INDEX. 



699 



LEFUJE. 



Lefuje, the, a rapid stream joining 

 the Leeba, 286. 



Lehututu, African turkey, a ser- 

 pent-eater, 432. 



Leina, the, an oration of candidates 

 for the rank of men, 147. 



Lekone, or Lekwine, the, crossing 

 of, 517 ; march from Kalai to, 

 526 ; flows, with a contrary cur- 

 rent, in the old bed of the Zam- 

 besi, 527. 



Lepeldle, Dr. Livingstone's six 

 months' seclusion at, its advan- 

 tage, 9 ; settlement at, broken up, 

 10. 



Lepelole, the cave of, the habitation 

 of the Bakwain's deity, 124. 



Leprosy, a disease of Africans, 605. 



Lerimo, foray of , on the Leeba, 245 ; 

 ill of leprosy, 503. 



Lesbonya.anantof SouthAfrica,135. 



Letldche, ten days' distant from 

 Lake Ngami, visited by Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone in 1842, 10 ; well sup- 

 plied with water, Mr. Gordon 

 Cumming's northern station, 151. 



Lezuntabuea, means of defence of 

 the, 610. 



Libebe, boundary of the great cen- 

 tral lake of ancient Africa, 527. 



Libollo, the, mountains in Angola, 

 383. 



■ the, an independent people of 



Angola, 407 ; reputation of, 423. 



Libonta, its latitude, 221 ; multi- 

 tudes of game above, 223 ; deten- 

 tion at, 249 ; captives restored at, 

 its situation, 250 ; arrival at, joy- 

 ous welcome, solemn assembly, 

 492 ; departure from, 494. 



Lichen, found floating on the San- 

 shureh, 174. 



Lightning apt to strike the mopane, 

 avoids the morala, 165. 



Lighthouse, a, required at Militone 

 for safe navigation of the Zam- 

 besi, 673. 



Likuare, the, forming with the tide 

 and the Luare, the Kilimane 

 river, 670, 



Likwa, the, source of, Sebituane's 

 birthplace, 84. 



Lilonda, a Barotse capital, grove, 

 relics of Santuru, 219. 



Limboa, his flight from the Mako- 

 lolo country, established in Ny- 

 enko, his rivalry of Masiko, 485 ; 

 his son brought from Nyenko, on 

 Nananko's election, 489 ; pro- 

 ceeds to extremities in the quarrel 

 with Masiko, defeated, 497. 



Limpopo, the, visited by English 

 travellers in 1808, 14 ; great size 

 of elephants on, 564. 



Linangelo, a town submerged by 

 the Zambesi, 216. 



Linkololo, the, an African crow, a 

 shellfish eater, 494 ; the young 

 esteemed a dainty, 495. 



Linongolo, a shell-eating bird, 252. 



Linyanti, arrival of Dr. Livingstone 

 at, 177 ; his reception at, 178 

 flight of the Mambari from, 181 

 latitude and longitude of, 203 

 country between Sesheke and, 

 described, 203, 204 ; infested by 

 tsetse, 227 ; Dr. Livingstone's 

 final start from, 231 ; at, March 

 the height of summer, 343 ; re- 



LIVINGSTONE. 



turn from the west to, 500; as- 

 sembly called to receive the tra- 

 veller's report, resolutions, 501 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's occupation at, 

 510; departure by night from, a 

 thunder-storm, 515, 516. 



Lion, the, peculiar species of fasci- 

 nation of, over his prey, 12 ; na- 

 ture of wounds from the teeth of, 

 13 ; " man-eaters " accounted for, 

 136 ; its fear of man, 137, 138 ; 

 its courage and strength over- 

 rated, 139 ; manner of seizing 

 prey, of feeding, 140; roar of, 

 141 ; its colour, a maneless va- 

 riety, 141, 142 ; inferior in 

 strength to the buffalo, 142 ; 

 Bushman mode of hunting, 171 ; 

 angry roaring of, 173 ; large size 

 and loud roar of, near Libonta, 

 223 ; a man killed by, at Libonta, 

 250 ; the Mopane country overrun 

 by, no check on their increase, 615. 



Lip, piercing the upper, a mode of 

 decoration, 577 ; a tin button 

 worn in, on the Zambesi, 597. 



Litloo, a bean yielding underground, 

 639. 



Litofe, hasty journey from, to 

 Gonye, 226 ; at, Dr. Livingstone 

 issues orders to prevent a foray, 

 245. 



Litubaruba, residence of Sebituane, 

 85 ; a town of Sechele's, 124 ; grey 

 sandstone at, 603. 



Liula, shamed out of niggardliness, 

 460. 



Livingstone, Dr., his parentage, 2; 

 early education, 3 ; choice of pro- 

 fession, 6 ; admitted a licentiate 

 of the Faculty of Physicians, 7 ; 

 his marriage, 8 ; details of the 

 various years spent in Africa by, 

 8*; wounded by a lion, 12; ac- 

 cused of lending cannon to the 

 Bakwains, 36, 38 ; finally leaves 

 Kolobeng, sends his family home, 

 92, 93 ; practice and reputation 

 of, as a physician, among the 

 Bechuanas, 130-132; determina- 

 tion of, to avoid inference in the 

 practice of native doctors, 188 ; 

 his refusal to trade, 189 ; presents 

 of, to Sekeietu, 191 ; attacked by 

 fever at Linyanti, 194; tries to 

 negotiate peace between the Ba- 

 lorida and the Makololo, 273-277 ; 

 prepares to start from Linyanti 

 for the coast, 227, 228 ; his escort, 

 228 ; last instructions to Seke- 

 ietu, 229 ; provision for his jour- 

 ney, 230 ; details of the day in 

 his travelling, 243, 244; refuses 

 to give " gun medicine," his de- 

 ficiencies as a marksman, 258 ; 

 refuses Shinte's present of a slave, 

 297 ; his discourse on slavery, 

 298 ; difficulties with his escort, 

 306-308; observations for longi- 

 tude and latitude taken by, 306 ; 

 narrow escape from drowning, 

 336, 337 ; quells a mutiny of his 

 men, 347 ; attacked by fever, in 

 danger from the Chiboque, 348, 

 349 ; his men propose to return, 

 353 ; at Cassange, 370 ; his lec- 

 tures to the Makololo on political 

 economy, 373 ; hesitation of his 

 followers to proceed to the coast, 



LOFUBU. 



374; reaches Loando, worn out 

 by fever, 389 ; learns the disasters 

 of the Russian war, 435; twenty- 

 seventh attack of fever, 472 ; in- 

 troduces the fruits of Angola into 

 Londa, 484, 485; inadvertently 

 a blood-relation, 489 ; loses his 

 skill in woodcraft, 491 ; again at 

 Linyanti, 500; fifth journey pro- 

 jected by, 506 ; indebted (or his 

 outfits to the Makololo, 516 ; 

 tribes composing his band, system 

 of discipline established, 533 ; 

 reasons for his anxious wish to 

 reach the east coast safely, 585 ; 

 providential circumstances lead- 

 ing him to regard the exploring 

 of Africa as his proper work, 677, 

 678. 



Livingstone, Robert, his visit to 

 Sebituane, 89,90. 



Livoa, the, a feeder of the Leeba, 

 315. 



Loajima, the, attack of the Chiboque 

 on one of its branches, 348 ; hos- 

 tile party at a ford of, 350 ; 

 crossing of, on an extempore 

 bridge, 448, 449. 



Loambo, the, Chebende's village on, 

 482. 



Loanda, Dr. Livingstone prepares to 

 go to, 227 ; Balonda wax ex- 

 ported from, 285 ; capital of An- 

 gola, 369 ; government of, its 

 regulations for the carriage of 

 merchandise, 385, 386 ; fruit im- 

 ported from the Senza plains to, 

 388 ; arrival at, 389 ; admiration 

 of the Makololo, 391 ; regarded as 

 a penal settlement, its convict 

 soldiers, 396 ; soothing climate of, 

 grant of the government to Seke- 

 ietu, 397 ; capabilities of for rail- 

 way construction, 404, 405 ; em- 

 bassy from the Jinga to, 428 ; 

 priests in, men of colour, 426 ; 

 second visit of the Makololo to, 

 501 ; island of, its population, 

 trade in fish, 394. 



Loange, the, the western boundary 

 of Londa, 447. 



Loangwa, the, Makololo plunderers 

 turn back at, 503 ; Ma-Mburuma 

 offers canoes to cross, 582 ; fears 

 of attack, 584; crossing accom- 

 plished safely, 585 ; friendly part- 

 ing with guides, 586 ; march 

 from, through wooded hills, 588. 



Loapula, the, the eastern branch of 

 the Zambesi, 476 ; south-west- 

 ward course of, 503. 



Lobale, the people of, plundered by 

 Dr. Livingstone's Makalaka, 222 ; 

 slaves purchased from, 290 ; rain- 

 flooded plains of, 308-310; fugi- 

 tives from, on account of the 

 slave-trade, 319. 



Lobotani well, north-west of Ba- 

 mangwato, 54 ; return of the oxeu 

 to, 55. 



Locusts, used as food, 42. 



Loembwe, the, valley of, described, 

 465 ; open country beyond, 466. 



Loeti, the, confluence of, with the 

 Leeambye. 222. 



Loey-cave, introduced into an Afri- 

 can tradition, 528. 



Lofubu, the, ascent of, to visit a 

 coal-seam, 633 ; navigable, 635, 



