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CATHOLICS. 

 Catholics, Roman, the, of Ulva, 

 their conversion to Protestant- 

 ism, 2. 

 Cathory, leaves, a cure for ulcer, 432. 

 Cattle, the chief wealth of the Be- 

 chuanas, 32 ; stealing of the 

 Boers, 37 ; given as presents, 77 ; 

 destroyed by tsetse, 83 ; of the 

 Makololo, their curved horns and 

 fantastic ornaments, 192 ; price 

 of, in Loanda, 419 ; of various 

 tribes, compared, 565. 

 Cattle-pen, custom of burying a 



Bechuana chief in, 90. 

 Cattle-stealing unkuown among the 



Bechuanas, 57. 

 Cazembe, situation of his town, 

 Pereira's and Lacerda's visit 

 there, 305 ; names of his people 

 and country, 305, 306 ; human 

 sacrifices of, explained, 317 ; pro- 

 bable position of, 476 ; visits of 

 white men to, 555, 556 ; his power 

 exaggerated by Pereira, 587 ; 

 failure of the expedition to, 588 ; 

 geographical information given 

 by a traveller to, 640. 

 Cazengo, coffee plantations of, 401 ; 

 annual tribute to the govern- 

 ment, 402 ; its plantations, 407. 

 Centipedes in certain districts, 609. 

 Cereals grown by the Makalaka, 

 197 ; on the Barotse highlands, 

 220 ; grown on the banks of the 

 Lokalueji, early ripened, 312 ; of 

 the Banyai, 600 ; grown at Tete, 

 639. 

 Chamai, wooded hills, 558. 

 Changamera drove the Bazunga 



from the Zambesi, 585. 

 Charity, consistent, disinterested, 

 inseparable from Christianity, 

 510. 

 Charms used to bring rain, 22 ; be- 

 lieved to be identical with medi- 

 cine, 23-25 ; against serpent-bites, 

 273 ; love of, among the Balonda, 

 281 ; the Ficus indicus regarded 

 as a, 290 ; men murdered for the 

 sake of procuring, 317; benefits 

 derived from faith in, 330, 331 ; 

 faith hi, in Angola, 435. 

 Chebende, interview with, 482 ; 



Shinte's councillor, 485. 

 Chests, wooden, trade in, at Cam- 



bondo, 387. 

 Chiboque, the, neglect of cultiva- 

 tion in their territory, 337 ; vio- 

 lent attempt of, to extort tri- 

 bute, 340-342 ; their slave-deal- 

 ing practices, 343 ; perpetual ex- 

 tortions of, 347 ; plunder Dr. 

 Livingstone's party under pre- 

 tence of exchanging presents, 

 348, 349 ; attack at Ionga Panza's 

 village, 352, 353; attack of, on 

 Dr. Livingstone's party return- 

 ing, 445; repulsed without blood- 

 shed, 446. 

 Chicova, district of, its silver mines, 

 6U3 ; its geological structure, 

 604. 

 Chieftainship, peculiar rights and 

 duties of, in Africa, 43 ; elective, 

 in Angola, 434. 

 Chifumadze, the, a branch of the 



Leeba, 315. 

 Chihombo, the, a feeder of the 

 Kasai, 314 ; the path lost near, 



CLIMBING. 

 346; flows past Cabango, 455; 

 traces of buffalo and hippopotami 

 on its banks, 4G1. 

 Cbihune, the, Dr. Livingstone pre- 

 vented taking an observation on, 

 343, 344. 

 China, Dr. Livingstone's wish to 

 go as medical missionary to, 5 ; 

 opium war in, change of plan, 8 ; 

 karosses exported from the Be- 

 chuana country to, 50. 



Chipaka, the, extortions practised 

 at the passage of, 355, 356 ; deeper 

 valley worn by, to the eastward, 

 448. 



Chiponga, the, delayed by rains 

 on, tsetse, 371 ; journey from, 

 through a petrified forest, 572 ; 

 tameness of the elephants on, 

 573. 



Chitlane, present of linkololo, re- 

 ceived at his village, 494 ; site of 

 his village, epidemic sickness in, 

 495. 



Chizaniena, the, range, in a wooded 

 country frequented by elephants, 

 550; fertilized by anthills, 551. 



Chobe, the, meeting the Makololo 

 on, 83 ; character of the country 

 between the Zambesi, and, 91 ; 

 annual inundations of, 174; first 

 descried by Dr. Livingstone, 175 ; 

 passage down, to Mahonta, 176, 

 177; divides into five branches, 

 231; hippopotami of, 231, 232; 

 banks of, 232 ; its course, its con- 

 fluence with the Leeambye, 233 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone leaves, 234 ; 

 canoe voyage from Sesheke to, 

 516. 



Chondo, an island on the Leeambye, 

 517. 



Chongwe, the, flooded by rains, 575. 



Chonuane, at, Dr. Livingstone's first 

 settlement among the Bakwains, 

 20 ; half-deserted houses at, in- 

 fested by lions, 137. 



Chorichori, a cluster of conical hills 

 on the Zambesi, 602. 



Chowe, the, salt extracted from its 

 bed, 600. 



Christianity, the diffusion of, its in- 

 direct benefits beyond price, 226. 



Chuantsa, a salt-pan, 77 ; nature of 

 the salt deposit, 159. 



Church, ruined, between the Zam- 

 besi and the Loangwa, 586. 



Circumcision, practised among Be- 

 chuana and C'affre tribes, 146. 



Civilization and evangelization in- 

 separable, 28 ; conducive to phy- 

 sical improvement, 166. 



Clarendon, Lord, American cotton- 

 seed sent to Africa by, 414; in- 

 forms the Portuguese of Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone's expedition, 633 ; Dr. 

 Livingstone's obligations to, 672. 



Climate of the country bordering 

 the Kalahari desert favourable 

 to the cure of pulmonary disease, 

 132, 133 ; moist, of Londa dis- 

 liked by the Makololo and 

 Barotse, 309 ; hurtful moisture 

 of the, in Angola, 380, 3S1 ; of 

 Loanda, its effects on tempera- 

 ment, 397 ; natural adaptation of 

 animals to, 407. 



Climbing plants of the Londa 

 forests, 284. 



CONGLOMERATIC. 

 Clyde, the, cotton manufactory on, 

 2 ; compared to the Zouga, 69 ; 

 recalled by the Kasai, 332 ; the 

 vale of, recalled by the Quango 

 valley, 360 ; flooded holms of, 

 recalled by the Leeambye, 528, 



Coal, possibility of finding at l'ungo 

 Andongo, 421 ; indications of, on 

 the Mozuma, 54 8; seams of, on 

 the streams of the Zambesi, 633, 

 634. 



Coanza, the, error as to the course 

 of, 222 ; true course of, 357 ; 

 source of, near Bihe, 372 ; charac- 

 ter of the country between the 

 Quize and, 379 ; joined by the Lu- 

 calla at Massangano,381 ; project- 

 ed canal from, to Loanda, 395 ; 

 fish of, tax on the fishermen, 403 ; 

 navigation of, 404; disused, 406; 

 southern boundary of the Portu- 

 guese, 422; tribes on the left 

 bank, 423 ; difference of tempera- 

 ture on, 424 ; flora of, 425 ; sup- 

 posed source of, 426. 



Cobras, their love of eggs, 145. 



Cockin, Mr., surgeon of the Poly- 

 phemus, 391. 



Codrington, Captain, visit of, to the 

 Bakwains, 125 ; surprised by a 

 lion, 138 ; his gift of a pontoon 

 to Dr. Livingstone, 174. 



Coffee prized by the Makololo, 

 207 ; grown in Angola, 379 ; the 

 favourite soil of, 399 ; not in- 

 digenous in Angola, 401 ; cause 

 of its extensive propagation, 

 402. 



Cuimbra, the University of, native 

 Africans educated as priests at, 

 426. 



Colonization of South Africa re- 

 commended, 97. 



Colour, black, of African tribes, 

 accidents modifying the, 78 ; 

 theories accounting for lighter or 

 darker, in African tribes, 338, 

 339. 



Comets, regarded by the Bechuanas 

 with superstitious dread, 10. 



Commandant, office of, eagerness of 

 Portuguese to obtain, frequent 

 abuse of, 418, 419. 



Commemoration of remarkable 

 events in Africa, 217, 218. 



Commerce of essential importance 

 in missionary efforts, 2S ; un- 

 suitable to missionaries, though 

 the great stay of missions, 33 ; a 

 preventive of the slave-trade, 92 ; 

 Dr. Livingstone's opportunities 

 of engaging in, 189; his opinions 

 as to its compatibility w ith mis- 

 sionary efforts, 190 ; an esta- 

 blished, eagerly desired by the 

 Makololo, 228 ; of the Balonda 

 hindered by western tribes, 333 ; 

 impolicy of restrictions on, 374; 

 staples of, in Loanda, 395 ; free 

 navigation of the Zambesi neces- 

 sary to, 642, 643 ; suggestions 

 for the promotion of, in Africa, 

 675, 676. 



Confluence of the Chobe and the 

 Leeambye ill defined, 233. 



Congo, a species of aloe, ils fibrous 

 tissue a substitute for flax, 645, 

 646. 



Conglomerate.feruginous.in a valley 



