426 



INDEX. 



Limosella tenuifolia, 405 

 Limpopo, see Crocodile River 

 Lion-flesh, coarse in the grain, 174 

 Lions, 17, 31, 60, 140, 164, 172, 208, 



230 

 Lippia asperifolia, 407 



Oatesii, 407 

 Lissochihis arenarius, 409 



Buchanani, 409 



Oatesii, 409 

 Livingstone, Dr., reference to, 255- 



262 

 Lobelia decipiens, 402 

 Lobengula, 5, 59-65, 94-1 15, 141, 

 183-187 



despotic power of, 36, 63 



equivocal conduct of, 170, 186 



his dress and appearance, 103, 

 in, 115 



his objection to Boer hunters, 223 



his sister, 60, 99 



put to death by him, 112, note 



his wives, 99, 1 01, 112 



punishment of his subjects, 69, 

 113, 129, 168 

 Localities, List of, where specimens 



were obtained by Mr. Oates, 300 

 Locusts, 363 



value of, as food, 17, 19, 127 

 Lonchocaipus Capassa, 397, 398 



laxiflorus, 398 

 var. sericeus, 397 



Philenoptera, 397, 398 



violaceus, 397, 398 

 Long-claw, Cape, 328 

 Lophostethus Dumolinii, 363 

 Lost in the veldt, 216-218 

 Lotsani River, 23 



Lubbock, Sir John, reference to, 294 

 Lusciniola gracilirostris, 312 

 Lyccena Asopus, 361 



As ten's, 361 



Holcias, 361 



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?6i 



Lochias, 361 



Methymna, 361 



Parsimon, 361 

 Lyccenesthes Lochias, 361 

 Lyca>nidce, 360 

 Lydenburg Gold-fields, 10 

 Lyperia Burkeana, 405 



Machetes pugnax, 332 

 Mackenna, John, 242, 250-252, 265 



Mackenzie, Rev. John, 21, 37, 149, 266 

 extract from a letter of, 273 

 undertakes the duties of executor, 

 272 



Alacrocoma eriophora, 381 



Macronyx Capensis, 328 



Mahalapsi River, 23 



Mahuku, son of Makobi, 45, note 



Makabo, son of Monyama, 183, 186, 

 !93) I0 4> 2 °7, 212 



Makalakas, the, 178-184, 196-199, 

 211-216 

 inhospitable treatment by, 213 

 obstructive conduct of, 170, 180 

 their dress, 179, 182 

 their state of subjection to the 

 Matabele, 152, 185-186, 222 



Makobi's kraal, massacre at, 45, 129 



Malabars, skulls of, 284 



Malays, skulls of, 284 



Mandy, Mr., 69, 93, 105 



" Maneko," wild fruit, 90 



Mangwe River, 123, 124 



Maizticho}-a latipennis, 368 



Mantis, sp., 385 

 fenestrata, 385 



Marabastad Gold-fields, 10 



Marsh-Harrier, South African, 302 



Marshall, Prof. John, reference to, 

 282 



Mashonas, the, Matabele raids against, 



59, 79 

 their dress and demeanour, 119 

 their gradual absorption by the 

 Matabele, 152 

 Matabele, the, 45, 49, 54, 79, ill 



best articles for trade with, 49, 



53 



kingdom, extent and products of, 

 36, 62 



the Mashonas and Makalakas in 

 bondage under them, 79, 152 



their dress, 97, 101 



their ruthless treatment of Bush- 

 men, 222 



warriors, threatened by, 192, 199, 

 207, 214. 

 Matcheng, Bamangwato attacked by, 



155 

 Matengwe River, 236-243 

 Matlauli, Mosilikatze's nephew, 76, 85, 



88, 96 

 M'Cabe, Mr. Joseph, plants collected 



by, 395 



