INDEX. 



695 



Faria, Senhor, tribute of, to Muan- 

 zanza, 459. 



Fauna of the Kalahari desert, 47, 

 50; of Cape Colony, 101 ; of the 

 Mopane country, 615. 



Faustina, senior, medal of, 564. 



Feltao, Mr., sub-commandant on 

 the Quango, 418. 



Ferns, tree, found in a feeder of the 

 Chihombo, 461. 



Ferrao, Senhor, furnishes Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone with provisions, 663. 



Fever party of Englishmen at- 

 tacked by, death of an artist, 75 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's children at- 

 tacked by, 76 ; symptoms of, 194 ; 

 remedies for, native mode of 

 cure, 195 ; great mortality among 

 the Makololo by, 197 ; after, bad 

 effects of, 228, 229 ; weakness 

 produced by, 382 ; produced by 

 tampan bites, 383 ; fatal to 

 children in Cassange, 432 ; the 

 spectre of Angola, 437 ; caught by 

 drinking water, 439 ; its different 

 types at Kilimane and at Tete, 

 630. 



Fig-tree, water-distilling insect 

 found on the, 415-417. 



Firearms, plots of the Boers to de- 

 prive the Bakwains of, 35 ; illicit 

 trade of Boers in, 36 ; eagerness 

 of African tribes to possess, 69 ; 

 good resulting from the diffusion 

 of, 200. 



Fish, abundance of, in the Zouga, 

 varieties described, 72; migra- 

 tions of, 261 ; Balonda modes of 

 snaring, 312, 313. 



Fish-hawk, African, described, 240 ; 

 robbing the pelican, 241. 



Flax, African plants, substitutes 

 for, 645, 646. 



P'leming, George, joins Dr. Living- 

 stone's expedition in order to 

 establish trade with the Makololo, 

 120 ; knocked up with fatigue, 

 left behind, 170 ; trade of, with 

 the Makololo, 191 ; his return 

 south, 228. 



Floods from annual inundation of 

 the Chobe, 174-177. 



Flora of the Kalahari desert, 47-49 ; 

 of the banks of the Zouga, 70, 71 ; 

 of the Table Mountain, 96; of the 

 central zone of Cape Colony, 99, 

 100 ; of Kuruman, 112, 113. 



Flowers, sweet-smelling, on the 

 Leeba, 266 ; belts of various 

 coloured, on the plains, 472. 



Fombeji, the, a stream of Londa, 

 455. 



Forerunner, loss of Dr. Living- 

 stone's journals in, 423. 



Forests, the, of Londa, 284-286;; 

 their influence on character, 304 ; 

 gigantic creepers found in, 344 ; 

 free from thorny plants, 345 ; of 

 Londa, winding paths through, 

 453. 



Fossil trees on th'5 Chiponga, 572, 

 573; on the Zambesi, 603. 



Fountains of the Kasai, 330. 



France, the njefu known in, 664. 



Freemasons in Africa, 411. 



Frog, peculiar species of, found in 

 the Kalahari desert, edible, 42, 

 43; districts In South Africa, 487. 



Frolic, the, its call at Kilimane to 



GOLD. 



inquire for Dr. Livingstone, 672 ; 



its return, 681 ; Dr. Livingstone's 



embarkation, 682. 

 Fruit, wild, unknown varieties of 



African, 260 ; the chief defect of, 



611. 

 Fruit trees, found on the banks of 



the Zouga, 70 ; of the Batoka 



country, 534, 535. 

 Funze hills, seen from Mabueasula, 



570. 

 Funerals, drums used at, 316; ser- 

 vants killed at, of chiefs, 318 ; 



rites, incongruous character of, 



in Angola, 440. 



Gabriel, Mr., English commissioner 

 at Loando, his kindness to Dr. 

 Livingstone, 389, 391 ; his testi- 

 mony to the decline of the slave- 

 trade, 396 ; accompanies Dr. 

 Livingstone to Icollo i Bengo, 

 398 ; American cotton-seed im- 

 ported by, intercepted, 414 ; 

 sketch drawn for, 456 ; fails to 

 send letters to Dr. Livingstone, 

 457 ; his account of the second 

 Makololo expedition to Loanda, 

 501, 502. 



Galtou, Mr., an African traveller, 

 85. 



Game-laws, African, of different 

 provinces, 599. 



Gando, a chief, accused of witch- 

 craft, 441. 



Garden, Botanic, of Loanda, last 

 specimen of the Jesuits' planting 

 in, 402 ; nursery on the islands of 

 the Zambesi, 600. 



Garnets in a band of gneiss near 

 the Zambesi, 582. 



Geese, Barotse, varieties of, 253, 

 254. 



Gemsbuck, the, a frequenter of the 

 desert, 56. 



Geology of the Moamba banks, 454 ; 

 of the country between the Ung- 

 u€si and Victoria falls, 534 ; of 

 the Chicova district, 603, 634. 



Geography of Angola little known, 

 372; of undiscovered districts of 

 Londa, information gleaned con- 

 cerning, 457-459 ; of the Leeam- 

 bye misunderstood, 519 ; of the 

 country north of the Zambesi, 

 640, 641. 



Giraffe, the, its dependence on sup- 

 plies of water, 56 ; a sustained 

 gallop fatal to, 257 : habitat of, 

 in South and Central Africa, 612, 

 613. 



Glasgow, college of, Dr. Living- 

 stone's attendance at classes in, 6. 



Goa, exportation of gold to, by 

 Jesuits, 643. 



Goats of the Bakalahari, 50 ; milk, 

 peculiar mode of preparing, 160 ; 

 Bushman, superstitious dread of 

 eating, 165 ; improved breed of 

 given by Dr. Livingstone to Se- 

 keletu, 191. 



Goho, a plant used in the ordeal 

 " muavi," 621. 



Gola Bandy, king of the Jinga, 422. 



Gold found in the Mashinga moun- 

 tains, 595 ; unknown in the in- 

 terior of Africa, found on the 

 Zambesi, 597 ; rivers whose sands 



GROUND-; ' 

 are impregnated with, 605 ; wash- 

 ings, situation of the principal, 

 626 ; dust, Portuguese mode r,( 

 collecting, annual weight of, for- 

 merly, 630 ; present annual 

 weight, o.n ; washing, process of, 

 modern and ancient washing- 

 places, 637 ; extent of the gold- 

 field of Tete, price demanded by 

 the natives, practice of planting, 

 g:j*. 



Golungo Alto, a mountainous dis- 

 trict of Angola, beauty of its 

 scenery, 384, 385 ; its resources 

 neglected, 3S5 ; change in its 

 traffic by abolition of the slave- 

 trade, 385, 386; latitude of, de- 

 parture from, 386 ; census of, 

 400 note ; Dr. Livingstone at- 

 tacked by fever at, 408 ; its mica 

 schist, found in the Batoka 

 country, 558. 



Gomez, Senhor Manoel de, Dr. 

 Livingstone's host at the first 

 stage from Tete, 654, 655. 



Gonye, the Falls of, chosen as a lo- 

 cation by a Barotse inventor in 

 the art of agriculture, 213 ; the 

 villagers near, bound to carry 

 over travellers' canoes, 214; 

 beauty of the landscape at, 243 ; 

 good-humour of the people, the 

 falls described, 244 ; iron-glazed 

 rocks of, 498 ; falls, the outlet of 

 an ancient lake, 528. 



Gorongozo, a mountain terminating 

 the Lupata gorge, 656 ; moun- 

 tains, the Jesuit station on, 661. 



Government, colonial, mistakes of, 

 38, 106, 107. 



Graca, Senhor, visit of, to Mati- 

 amvo, 436. 



Grandfather, Tales of a, allusion 

 to, 2. 



Grapple-plant, thorns of the, 346. 



Grass of the Kalahari desert, 47 ; 

 long, disliked by the springbuck 

 and by oxen, 104 ; strong, sharp- 

 edged, of the Chobe, 175 ; rank- 

 ness of, in the Barotse valley, 

 220, 221 ; long, protecting the 

 river banks in Londa, 315 ; tall, 

 of the Quango valley, 364 ; varie- 

 ties of, in Angola, 415 ; burned 

 to attract game, effects of feeding 

 on new herbage, 465 ; tall, of the 

 Mopane country, 608. 



Grave of a half-caste trader, 359 ; 

 in Angola, 424 ; pot-holes on the 

 De chosen for, 616. 



Gray, Mr., his drawing of the tsetse, 

 571. 



Gregarious animals, a wounded 

 comrade expelled from the herd, 

 545 ; the most wary appointed 

 leader, 546 ; distinct herds of 

 male and female accounted for, 

 547. 



Griquas better fitted than Euro- 

 peans for African travel, 46 ; 

 Alrican half-castes, 104, 105 ; 

 prohibited the use of gunpowder, 

 106; their Christiauization, 107; 

 ancient and modern customs of, 

 108. 



Ground-nuts, a corrective of the 

 bad effects of gluten, 455 ; dainty 

 preparation of, 513; crushed for 

 oil in Tete, 615. 



