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INDEX. 



BAHIMPE. 



273 ; Semalembue's agents, 567 ; 

 plundered by Mbururna's people, 

 582 ; Mburuma's sole medium of 

 intercourse with Europeans, 584 ; 

 supply English cotton goods to 

 the Zambesians, 594. 



Bahimpe, the, distinctive mark of, 

 263; advice to pass through their 

 country, 570. 



Bahurutse, the, important part al- 

 lotted to, in the ceremony of the 

 pumpkin harvest, 45. 



Bain, Mr., geological map of, 500. 



Bakaa-mountains, latitude of, viru- 

 lent fever in the district of, 10. 



tribe, its removal to Kolo- 



beng, submission to Sechele, 149 ; 

 basaltic caves, affording refuge to, 

 150. 



Bakalahari, the, their origin and 

 history, 49 ; character of, rela- 

 tions with the Bechuanas, trade, 

 50 ; peculiar mode of drawing 

 water, 51 ; grass patches burned 

 by, to attract the springbuck, 

 104. 



Bakoba, or Bayeiye, the, African 

 Quakers, their history, 63 ; pre- 

 ference of, for canoe travelling, 

 64; pitfalls of, 69,70; fish-eaters, 

 fishing-implements of, 72 ; their 

 dexterity in use of the harpoon,73. 



Bakoni, the, their fondness for agri- 

 culture, 202. 



Bakuena. See Bakwain. 



Bakurutse, the, their canoes, 73. 



Bakwains, the, a Bechuana tribe, 

 Dr. Livingstone familiarises him- 

 self with, 9 ; political revolution 

 among, 14, 15 ; purchase of land 



[ from, 19; character of, 19, 20; 

 their objection to praying and 

 preaching, 23 ; mode of hunting 

 practised by, 26 ; emigrants to 

 Cape Colony, 32, 33 ; their pre- 

 ference of circular forms, 40 ; 

 superstition of, touching the cave 

 Lepelole, 124 ; their quarrels with 

 the Boers, 125 ; inoculation prac- 

 tised by, diseases never found 

 among, 128 ; diseases to which 

 they are subject, 129 ; medical 

 practice of, 129-131 ; verdure of 

 the country, 150 ; relics of animal 

 worship among, 255. 



Balobale, the, a tribe to the west of 

 the Leeba, 275; cattle brought 

 from, by Katema, 321 ; fugitives 

 in Katema's country, their diso- 

 bedience, 323 ; taking refuge with 

 Shinte and Katema, 483 ; gradual 

 destruction of the larger game by, 

 486. 



Baloi witches, 129. 



Balonda, or Balunda, villages of, 

 destroyed by Lerimo, 245 ; their 

 meat-drying stages on the Leeba, 

 266; ill-affected to Dr. Living- 

 stone, 268, 269 ; hunters, meeting 

 with Dr. Livingstone, 270; barter 

 with, 271 ; cereals, herbs culti- 



; vated by, the tattooing of, 272 ; or- 

 naments of the women, 273 ; dress, 

 ornaments of the, noblesse, 276, 

 277 ; superstitions of, 281 ; idol- 

 worship, habit of wearing arms, 

 282; palisaded dwellings of, 283; 

 their faith in charms, 2S5 ; fashion 

 ofjwusing guests, 286; universal 



BANYAI. 



idol-worship of, 286, 287 ; courte- 

 sies required by, 288 ; susceptible 

 of religious impressions, 289 ; in, 

 the negro type strongly deve- 

 loped, 290, 291 ; their respect for 

 women, 292 ; their musical in- 

 struments, 293; their punctilious- 

 ness, 296, 304 ; the fishing of, 312, 

 313; contempt of, for the Mako- 

 lolo, 313, 314 ; custom of aban- 

 doning a house visited by death, 

 314 ; ready hospitality of, fu- 

 nerals among, 316 ; envy the 

 Makololo, their exemption from 

 the slave-trade, 322 ; careless life 

 of the Cabango, 460 ; southern, 

 kindlier spirit of, 461 ; traffic in 

 canoes, suggested to, 486 ; al- 

 liances of, with the Makololo, 

 489. 



Bamapela, the, dialect of, 115 ; 

 game-laws enforced by, 599. 



Bamangwato, the, Dr. Livingstone's 

 first visit to, 10 ; road leading to 

 the country of, 53 ; meeting with, 

 on the Zouga, 62 ; banishment 

 visited on men bitten by the alli- 

 gator, 255. 



Bamangwato hills, volcanic cha- 

 racter of the range, 149, 150. 



Bambala, tradition of intercourse be- 

 tween Batoka and white traders 

 at, 532. 



Bambiri, the, prevented by tsetse 

 from rearing cattle, 596 ; a branch 

 of the Banyai, 604; a trouble- 

 some guide from, 605 ; attempts 

 of, to induce Dr.Livingstone's men 

 to settle in their villages, 623. 



Banajoa, a tribe extending east- 

 ward from the Mahabe, 80. 



Bangalas, at war with the Portu- 

 guese, 359 ; election of the chief 

 among, 434 ; their trade with the 

 Bashinje, 442. 



Bango, the, possessors of St. Hila- 

 rion, 410 ; gradations of rank 

 among, drunkenness of, free-ma- 

 sonry, 411 ; their funeral and 

 marriage ceremonies, 412; love 

 of litigation, 413 ; fondness for 

 titles, 414.. 



Bango, the chief, present from, re- 

 fuses to eat beef, 462 ; game found 

 in his country, groups of villages, 

 462. 



Bangwaketse, the, conquered by 

 Sebituane, 84, 85. 



Banian-tree, of South Africa, 173 ; 

 at Chitlane's village, African 

 veneration for, Barotse name of, 

 495. 



Banians, agents in the trade be- 

 tween Bombaya and Senna, 659. 



Banona, appellation of men, 148. 



Banyassa, the, country of, 503. 



Banyai, the, on the south bank of 

 the Zambesi, 574 ; their mode of 

 killing elephants from stages, 

 575 ; a button in the lip, worn 

 by the women, 597 ; the fall of 

 rain in their country less than in 

 Londa, 605 ; devotional suscepti- 

 bility of, 607,608 ; possess abun- 

 dance of honey, wax of no ac- 

 count among, 614 ; superstition 

 of, forbidding the killing of lions, 

 615 ; confederacy of tribes of, its 

 lord paramount, 617 ; political 



BARTER. 



liberties of, election of chief, 617, 

 618 ; system of education among, 

 618 ; ordeal practised by, C21 ; 

 high position of women among, 

 622, 623 ; their complexion, 

 fashion of hair-dressing, 624. 



Banyeti, the tribute of iron exacted 

 by the Makololo from, 197 ; on the 

 Leeambye, their skill in handi- 

 crafts and in agriculture, 212, 

 213 ; tribute to Sekeletu, 214 ; 

 on the high grounds, cereals, 

 herbs, fruits, cultivated by, 220 ; 

 fruits of, 236, 237. 



Baobabs, girth of, on the Zouga, 70 ; 

 nature of the, 163. 



Bapalleng, theft of ivory from, 198. 



Baptista, Pedro Joao, crossed the 

 African continent, 435. 



Bara, a confederacy of gold-seekers, 

 630. 



Baramuana, defences against the 

 Landeens on, 660 ; view from, 661 . 



Barimo spirits, 220 ; appeased by 

 drum-beating, 316,317 ; belief in 

 the continued existence of, 331 ; 

 vindictiveness of, 433 ; cruel sac- 

 rifices to, 434 ; votive offerings to, 

 466 ; represented at a funeral, 

 467 ; sacrifices to, above Mosioa- 

 tunya, 523 ; " motse" oa," 524 ; Bo- 

 roma seized by, 602 ; invoked, to 

 give success in hunting, 607. 



Bark, strips of, the dress of the Ki- 

 sima, 406. 



Barolongs, the, Bakwain settlement 

 destroyed by, 10; their disputes 

 with the Boers, 122 ; subdivided 

 by the quarrel of three brothers, 

 213. 



Baroma excuses himself from an 

 interview, 602. 



Baroro, the people of, 664. 



Barotse, the, incorporated with the 

 Makololo, 88 ; cure for inflamma- 

 tion of the lungs, 89 ; their energy 

 and activity in crossing a flooded 

 country, 177 ; a colonist from, 

 irrigated the country near Gonye, 

 213; religious feeling shown by, 

 belief in the existence of spiritual 

 beings, 219, 220; boatmen, 243, 

 244 ; graceful hospitality of, 246 ; 

 character of their serfdom, 247, 

 248 ; unwillingness of, to visit Ma- 

 siko, 263 ; belief of, in the power 

 of the eye, ib. ; intricacies in their 

 social polity, 489 ; fugitives from 

 Sekeletu turned back, 490 ; super- 

 stitions touching the Leeambye, 

 517 ; no salt in their country, 

 600 ; application of the ordeal 

 " muavi" peculiar to, 622. 



— — valley, large oxen of the, 192 ; 

 productions of the, 197 ; annually 

 inundated, description . of, 214, 

 215 ; the land of plenty,' 220 ; its 

 unhealthiness, 221 ; the headman 

 of, 245 ; love of the Barotse for, 

 254 ; fish left by inundation in, 

 261 ; triumphal progress down, 

 493; palm-tree, seeds planted in, 

 494; project of migration to, 503 ; 

 objections, 504; diseases incident 

 to, 503, 504; in old times a vast 

 lake, 527 ; large breed of cattle 

 probably imported, size and 

 cowardice of its dogs, 565. 



Barter, unavoidable in the interior 



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