INDEX. 
695 
FARIA. 
Faria, Senhor, tribute of, to Muan- 
zanza, 459. 
Fauna of the Kalahari desert, 47, 
50; of Cape Colony, 101; of the 
Mqpane country, 615. 
Faustina, senior, medal of, 564. 
Feltao, Mr., sub-commandant ou 
the Quango, 418. 
Ferns, tree, found in a feeder of the 
Chihombo, 461. 
Ferrao, Senhor, furnishes Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone with provisions, 663. 
Fever party of Englishmen at¬ 
tacked by, death of an artist, 75 ; 
Dr. Livingstone’s children at¬ 
tacked by, 76; symptoms of, 194 ; 
remedies for, native mode of 
cure, 195 ; great mortality among 
the Makololo by, 197 ; after, bad 
effects of, 228, 229; weakness 
produced by, 382; produced by 
tampan bites, 383 ; fatal to 
children in Cassange, 432; the 
spectre of Angola, 437 ; caught by 
drinking water, 439; its different 
types at Kilimane and at Tete, 
630. 
Fig-tree, water-distilling insect 
found on the, 415-417. 
Firearms, plots of the Boers to de¬ 
prive the Bakwains of, 35 ; illicit 
trade of Boers in, 36; eagerness 
of African tribes to possess, 69 ; 
good resulting from the diffusion 
of, 200. 
Fish, abundance of, in the Zouga, 
varieties described, 72; migra¬ 
tions of, 261; Balonda modes of 
snaring, 312, 313. 
Fish-hawk, African, described, 240; 
robbing the pelican, 241. 
Flax, African plants, substitutes 
for, 645, 646. 
Fleming, George, joins Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s expedition in order to 
establish trade with the Makololo, 
120; knocked up with fatigue, 
left behind, 170; trade of, with 
the Makololo, 191; his return 
south, 228. 
Floods from annual inundation of 
the Chobe, 174-177. 
Flora of the Kalahari desert, 47-49 ; 
of the banks of the Zouga, 70, 71; 
of the Table Mountain, 96; of the 
central zone of Cape Colony, 99, 
100 ; of Kuruman, 112, 113. 
Flowers, sweet-smelling, on the 
Ijeeba, 266 ; belts of various 
coloured, on the plains, 472. 
Fombeji, the, a stream of Londa, 
455. 
Forerunner, loss of Dr. Living¬ 
stone's journals in, 423. 
Forests, the, of Londa, 284-286^; 
their influence on character, 304; 
gigantic creepers found in, 344 ; 
free from thorny plants, 345 ; of 
Londa, winding paths through, 
453. 
Fossil trees on the Chiponga, 572, 
573; on the Zambesi, 603, 
Fountains of the Kasai, 330. 
France, the njefu known in, 664. 
Freemasons in Africa, 411. 
Frog, peculiar species of, found in 
the Kalahari desert, edible, 42, 
43; districts in South Africa, 487, 
Frolic, the, its call at Kilimane to 
GOLD. 
inquire for Dr. Livingstone, 672; 
its return, 681; Dr, Livingstone’s 
embarkation, 682. 
Fruit, wild, unknown varieties of 
African, 260 ; the chief defect of, 
611. 
Fruit trees, found on the banks of 
the Zouga, 70; of the Batoka 
country, 534, 535. 
Funze hills, seen from Mabueasula, 
570. 
Funerals, drums used at, 316; ser¬ 
vants killed at, of chiefs, 318; 
rites, incongruous character of, 
in Angola, 440. 
Gabriel, IVIr., English commissioner 
at Loando, his kindness to Dr. 
Livingstone, 389, 391 ; his testi¬ 
mony to the decline of the slave- 
trade,. 396; accompanies Dr, 
Livingstone to Icollo i Bengo, 
398 ; American cotton-seed im¬ 
ported by, intercepted, 414; 
sketch drawn for, 456; fails to 
send letters to Dr. Livingstone, 
457 ; bis account of the second 
Makololo expedition to Loanda, 
501, 502. 
Gal ton, Mr,, an African traveller, 
85. 
Game-laws, African, of different 
provinces, 599. 
Gando, a chief, accused of witch¬ 
craft, 441. 
Garden, Botanic, of Loanda, last 
specimen of the Jesuits’ planting 
in, 402; nursery on the islands of 
the Zambesi, 600. 
Garnets in a band of gneiss near 
the Zambesi, 582. 
Geese, Barotse, varieties of, 253, 
254. 
Gemsbuck, the, a frequenter of the 
desert, 56. 
Geology of the Moamba banks, 454; 
of the country between the Ung¬ 
ues! and Victoria falls, 534; of 
the Chicova district, 603, 634. 
Geography of Angola little known, 
372; of undiscovered districts of 
Londa, information gleaned con¬ 
cerning, 457-459 ; of the Leeam- 
bye misunderstood, 519 ; of the 
country north of the Zambesi, 
640, 641. 
Giraffe, the, its dependence on sup¬ 
plies of water, 56; a sustained 
gallop fatal to, 257 ; habitat of, 
in South and Central Africa, 612, 
613, 
Glasgow, college of. Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s attendance at classes in, 6. 
Goa, exportation of gold to, by 
Jesuits, 643. 
Goats of the Bakalahari, 50; milk, 
peculiar mode of preparing, 160 ; 
Bushman, superstitious dread of 
eating, 165; improved breed of 
given by Dr. Livingstone to Se- 
keletu, 191. 
Goho, a plant used in the ordeal 
“ muavi,” 621. 
Gola Bandy, king of the Jinga,422. 
Gold found in the Mashinga moun¬ 
tains, 595 ; unknown in the in¬ 
terior of Africa, found on the 
Zambesi, 597 ; rivers whose sands 
GROUND-NUTS. 
are impregnated with, 605; wash¬ 
ings, situation of the principal, 
626; dust, Portuguese mode of 
collecting, annual weight of, for¬ 
merly, 630; present annual 
weight, 631; washing, process of, 
modern and ancient washing- 
places, 637 ; extent of the gold¬ 
field of Tete, price demanded by 
the natives, practice of planting, 
638. 
Golungo Alto, a mountainous dis¬ 
trict of Angola, beauty of its 
scenery, 384, 385; its resources 
neglected, 385 ; change in its 
traffic by abolition of the slave- 
trade, 385, 386; latitude of, de¬ 
parture from, 386; census of, 
400 note; Dr. Livingstone at¬ 
tacked by fever at, 408; its mica 
schist, found in the Batoka 
country, 558. 
Gomez, Senhor Manoel de, Dr. 
Livingstone’s host at the first 
stage from Tete, 654, 655. 
Gonye, the Falls of, chosen as a lo¬ 
cation by a Barotse inventor in 
the art of agriculture, 213; the 
villagers near, hound to carry 
over travellers’ canoes, 214; 
beauty of the landscape at, 243; 
good-humour of the people, the 
falls described, 244 ; iron-glazed 
rocks of, 498; falls, the outlet of 
an ancient lake, 528. 
Gorongozo, a mountain terminating 
the Lupata gorge, 656; moun¬ 
tains, the Jesuit station on, 661. 
Government, colonial, mistakes of, 
38, 106, 107. 
Graqa, Senhor, visit of, to Mati- 
amvo, 436. 
Grandfather, Tales of a, allusion 
to, 2. 
Grapple-plant, thorns of the, 346. 
Grass of the Kalahari desert, 47 ; 
long, disliked by the springbuck 
and by oxen, 104 ; strong, sharp- 
edged, of the Chobe, 175; rank¬ 
ness of, in the Barotse valley, 
220, 221; long, protecting the 
river banks in Londa, 315 ; tall, 
of the Quango valley, 364; varie¬ 
ties of, in Angola, 41.5; burned 
to attract game, effects of f eeding 
on new herbage, 465; tall, of the 
Mopane country, 608. 
Grave of a half-caste trader, 359 ; 
in Angola, 424 ; pot-holes on the 
Ue chosen for, 616. 
Gray, Mr., his drawing of the tsetse, 
571. 
Gregarious animals, a wounded 
comrade expelled from the herd, 
545; the most wary appointed 
leader, 546; distinct herds of 
male and female accounted for, 
547. 
Griqnas better fitted than Euro¬ 
peans for African travel, 46; 
African half-castes, 104, 105; 
prohibited the use of gunpowder, 
106 ; their Christianization, 107 ; 
ancient and modern customs of, 
108. 
Ground-nuts, a corrective of the 
bad effects of gluten, 455; dainty 
preparation of, 513; crushed for 
oil in Tete, 645. 
