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INDEX. 



AHREU. 



Abrf.u, Cypriano di, assists Dr. 



Livingstone to cross the Quango, 



365, 366; kindness and hospitality 

 shown by, to Dr. Livingstone, 



366, 307 ; death of his stepfather, 

 his debts, 440. 



Abutua, the ancient kingdom of, a 

 gold district, 637. 



Adanson, longevity ascribed by, to 

 the Mowana, 162. 



Aerolites observed by Dr. Living- 

 stone, 596. 



iEsop, table of, proof of his African 

 birth, 43. 



Africa, strong vitality of native 

 races in, 115; permanence of 

 tribes in, 422. 



traversed from east to west by 



no Europeans, 435. 



true politeness of tribes in the 



interior, 601 ; graves in trees, 

 602. 



■ ■ capabilities of, for exten- 

 sive commerce, 679. 



Africa, South, Dr. Livingstone em- 

 barks for, 8 ; life in, unfavourable 

 to literary pursuits, 8f; use of 

 personal pronouns among the 

 tribes of, 13, 14 ; animals of, 

 proper for domestication in Eu- 

 rope, 43. 



advantages offered by, to co- 

 lonists, 97. 



the northern tribes of, the more 



enlightened on religious subjects, 

 159. 



tribes of, distributed into three 



great families, 201. 



superstitions of, more cruel 



among northern tribes, 318 ; ideas 

 of future existence found in, 319. 



watershed of the rivers of, 329. 



■ general view of its geological 

 structure, 474, 475 ; geological 

 changes in, 527-529. 



decreasing size of animals in 



north latitudes, 564, 565. 



Agates common in parts of Africa, 

 651. 



Agriculture, love of the Bechuanas 

 for, 49, 50 ; honoured by the Ba- 

 sutus, 196 ; common instrument 

 of, 197; skill of the Batonga in, 

 576. 



Albinos, cause of their rare occur- 

 rence in South Africa, 576. 



Ako, the, the slave trade exchanged 

 for trade in wax by, 423. 



Alfacinya, a water plant impeding 

 the navigation of the Shire, 641 ; 

 floating from the Shire into the 

 Zambesi, 663. 



AUigai ors of the Zouga, 69 ; alliance 

 of with the "setula-tsipi," 239; 

 of the Leeambye, the most sa- 

 vage, narrow escape from, 254 ; 

 superstitiously regarded by the 

 Africans, 255 ; used as food by 

 the Barotse, 255 ; mode of rearing 

 their young, of seizing prey, 267 ; 

 the young described, eggs, used 

 as food, dangers from, 268. 



ANTKLOPK. 



Amaral, General, law enforced by, 

 432. 



Amaryllis, toxicaria, use, served by 

 its silky down, 112. 



Ambaca, Dr. Livingstone's guide 

 to, his character and behaviour, 

 375, 376; arrival at the village 

 of, 381 ; kind reception of the 

 Commandant, 382 ; population of 

 the district, 382 ; arrival at, 418 ; 

 departure from, 419. 



Ambakistas, inhabitants of Am- 

 baca, 375 ; good education of, 

 441, 442. 



Ambonda, the family of the Mam- 

 bari, 218 ; situation of their 

 country, their language, 269. 



Ambriz, timidity of the people, 397 ; 

 cotton seed destroyed at, 414 ; 

 its breed of large cattle, 565. 



America, Angola, the future rival 

 of its cotton-growing states, 437 ; 

 best means of opposing slavery 

 in, 679. 



Amygdaloid, dyke of, across the 

 Leeambye, 233. 



Andersson, Mr., Sebituane's attempt 

 to meet, 85. 



Angola, vine of, with tuberous 

 root, 47 ; mowana trees of, 163 ; 

 dialect spoken in, 269 ; half-caste 

 militia of, 366, 367 ; law of, for- 

 bidding Portuguese to cross the 

 boundary, 369; blunders in maps 

 sent from, 372 ; mild character 

 of its government, 378 ; negro 

 characteristics of the native tribes 

 of, 378, 379 ; provisions made for 

 the comfort of travellers in, 379, 

 380 : mode of carrying burdens, 

 380 ; district government of, 383 ; 

 through, no highway to the sea 

 possible, 390 ; remarks of Dr. 

 Livingstone, published in, 397 ; 

 luxuriant growth of cotton in, 

 399 ; price of labour- in, 400 ; ex- 

 cellence of its coffee, 401 ; trees 

 introduced, by the Jesuits, into, 

 401, 402 ; obstacles to improve- 

 ment in, 405; seasons in, un- 

 healthy for natives, 418; fa- 

 vourite sites for graves in, 424 ; 

 neglect of agriculture, 425 ; cruel 

 superstitions and practices of the 

 natives, 434, 435 ; beauty of the 

 country, 441 ; deterioration of 

 the blacks, 442; resemblances in 

 its forest scenery, to that of the 

 Batoka country, 558; Laccrda's 

 project of establishing a com- 

 munication between the east 

 coast and, 587. 



Angora, goats of, their long hair,543. 



Ant-eater, new species of, describ- 

 ed, 169, 170. 



Antelope, finest variety of African, 

 43 ; herds of, in the Kalahari 

 desert, 47 ; new species of, dis- 

 covered, 71; new species of 

 water, described, 205; new 

 species of, unknown in the south, 

 209 ; beauty, wariness, tenacity 



BABISA. 



of life, 256; skins, Matiamvo's 

 tribute, 479. 

 Ant-hills, huge, on the banks of the 

 Chobe, 176; fertility of, 203; 

 edible mushrooms growing on, 

 285 ; the chief garden ground of 

 the Batoka, 551 ; mushrooms on, 

 625. 



Antidotes to the Ngotuane poison, 

 113; to the N'gwa poison, 171; 

 to venomous bites, 172. 



Antony, St., image of, belonging to 

 half-caste soldiers, 367. 



Antonio, St., convent of, 397. 



Ants, black, able to distil water, 21, 

 22; large black, emitting a pun- 

 gent smell when alarmed, 135 ; 

 black of the Dilolo plains, their 

 foresight in time of floods, 327, 

 328 ; red carnivorous, ferocity 

 of, 430 ; nests and galleries of, 

 431 ; white, swarming of, in 

 spring, considered a delicacy, 

 464; black soldier, their steady 

 march, sting causing insensibility, 

 537 ; their preying on white ants, 

 538; white, their hordes, their 

 unrelaxing industry, 539; good 

 service done by, 540. 



Acmatic plant disintegrating rocks, 

 238. 



Arabs, lesson taught them by the 

 antelope or gazelle, 209 ; from 

 Zanzibar, their meeting with Dr. 

 Livingstone, near Naliele, 223; 

 prejudice of, against Portuguese 

 and English, 224 ; trader, bearer 

 of Sekeletu's commissions, 501 ; 

 a tribe of, settled in Manica, 

 662. 



Aranjo, Pedro Antonio d', native 

 religious teacher in Tete, 613, 

 644. 



Ardetta, the, found perching on 

 buffaloes, 252. 



Aristotle, peculiar characteristic of 

 the African elephant remarked 

 by, 563. 



Arkwright, Lieutenant, the gift of, 

 given in barter, 75. 



Arrows, poisoned, of the Bushmen, 

 171. 



Asevedo, Senhor, lends his launch 

 to Dr. Livingstone, 671. 



August, the end of winter, forest 

 scenery of, 498. 



Australia, Central, compared to 

 South Africa, 97 ; Batoka trees 

 aping the eucalypti of, 535. 



Azolla, nilotica, a Nile plant, found 

 in the Leeambye, 664. 



Azores, the, project of emigration 

 from, to Africa, 660. 



Baba, killed by a rhinoceros, his 



fortitude, 552. 

 Babel, Tower of, African tradition 



of the, 528. 

 Babindele, the Portuguese. 359. 

 Babisa traders on the hills of the 



Kafue, 571 ; their lodgine-house, 



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