokorozi, the, a rivulet feeding the 

 Zambesi, 634 ; gold-washing in, 

 637. 



Mokuri, herbaceous creeper with 

 tuberous root, 48 ; an edible 

 tuber of the Mopane country, 625. 



Mokwa-reza, the, its cry, in habits ■ 

 resembling the cuckoo, 559. 



Mokwala, his present to Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 498- 



Mokwanka, a district bordering on 

 the Leeba, recently occupied by 

 Shinte, 307. 



Mokwine, Batoka of, sent with 

 Dr. Livingstone, 533; bad feel- 

 ing of his tribesmen towards 

 Monahin, 620. 



Mola, an African forest tree, 536. 



Molekane, an address inciting to 

 hospitality, 148. 



Moles eaten by Katende's people, 

 333. 



Molinge, the, a "sand river falling 

 into the Nake, 607. 



Molompi, wood used for paddles, 

 205 ; found in the Londa forests, 

 284. 



Molondo, a fruit-tree of the Batoka, 

 552. 



Monahin, a Makololo in command 

 of Batoka, 533 ; attacked bj*- in- 

 sanity, leaves the camp, 619 ; his 

 unfortunate position with the 

 Batoka, vain search for, 620. 



Monakadzi, a mountain, the source 

 of the Lefuje, 286; valley 

 stretching to the ridges of, 289 ; 

 its height above the valley, 544. 



Mona-Kalueje, the, a branch of the 

 Lokalueje, 315. 



Monasteries, lessons to be learned 

 from, 117. 



Monato, African acacia, 54. 



Monenga, heroine of the tradi- 

 tionary story of Lake Dilolo, 327. 



Money, calico a substitute for, 380, 

 635; fish, 403; salt, 407. 



Monina, arrival at his village, his 

 popularity, 617 ; boys sent to be 

 educated in his household, 618 ; 

 hostile demonstrations of his 

 young men, 619 ; his wives sub- 

 mit to the ordeal " muavi," 620. 



Monomotapa, degeneracy of the 

 present, honours paid by the 

 Portuguese to the former, 617. 



Mononga-zambi, a fruit - tree on 

 the table-land overlooking the 

 Quango valley, 377. 



Monteiro, Major, his visit to Ca- 

 zembe, 640. 



Monze, paramount chief of the 

 Batoka, his reception of Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 554; a substitute for 



