INDEX. 



Egyptian customs paralleled, 131, 133, 

 243, 270, 271. 



Eland, 40. 



Electricity in air, 83. 



Elephant, modes of hunting by Euro- 

 peans, 52, 103; by natives, 11, 

 368, 377 ; its food, 361, 371, 398; 

 rule for ascertaining height, 369 ; 

 ear of African variety, 370 ; tenacity 

 of life, 379. 



English, native ideas of the, 184 ; 

 Mambari description of, 260. 



English manufactures prized, 209. 



Fascination, power of, in serpents, 97. 

 Fish, migrations of, in flood time, 178; 



modes of catching, 213 ; species in 



the Zouga, 50. 

 Fowl, peculiar kind of, 274. 

 Frenzy artificially produced, 360. 

 Frogs an article of food, 31. 

 Fvinerals, mode of conducting, 214, 



278,311. 

 Future life, native notions of, 150. 



Game-laws in Africa, 391. 



Geese, varieties of, 173. 



Geological notices, 67, 243, 269, 304, 



315, 345, 355, 356, 366, 372, 384, 



393, 406. 

 Gold-field near Tete, 411. 

 Golungo Alto, 260, 276. 

 Gonye falls, 147, 167. 

 Griquas, their origin, dress, &c., 72. 

 Gun-medicine, 175. 



Hair, peculiar modes of dressing, 214, 



247, 300, 364. 

 Hippopotamus, notices of the, 159, 



166, 329. 

 Honey-guide, 232, 359, 400. 

 Hopo or pitfall, 21. 

 Hornet, sting of, 330. 

 Horse-sickness in South Africa,70. 

 Human sacrifices, 215, 383. 

 Hut of Makololo, 143. 

 Hyaena, 392. 

 Hydrophobia unknown, 159. 



Idolatry in Londa, 188, 196. 



Iguano, 166. 



Indigo plant, 413. 



Inundated plains about the Chobe, 118 ; 



ofLobale, 210, 217; valleys, 226 

 237. 

 Iron-ore in Londa, 207 ; in Seng^ 

 388; near Tete, 412. 



Jesuit missionaries in Angola, 259 



271, 277 ; on east coast, 415. 

 Jinga, queen of the, 283. 



Kafue, the river, 372. 



Kalahari desert, 34 ; cause of drought 

 66 ; salubrity of the adjacent dis- 

 trict, 89. 



Kalomo, the river, 355. 



Kasai, the river, 225, 305. 



Kasendi, ceremony of the, 323. 



Kilimane described, 426. 



Kingfishers, 171. 



Kolobeng destroyed by the Boers, 29. 



Korwe, nest of, 399. 



Kumbara plant, 416. 



Kuruman station, 7; fountain at it, 

 75. 



Lakes, beds of ancient, 345. 



Leches, 50 ; mode of hunting, 140. 



Leeambye, the river, 145. See Zam- 

 besi. 



Leeba, the river, 152 ; ascent of it, 

 180. 



Lehututu, bird, 290. 



Lepelole, cave of, 83. 



Libonta, 172. 



Linkololo, bird, 327. 



Linyanti, 121. 



Lion, its food, 92 ; habits, 93 ; roar, 

 95, 153 ; Bushmen's mode of killing, 

 115 ; conflict with, 11. 



Livingstone, Dr., his early life, 3 ; 

 qualifies as a physician, 6 ; emi- 

 grates to Southern Africa, 7 ; visits 

 the Bak wains, 8 ; returns to Kuru- 

 man, 9 ; resides at Mabotsa, 10 ; 

 moves to Kolobeng, 12 ; starts on 

 his first expedition, 38 ; discovers 

 lake Ngami, 46 ; starts on his second 

 expedition, 51 ; discovers the Zam- 

 besi, 63 ; returns to Cape Town, 

 65 ; starts on his third expedition, 

 65 ; crosses the Orange river, 72 : 

 leaves Kuruman, 81 ; reaches the 

 junction of the Loeti and Zambesi, 

 153; returns to Linyanti, 155 ', 

 starts for Loanda, 159; reaches the 



