696 



INDEX. 



GRYLLUS. 



Gryllus, a, of Cape Colony, assimi- 

 lated in colour to the plant it 

 feeds on, 100. 



Guerrike, Otto von, first observer 

 of electricity in the atmosphere. 



Guide, duty of, in Londa, 460, 461. 



Hacbshish, an African preparation 

 of, 541. 



Hair, straight, African opinion of, 

 274, 275; wonder of the Ba- 

 londa at, 289 ; a negro exquisite's 

 mode of dressing, 316 ; Basbinje 

 mode of dressing, 365 ; Londa 

 modes, 449-451 ; woven into a cone 

 by the Bashukulompo, 556; fan- 

 tastic adjustment of, by Semalem- 

 bue's people, 567 ; Banyai modes 

 of dressing, 624. 



Hakitenwe, an antelope, 230. 



Hamburgh, fever in a vessel from, 

 680. 



Harpoon, the Bayeiye mode of 

 killing the hippopotamus with, 

 73. 



Harris, Captain, death of his inter- 

 preter, 552. 



Hawk, the fish, its wastefulness, 

 its plundering, 240, 241. 



Hawthorn, wild, of Africa, 266, 



Haycocks made by mice, 142. 



Heat less oppressive on highlands, 

 577, 578. 



Heathenism, degrading influence 

 of, 226 , the dark side of, 259. 



Helena, St., English cruisers offer 

 to convey Dr. Livingstone thither, 

 390. 



Herald, court, of the Makololo, his 

 duties and perquisites, 178 ; 

 directed to accompany Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, his proclamations, 221 : 

 service required of, his perqui- 

 sites, 250. 



Herodotus, his observations in 

 natural history, 239 ; quoted on 

 the subject of hair, 274. 



Herschel, Sir John, plan drawn up 

 by, for public instruction, 98. 



Hibiscus, the, used by the Bayeiye 

 for nets, 72. 



Hides, ox, Makololo manner of pre- 

 paring, 193 ; stripes of, used in 

 barter, 359. 



H ghlanders, traditions of the, re- 

 sembling African stories, 2 ; 

 curious coincidence of sentiment 

 with the Makololo touching 

 cattle-stealing, 526. 



Hilarion, St., the deserted convent 

 of, its present occupants, 410. 



Hills on the ridges of the great 

 central valley, moderate elevation 

 of, 569. 



Hippopotami, difficulty of harpoon- 

 ing, 73 ; two tame, killed by mis- 

 take, 217 ; gregarious " soli- 

 taires" dangerous, 231, 232; 

 dreamy life of, 262 ; canoe upset 

 by, 497, 498 ; of the Kafne, their 

 unusual tameness, quarrelsome- 

 ness of, 569. 



Hoe used by the Makalaka, 197 ; 

 superseded by the plough, 202 ; 

 double-handled, of Angola, 408; 

 replaces the whole paraphernalia 

 of agriculture at Tete, 639 ; Seke- 



INOCULATION. 



letu's, converted into an Enfield 

 rifle, 651. 



Hogg, David, advice of, 5 note. 



Honey-guide, the, useless on the 

 Chihune, 344 ; not treacherous, 

 547. 



Hooker, Dr., the buaze plant un- 

 known to, 646 ; his account of 

 the njefu, 663, 664. 



Hooping-cough, cases of, brought 

 to Dr. Livingstone, 559. 



Hopo, the, Bakwain method of 

 hunting, by means of, described, 

 26. 



Hornbill, the red-beaked, nest of, 

 in holes of trees, 613, 614. 



Hornet, venomous, on the Leeam- 

 bye, 499. 



Horoye, a Bushman chief, 165. 



Horse-sickness, a virulent disease 

 of South Africa, 101 ; its symp- 

 toms, animals subject to it, 102. 



Hoskins, Lieutenant, letter from, 

 on the navigation of the Zambesi, 

 668, 669. 



Hot-spring, description of a, near 

 Tete, 634. 



Hottentots, hair of, growing in 

 scattered tufts, 379. 



Humboldt, Baron, ascribes obser- 

 vations on atmospheric effects to 

 Guerrike, 123; quoted, 127; rain 

 without clouds observed by, 596. 



Hunting by means of the " hopo," 

 26 ; despised by African tribes, 

 59 ; elephant, of Mr. Oswell, 76 ; 

 night, cruelty of, 161; in, neces- 

 sary suffering diminished by ac- 

 quaintance with the habits of 

 animals, 256, 257 ; sagacity of 

 animals in shunning the dangers 

 of, 280; not accounted sport by 

 Africans, 579, 



Huts on poles of the Banajoa, 80; 

 of the Makololo, 207 ; of the Ba- 

 londa, with movable roofs, 286 ; 

 a fixed idea in the Makololo 

 mind, 391. 



Hydrophobia unknown in South 

 Africa, 127. 



Hyaenas, alarm raised by, at Serotli, 

 56; cowardice of, 57; strength 

 of their jaws, 600, 601 ; laughing, 

 of the Mopane country, 608 ; nu- 

 merous in the Mopane country, 

 615. 



Ibis of the Leeambye, 238 ; reli- 

 giosa, 252. 



Icollo i Bengo, its population, 397 ; 

 origin of the name, 398 ; census 

 of, 401 note. 



Idolaters, their morality no stricter 

 than their fellows', 308. 



Idols, of the Balouda, medicine, 

 275 ; alligator, common in Londa, 

 282 ; objects of fear, not of adora- 

 tion, 2S6, 287 ; varieties of, in the 

 Balonda forests, 304 ; at a trader's 

 grave, 359 ; paraded at funerals 

 in Cabengo, 456. 



Ife, an African water-plant, its 

 uses, its native district, 72 ; the 

 fibres of, used in wig-making, 

 274. 



Indigo, wild, found in Africa, 71 ; 

 wild, in Tete, 636. 



Inoculation known to the Bakwains, 



IVORY. 



128 ; practised in the Barotse 

 valley, 504, 



Insanity rare in Africa, 409. 



Insects, scourge of the tsetse, 499 ; 

 whose sting causes stupefaction, 

 539 ; numerous after rain, 608 ; 

 in seeds of plants, 609. 



Instinct teaching wariness, 242; 

 changing the habits of animals, 

 280 ; curious instance of, in ants, 

 327, 328 ; observed in trees, 344, 

 345; prompting the driving a 

 wounded beast from the herd, 

 545. 



Instruments carried by Dr. Living- 

 stone, 231. 



Intemese, a guide provided by 

 Shinte, 301 ; purveys for his 

 master, 304; his dilatoriness, 

 306, 307 ; theft committed by 

 one of his followers, 307, 308; 

 his skill in wood-carving, 308 ; 

 stories of his childhood, 309 ; his 

 untruthfulness and good-humour, 

 shuns religious service, 311 ; 

 urges the giving an ox to Soana 

 Molopo, left behind, 313; his 

 real services as guide, 314 ; delays 

 the meeting with Katema, 315; 

 a fugitive from Shinte reclaimed 

 by, 322 ; introduces Dr. Living- 

 stone to Katema, 319. 



Interior of Africa a more promising 

 field of missionary labour than 

 the coast, 505, 506. 



Interra, meeting with Senhor Ase- 

 vedo at, 671. 



Inyavu, the, coal seam on, 634. 



Ionga Panza demands tribute for 

 passing through his country, 

 351, 352 ; his village, his present 

 to Dr. Livingstone, 352 ; his sons 

 undertake the office of guide, 

 355 ; leave the party in the lurch, 

 356. 



Iron manufactured by the Banyeti, 

 213 ; Shinte's people workers in, 

 302 ; native manufacture of, in 

 Angola, 400 ; foundry erected in 

 Angola. in 1768, 402, 403; pro- 

 duce of modern works in Angola, 

 403 ; solution of, on bogs, 454 ; 

 works of the Salvisho Highland- 

 ers, 485 , ore, magnetic on the 

 Funze hills, 570; wrought by 

 the Basenga, 595 ; excellence of 

 the ore found in East Africa, 

 650. 



Irrigation of the Kolobeng country, 

 by Dr. Livingstone, 20; of Mr. 

 Moffat at Kuruman, 110; Boer's 

 system of, 111 ; of a Barotze, 213. 



Isidore, Senhor, seeks to improve 

 the defences of Senna, 658 ; dis- 

 organisation in his government, 

 659 ; his negro boat-builders, 

 662. 



Ivory, fabulous account of the 

 wealth of Lake Ngami country 

 in, 53 ; price of, among the Ba- 

 tauana at first opening of the 

 trade, 69 ; value of a day's 

 harvest in, 76; eagerness of 

 African chiefs to trade in," 77; 

 accepted by Dr. Livingstone from 

 Sebituane, 190 ; price of, among 

 the Makololo, 191 ; theft of 

 Sekeletu's tribute, 198 ; Dr. 

 Livingstone's men begin to col- 



