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INDEX. 
GRYLLUS. 
Gryllus, a, of Cape Colony, assimi¬ 
lated in colour to the plant it 
feeds on, 100. 
Guerrike, Otto von, first observer 
of electricity in the atmosphere. 
123. 
Guide, duty of, in Londa, 460, 461. 
Hachshish, an African preparation 
of, 541. 
Hair, straight, African opinion of, 
274, 275; wonder of the Ba- 
londaat, 289 ; a negro exquisite’s 
mode of dressing, 316; Bashinje 
mode of dressing, 365 ; Ijonda 
' modes, 449-451; woven into a cone 
by the Bashukulompo, 556; fan¬ 
tastic adjustment of, by Semalem- 
bue's people, 567; Banyai modes 
of dressing, 624. 
Ilakitenwe, an antelope, 280. 
Hamburgh, fever in a vessel from, 
680. 
Harpoon, the Baj’-eiye mode of 
killing the hippopotamus Avith, 
73. 
Harris, Captain, death of his inter¬ 
preter, 552. 
Hawk, the fish, its Avastefulness, 
its plundering, 240, 241. 
HaAVthorn, Avild, of Africa, 266, 
Haycocks made by mice, 142. 
Heat less oppressive on highlands, 
577, 578. 
Heathenism, degrading infiuence 
of, 226, the dark side of, 259. 
Helena, St., English cruisers offer 
to convey Dr. Livingstone thitber, 
390. 
Herald, court, of the Makololo, his 
duties and perquisites, 178; 
directed to accompany Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, his proclamations, 221 : 
service required of, his perqui¬ 
sites, 250. 
Herodotus, his observations in 
natural history, 239 ; quoted on 
the subject of hair, 274. 
Herschel, Sir John, plan draAvn up 
by, for public instruction, 93. 
Hibiscus, the, used by the Bayeiye 
for nets, 72. 
Hides, ox, Makololo manner of pre¬ 
paring, 193; stripes of, used in 
barter, 359. 
H ghlanders, traditions of the, re¬ 
sembling African stories, 2; 
curious coincidence of sentiment 
Avith the Makololo touching 
cattle-stealing, 526. 
Hilarion, St., the deserted convent 
of, its present occupants, 410. 
Hills on the ridges of the great 
central valley, moderate elevation 
of, 569. 
Hippopotami, difficulty of harpoon¬ 
ing, 73; two tame, killed by mis¬ 
take, 217 ; gregarious “ soli¬ 
taires” dangerous, 231, 232; 
dreamy life of, 262 ; canoe upset 
by, 497, 498 ; of the Kafue, their 
unusual tameness, quarrelsome¬ 
ness of, 569. 
Hoe used by the Makalaka, 197 ; 
superseded by the plough, 202; 
double-handled, of Angola, 408; 
replaces the Avhole paraphernalia 
of agriculture atTete, 639 ; Seke- 
INOCULATION. 
letu's, converted into an Enfield 
rifie, 651. 
Hogg, David, advice of, 5 note. 
Honey-guide, the, useless on the 
Chihune, 344; not treacherous, 
547. 
Hooker, Dr., the buaze plant un¬ 
known to, 646; his account of 
the njefu, 663, 664. 
Hooping-cough, cases of, brought 
to Dr. Livingstone, 559. 
Hopo, the, BakAvain method of 
hunting, by means of, described, 
26. 
Hornbili, the red-beaked, nest of, 
in holes of trees, 613, 614. 
Hornet, venomous, on the Leeam- 
bye, 499. 
Horoye, a Bushman chief, 165. 
Horse-sickness, a virulent disease 
of South Africa, 101 ; its symp¬ 
toms, animals subject to it, 102. 
Hoskins, Lieutenant, letter from, 
on the navigation of the Zambesi, 
668, 669. 
Hot-spring, description of a, near 
Tete, 634. 
Hottentots, hair of, groAving in 
scattered tufts, 379. 
Humboldt, Baron, ascribes obser¬ 
vations on atmospheric effects to 
Guerrike, 123 ; quoted, 127; rain 
Avithout clouds observed by, 596. 
Hunting by means of the “ hopo,” 
26; despised by African tribes, 
59 ; elephant, of Mr. Oswell, 76 ; 
night, cruelty of, 161; in, neces¬ 
sary suffering diminished by ac¬ 
quaintance Avith the habits of 
animals, 256, 257 ; sagacity of 
animals in shunning the clangers 
of, 280; not accounted sport by 
Africans, 579, 
Hutson poles of the Banajoa, SO; 
of the Makololo, 207 ; of the Ba- 
londa, Avilh movable roofs, 286 ; 
a fixed idea in the Makololo 
mind, 391. 
Hydrophobia unknoAvn in South 
Africa, 127. 
Hyaenas, alarm raised by, at Serotli, 
56; coAAm'dice of, 57 ; strength 
of their jaAvs, 600, 601 ; laughing, 
of the Mopane country, 608 ; nu¬ 
merous in the Mopane country, 
615, 
Ibis of the Leeambye, 238; reli- 
giosa, 252. 
Icollo i Bengo, its population, 397 ; 
origin of the name, 398; census 
of, 401 note. 
Idolaters, their morality no stricter 
than their fellows’, 308. 
Idols, of the Balonda, medicine, 
275 ; alligator, common in Londa, 
282; objects of fear, not of adora¬ 
tion, 286, 287 ; varieties of, in the 
Balonda forests, 304_; at a trader’s 
grave, 359 ; paraded at funerals 
in Cabengo, 466. 
Ifcj, an African Avater-plant, its 
uses, its native district, 72; the 
fibres of, used in wig-making, 
274. 
Indigo, Avild, found in Africa, 71; 
wild, in Tete, 636. 
Inoculation known to the Bak'vains, 
IVORY. 
128; practised in the Barotse 
valley, 504, 
Insanity rare in Africa, 409. 
Insects, scourge of the tsetse, 499 ; 
Avhose sting cairses stupefaction, 
539 ; numerous after rain, 608 ; 
in seeds of plants, 609. 
Instinct teaching Avariness, 242; 
changing the habits of animals, 
280 ; curious instance of, in ants, 
327, 328 ; observed in trees, 344, 
345; prompting the driving a 
wounded beast from the herd, 
545. 
Instruments carried by Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 231. 
Intemese, a guide provided by 
Shinte, 301; purveys for his 
master, 304; his dilatoriness, 
306, 307 ; theft committed by 
one of his followers, 307, 308; 
his skill in wood-carving, 308; 
stories of his childhood, 309 ; his 
untruthfulness and good-humour, 
shuns religious service, 311; 
itrges the giving an ox to Soana 
Molopo, left behind, 313; his 
real services as guide, 314; delays 
the meeting Avith Katema, 315; 
a fugitive from Shinte reclaimed 
by, 322; introduces Dr. Living¬ 
stone to Katema, 319. 
Interior of Africa a more promising 
field of missionary labour than 
the coast, 505, 506. 
Interra, meeting with Senhor Ase- 
vedo at, 671. 
Inyavu, the, coal seam on, 634. 
longa Panza demands tribute for 
passing through his countrj’-, 
351, 352 ; his village, his present 
to Dr. Livingstone, 352 ; his sons 
undertake the office of guide, 
355 ; leave the party in the lurch, 
356. 
Iron manufactured by the Banyeti, 
213; Shinte’s people Avorkers in, 
302; native manufacture of, in 
Angola, 400 ; foundry erected in 
Angola in 1768, 402, 403; pro¬ 
duce of modern Avorks in Angola, 
403; .solution of, on bogs, 454; 
Avorks of the Salvisho Highland¬ 
ers, 485, ore, magnetic on the 
Funze hills, 570; wrought by 
the Basenga, 595; excellence of 
the ore found in East Africa, 
650. 
Irrigation of the Kolobeng country, 
by Dr. Livingstone, 20; of Mr. 
Moffat at Kuruman, 110 ; Boer’s 
system of, 111; of a Barotze, 213. 
Isidore, Senhor, seeks to improve 
the defences of Senna, 658; dis¬ 
organisation in his government, 
659 ; his negro boat-builders, 
662. 
Ivory, fabulous account of the 
Avealth of Lake Ngami country 
in, 53; price of, among the Ba- 
tauana at first opening of the 
trade, 69; value of a day’s 
harvest in, 76; eagerness of 
African chiefs to trade in, ‘ 77; 
accepted by Dr. Livingstone from 
Sebituane, 190; price of, among 
the Makololo, 191 ; theft of 
Sekeletu’s tribute, 198; Dr. 
Livingstone’s men begin to col- 
