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INDEX. 



KATIMA. 

 329 ; sends for Dr. Livingstone, 

 333 ; refuses to see him, demands 

 a price for passing through his 

 country, 334, 335. 

 Katima-molelo, a northward bend 

 of the Leeambye, below the 

 rapids, 213 ; widening of the 

 river, after passing, 216 ; reaches 

 of deep water between Maineta 

 and, the haunts of hippopotami, 

 241. 

 Katolosa, the " Emperor Blonomo- 

 tapa," 617 ; de"tour to avoid, 624 ; 

 two tusks extorted, by threat of 

 his interference, 626 , his treach- 

 ery to the Portuguese, 631, 632 ; 

 tolls levied by, on the Zambesi, 

 642. 

 Katonga, latitude of, the adjacent 



country described, 208, 209. 

 Katongo, latitude of, unhealthiness 



of the district, 220, 221. 

 Kawawa, funeral in his village, 

 467 ; pleasant conversation with, 

 magic lantern exhibited, 468 ; his 

 demand of tribute, opposes the 

 crossing of the Kasai, 468, 469 ; 

 outwitted, 470. 

 Kebrabasa, a rapid above Tete, 554 ; 



of the Chicova, 604. 

 Kengwe, water-melon of the African 



desert, 48. 

 Khari, Sechele's son, enslaved by 



the Boers, 125. 

 Kidnapping of children for the 



slave-trade, 297. 

 Kilbopechoe, his hunt after fright- 

 ened oxen, 168 ; takes fever, 172. 

 Kilimane, eastern terminus of Dr. 

 Livingstone's last journey, 94 ; 

 journey to, delayed, 628 ; cha- 

 racter of fever at, 630 ; provisions 

 procured from, during the siege 

 of Tete, 632 ; use of palm-toddy 

 at, 639 ; failure of crops at, fa- 

 mine, 652 ; house in, built by 

 native carpenters, 662 ; inconve- 

 nient position, 670; arrival at, 

 letters from home, 672 ; situation 

 of, its unhealthiness, 680. 

 Kimbonda, or Ambonda, the, cha- 

 racter of, 423. 

 King-hunter, the, whistle of, 325. 

 Kings, African respect for, 38. 

 Kisafu, fowls offered in sacrifice, 407. 

 Kisaka, or Choutama, his rebellion, 

 burning of the Tete merchants' 

 plantations, 632 ; his ravages of 

 the Maganja country, 657 ; Senna 

 at the mercy of, 65S. 

 Kisama. See Quisamas. 

 Kisekise, a hill in the Batoka coun- 

 try, view from it, 554. 

 Kiwe, a mountain range, 384. 

 Koha, a dance of the Bechuanas and 



Caffres, 146, 147. 

 Kolimbota, accused of betraying the 

 Balonda, 268 ; acts as spokes- 

 man, 274 ; recommended to take 

 a wife from the Balonda, 277 ; 

 his fear of offending Shinte, 294; 

 intrigues to be left with the Ba- 

 londa, 296 ; his desertion of Dr. 

 Livingstone, 483 ; kind treatment 

 of, by Shinte, 484 ; his evil deeds, 

 488. 

 Kolobeng, the, settlement on, irri- 

 gation of the adjacent country, 

 distressing droughts, 20, 21 ; at- 



LANDEENS. 



tack of the Boers, 39 ; corn 

 brought to, from Kuruman, 42 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's second start 

 from, in 1850, 74 ; his return to, 

 76; mission station at, broken up 

 and deserted, 92; first valley 

 after leaving, 329 ; Makololo de- 

 scription of Dr. Livingstone's 

 house at, 391 ; nest of a korwe 

 found at, 613 ; depressing in- 

 fluence of its long droughts, 590, 

 591. 



Komanga hills, range east of the 

 Kafue, 570. 



Konde, the, beautiful valley of, 337. 



Kongwhane, the, scarlet insect on, 

 609. 



Koobe, well at, destroyed by the 

 rhinoceros, 161. 



Koodoo, the, found always near 

 water, 56 ; on the Zouga, a 

 smaller variety, 71. 



Korwe, the red-beaked hornbill, se- 

 clusion of, while hatching its eggs, 

 613, 614. 



Kosi, Bakwain term for chief, 45. 



Kosimakate, his drowning himself 

 in Lake Dilolo, 327. 



Kotla, the, importance of, in the do- 

 mestic polity of the Bechuanas, 

 15 ; Shinte's described, 291 ; 

 ships', according to the Makololo, 

 392. 



Rrapf, supposed by Dr. Livingstone 

 to be with Shinte, 289. 



Krieger, Commandant Gert, his jus- 

 tification of slavery, 30 ; negotia- 

 tions of, with Dr. Livingstone, 35. 



Kuabaoba, the straight-horned rhi- 

 noceros, 71. 



Kukama, native name of the gems- 

 buck, 56. 



Kumadua Lake, lowest point of the 

 bason enclosing Lake Ngami, 66 ; 

 rising and fulling of its waters, 

 67, 68 ; the country of the Bat- 

 letli, 85. 



Kumbanzo, an African chinchon- 

 aceous tree, 647 ; its bark a re- 

 medy for fever, 648. 



Kuruman, mission church and set- 

 tlement at, 8 ; the station farthest 

 inland from the Cape, 9 ; trade 

 established at, 28 ; visited by Dr. 

 Livingstone before starting on his 

 third journey, 77 ; Sebituane 

 driven from in 1824, 84 ; district, 

 desiccation of, its causes, foun- 

 tains now flowing, 110, 111 ; 

 landscape, flora of, 112, 113; 

 summer nearly over in March, 343. 



Kweelo. See Quilo. 



Kyanite, masses of, on hill ranges, 

 570. 



Lacerda, a traveller in the Balonda 

 country, 305 ; his error as to the 

 course of the Coanza, 357 ; his 

 death at Cazembe's town, his 

 papers lost, 587. 



Lakes, great, of ancient Africa, 527 ; 

 evidences of their gradual drain- 

 age, 528, 529. 



Landeens, the, laid waste the Zam- 

 besi islands, 636; Caffres, their 

 forays on the south bank of the 

 Zambesi, 657 ; fines levied by, on 

 Senna, 658; cmel attack of, on 



LEEBA. 



Senna, 660; expelled the Portu- 

 guese from Manica, 662 ; con- 

 sider the whites a conquered 

 tribe, 664. 



Langebongo, the, a branch of the 

 Loeti, 222. 



Languages, directions for the pro- 

 nunciation of African, 10 note; 

 use of pronouns in the Bechuana, 

 13, 14 ; phrases of, leading to 

 confusion from similarity of 

 sound, 58 ; the Sichuana, its co- 

 piousness, simplicity of construc- 

 tion, and conciseness, 113, 114 ; 

 children's patois, dialect of the 

 Bamapela, 115 ; African, trace- 

 able to two families, gradual 

 merging of the dialects, 339 ; of 

 the Batoka, 555. 



Lattakoo. See Kuruman. 



Lavradio, Count de, his recommen- 

 dation of Dr. Livingstone to the 

 Portuguese, 633. 



Lawrence Mills, Lowell, stamp on 

 calico bought from native trad- 

 ers, 597. 



Lebeole, his admiration of the 

 eland, 210; escorts Dr. Living- 

 stone from Linyauti, 515. 



Leche', or lechwi, water-antelope, 

 description of, its habitat, 71, 72; 

 hunting of, in a flooded country, 

 204, 205. 



Lechulatebe, invitation from, to 

 visit the Lake Ngami country, 

 53 ; history of his accession to 

 the chieftainship, his unworthy 

 treatment of Dr. Livingstone, 63 ; 

 seeks to prevent a meeting with 

 Sebituane, 69 ; agrees to furnish 

 Dr. Livingstone with guides, 75 ; 

 quarrel of, with the Makololo, 

 198-200; Makololo foray to pu- 

 nish, 502. 



Leeambye, the. See Zambesi. Win- 

 ter landscape on its banks de- 

 scribed, 212; cataracts of, 213; 

 its geology, its yearly inundation, 

 214 ; pirates of, 234 ; rapids of, 

 237, 238; birds frequenting, 238- 

 241 ; species of flying fish found 

 in, 241 ; iguanos and alligators, 

 habits of the hippopotami, 241, 

 242; its banks at Naliele, birds 

 frequenting them, 248, 249 ; un- 

 healthy season on, 249 ; unin- 

 habited districts of, teeming with 

 animal life, birds described, 252, 

 253; its numerous branches a 

 hindrance to travellers, 254 ; the 

 alligators of, 254, 255 ; marly 

 sandstone banks of, 260 ; abun- 

 dance of animal life following the 

 course of, 261 ; signification of the 

 name, 519. 

 Leeba, or Loiba, its confluence with 

 the Leeambye, 221 ; its latitude, 

 263 ; a navigable river, 264, 2C5 ; 

 beauty and fertility of the coun- 

 try bordering, 265-267 ; con- 

 fluence of with the Makondo, 

 271; few birds or fish found in, 

 273 ; the Makololo unwilling to 

 ascend, 276 ; passage of, 306 ; a 

 Makololo village on, projected, 

 482 ; confluence with the Lee- 

 ambye, the best site, 483 ; larger 

 than the Coanza at Massangano, 

 canoe descent of, 486. 



