INDEX. 



691 



BARTH. 



of Africa, 190; among the Mako- 

 lolo, 191 ; taking the place of free 

 hospitality, 331. 

 Barth, Dr. Livingstone's hope of 

 meeting, 289. 



Bashinje, the, Dr. Livingstone enters 

 their country, 359; larva; used 

 as food by, 361 ; their chaffering 

 for tribute, 362, 363; refuse ca- 

 noes to pass the Quango, 364 ; 

 fire on Dr. Livingstone's party, 

 365 ; physiognomy of, 442 ; fan- 

 tastic modes of hair-dressing, 443. 



Basbubia, a tribe on the Zambesi, 86. 



Bashukulompo, the, Dr. Livingstone 

 directed towards their country, 

 550 ; fugitive saved by Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 553; mode of dressing 

 hair, 556 ; products of their 

 country, 568. 



Basimane, appellation of boys, 148. 



Basougo, the, subject to the Portu- 

 guese, 378 ; possessing cattle, 

 379 ; source of the Quango in 

 their country, 440 ; workers in 

 iron, 595. 



Basutos, the, battle between the 

 English and, 121 ; nucleus of the 

 Makololo tribe, 197 ; division of 

 South African tribes, 201. 



Batauana, the, Dr. Livingstone's 

 arrival in the country of, 63 ; 

 their keenness in trade, 69. 



Batlapi, the, social condition of, im- 

 proved by missionary teaching, 

 202. 



Batletli, the, large horned cattle of, 

 85, note. 



Batoka, the, a tribe inhabiting the 

 islands of the Zambesi, their cha- 

 racter and customs, 86 ; their 

 fastnesses destroyed by Sebitu- 

 ane, 88 ; tribute of iron paid by, 

 197; differences of colour in, 339 ; 

 propose rebellion against Dr. Liv- 

 ingstone, 347 ; fugitives dashed 

 to pieces at Mosioatunya, 523 ; 

 fastnesses, 523, 524; utterly dis- 

 persed by Sebituane, 527 ; their 

 sanguinary character, 530 ; cus- 

 tom of knocking out the front 

 teeth, 532, 533 ; degenerate tribe 

 of, 540; destruction of their cattle, 

 manner of distributing their vil- 

 lages, 554 ; beyond the outskirts 

 of the free country, their friend- 

 liness, savage mode of salutation, 

 551; of Dr. Livingstone's band, 

 their insubordination, plundering 

 propensities, 552; the character 

 and habits of Semalembue's tribe, 

 567 ; names of giraffe and ostrich 

 unknown in their language, 612. 



Batoka country, its features and 

 products, 534, 535 ; uninhabited 

 district dividing the free from 

 the dependent Batoka, 541 ; its 

 abundance of game, 541, 542 ; its 

 rocky structure, its trees and 

 flowers, 542 ; depopulation of 

 Sebituane's settlement on the 

 Mozuma, 54.8, 549 ; arrival in the 

 rebel district, dangerous adven- 

 ture with a mad prophet, 549; 

 hostile demeanour of the people, 

 550; friendliness of the free 

 tribes, 551 ; their desire for 

 peace, 553; overrun by succes- 

 sive conquerors, 554 ; its streams 



BEN-IIABIB. 

 not perennial, its fertility, 556 ; 

 small size of its domestic animals, 

 565 ; dip of the rocky strata in, 

 558 ; on the Kafue, love and 

 regret of the Makololo for, 568 



Batonga, the, on the north bank of 

 the Zambesi, 574. 



Bayciye. See Bakoba serpent- 

 charmers, 145, 146. 



Bazunga, half-caste, slave-traders, 

 582 ; disadvantage of marching 

 in their path, 583; ruined village 

 of, at the confluence of the Zam- 

 besi and the Loangwa, 584 ; said 

 to have been driven away by the 

 Matebele, 585 ; staples of their 

 trade, 587 ; since two years not 

 seen on the Zambesi, 594. 



Beehuanas, origin of the names of 

 the various tribes of, 13 ; patri- 

 archal government, customs of, 

 15 ; their hatred of the slave- 

 trade, 31 ; their fear of Euro- 

 peans, 32 ; tribes of, enslaved by 

 the Boers, ib. ; their chief buried 

 in his cattle-pen, 90; of the 

 Orange river, 104 ; given up to 

 the oppression of the Boers, 1 06, 

 107 ; success of missions to, their 

 trade, their inaptitude for handi- 

 crafts, 108, 109 ; cuttings made 

 by, to resuscitate fountains. 111 ; 

 imperishability of, 115; stagna- 

 tion of intellect among, 124 ; love 

 of children, 126, 132; ceremonies 

 observed by, on attaining man- 

 hood, 146, 147 ; their manner of 

 training boys, 147-149 ; division 

 of labour among, 151 ; notions of, 

 on religious subjects, 158, 159; 

 their manner of using milk, 160 ; 

 their behaviour in sickness, 169 ; 

 probable derivation of the name, 

 200, 201 ; their prejudices with 

 regard to eating, 224. 



Bedingfield, Commander, invites the 

 Makololo on board his ship, 391 ; 

 his escape from drowning, 423. 



Bee-eater, its nests in the banks of 

 the Leeambye, 248. 



Beehives of the Balonda, mode of 

 fashioning and protecting them, 

 284, 285; on the Chihune, 344. 



Beetle, the scavenger, its usefulness, 

 43 ; habits described, 44. 



Benedictines, ruined convent of, at 

 Massangano, 405. 



Benevides, de Sa, Governor, drove 

 the Dutch from Angola, 406. 



Bengala, the, taxes imposed by, 

 on slavedealers, 351 ; extort an 

 ox and a tusk from Dr. Living- 

 stone, 352, 353 ; subdued by the 

 government of Angola, 366 ; 

 burned a party of Ambonda, 368. 



Bengo, a name of the Senza, 388 ; 

 supplies Loanda with water, 

 395; ascent of, 397. 



Benguela, wax of the Londa forests 

 exported from, 285 ; large cattle 

 of, 565 ; forests, the lichens and 

 mosses of, found in the Batoka 

 country, 558. 



Ben-Habib intrusted to conduct 

 Makololo traders to Loanda, 501; 

 his betrayal of Sebola Bakwaia, 

 502, 503 ; a suitor to Sebituane's 

 daughter, rejected, 508 ; Banyai 

 guide resembling, 624. 



BOOKS. 



Bible, the, not the sole evangeliscr, 

 28; translation of, into S, 

 by Mr. Moffat, 113, 114; value 

 of the translation, 115; the great 

 instrument in evangelising the 

 heathen, 117, 118. 



Bihe, the country of the Mambari, 

 91 ; in the route of the Mambari, 

 227 , traders from, 359 ; situation 

 of, not ascertained, 426 ; a tra- 

 velled native of, 429. 



Birds of the Leeambye forests de- 

 scribed, 238-241; of the Leeam- 

 bye, north of Libonta, 252, 253 ; 

 water, forms of the bills, 253; 

 geese of the Barotse valley, 253, 

 254; of the Loeti, 261. 



singing, tamed by the Balonda 



and Barotse, 524 ; song, observed 

 in districts devoid of animal life, 

 525. 



Bivouacking, in Africa, 250,251. 



Blackbird, African, tail-feathers 

 prized by the natives, 432. 



Blantyre works, removal of Dr. 

 Livingstone's family to, 2; Dr. 

 Livingstone a piecer in, 3. 



Blcemfontein, Sechele's meeting 

 with English officers at, 121. 



Boatlanama, second station on the 

 journey to Lake N garni, 54 ; wells 

 of, found dry, 134. 



Boers, signification of the name, 

 29 ; of the Cashan mountains, 

 their character, 29 ; cordial re- 

 ception of, by the Beehuanas, 

 ungrateful return, 30; slave 

 forays, 31 ; suspicious temper, 

 cowardice of, 32 ; their oppression 

 of the native Africans, 33 ; seek 

 to deprive the Bakwains of guns, 

 to make a spy of Dr. Livingstone, 

 35 ; their cowardly mode of 

 fighting, Sechele's resistance, 37 ; 

 opposition of, to missions and to 

 trading, treaty with Sir George 

 Cathcart, 38 ; attack on the Ko- 

 lobeng settlement, 39 ; of Cape 

 Colony, their physical constitu- 

 tion, 98; farms of, pasture, 103; 

 Transvaal, obtain the passing 

 of the "gunpowder ordinance," 

 106 ; canals and cuttings of, for 

 irrigation, 111, 112; Transvaal, 

 fine inflicted by, on Mr. Macabe, 

 122 ; send to seek peace from 

 the Bakwains, 125 ; slave-system 

 of, 126, 127. 



Bogs containing iron, 454. 



Boguera, a ceremony of South 

 African tribes, 146, 149. 



Bolcamaria, a wild flower of An- 

 gola, 399. 



Bolenga hills, a range west of the 

 Kafue, 570. 



Bolengwe, a hill and gorge of the 

 Kafue, 568. 



Bombay, trade of Senna with, 659. 



Bombwe, a cataract of the Leeam- 

 bye, 213. 



Bonda, the dialect of Angola, 269. 



Bonga, a tuber containing salt, 625. 



Bonga, Tete plundered and burned 

 by, 631 ; his character, 654 ; pass- 

 ing his stockade, 655. 



Bonyai, Banyai system of instruc- 

 tion, 618. 



Books carried by Dr. Livingstone, 

 230. 



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