INDEX. 
699 
LEFUJE. 
Lefuje, the, a rapid stream joining 
the Leeba, 286. 
Lehututu, African turkey, a ser¬ 
pent-eater, 432. 
Leiria, the, an oration of candidates 
for the rank of men, 147. 
Lekone, or Lekwine, the, crossing 
of, 517; march from Kalai to, 
526; flows, with a contrary cur¬ 
rent, in the old bed of the Zam¬ 
besi, 527. 
Lepeldle, Dr. Livingstone’s six 
months’ seclusion at, its advan¬ 
tage, 9; settlement at, broken up, 
10 . 
Lepelole, the cave of, the habitation 
of the Bakwain’s deity, 124. 
Leprosy, a disease of Africans, 605. 
Lerimo, foray of, on the Leeba, 245 ; 
ill of leprosy, 503. 
Leshonya, an ant of South Africa,135. 
Letldche, ten days’ distant from 
Lake Ngami, visited by Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone in 1842, 10 ; well sup¬ 
plied with water, Mr. Gordon 
Cumming’s northern station, 151. 
Lezuntabuea, means of defence of 
the, 610. 
Libebe, boundary of the great cen¬ 
tral lake of ancient Africa, 527. 
Libollo, the, mountains in Angola, 
383. 
•-the, an independent people of 
Angola, 407 ; reputation of, 423. 
Libonta, its latitude, 221; multi¬ 
tudes of game above, 223 ; deten¬ 
tion at, 249; captives restored at, 
its situation, 250; arrival at, joy¬ 
ous welcome, solemn assembly, 
492 ; departure from, 494. 
Lichen, found floating on the San- 
shureh, 174. 
Lightning apt to strike the mopane, 
avoids the morala, 165. 
Lighthouse, a, required at Militone 
for safe navigation of the Zam¬ 
besi, 673. 
Likuare, the, forming with the tide 
and the Luare, the Kilimane 
river, 670. 
Likwa, the, source of, Sebituane’s 
birthplace, 84. 
Lilonda, a Barotse capital, grove, 
relics of Santuru, 219. 
Limboa, his flight from the Mako- 
lolo country, established in Ny- 
enko, his rivalry of Masiko, 485 ; 
his son brought from Nyenko, on 
Nananko’s election, 489 ; pro¬ 
ceeds to extremities in the quarrel 
with Masiko, defeated, 497. 
Limpopb, the, visited by English 
travellers in 1808,14 ; great size 
of elephants on, 564. 
Linangelo, a town submerged by 
the Zambesi, 216. 
Linkololo, the, an African crow, a 
shellfish eater, 494; the young 
esteemed a dainty, 495, 
Linongolo, a shell-eating bird, 252. 
Linyanti, arrival of Dr. livingstone 
at, 177; his reception at, 178; 
flight of the Mambari from, 181 ; 
latitude and longitude of, 203; 
country between Sesheke and, 
described, 203, 204; infested by 
tsetse, 227; Dr. Livingstone’s 
final start from, 231; at, March 
the height of summer, 343; re- 
LIVINGSTONE. 
turn from the west to, 500; as¬ 
sembly called to receive the tra¬ 
veller’s report, resolutions, 501; 
Dr. Livingstone’s occupation at, 
510; departure by night from, a 
thunder-storm, 515, 516. 
Lion, the, peculiar species of fasci¬ 
nation of, over his prey, 12 ; na¬ 
ture of wounds from the teeth of, 
13 ; “ man-eaters ” accounted for, 
136; its fear of man, 137, 138; 
its courage and strength over¬ 
rated, 139; manner of seizing 
prey, of feeding, 140; roar of, 
141 ; its colour, a maneless va¬ 
riety, 141, 142 ; inferior in 
strength to the buffalo, 142 ; 
Bushman mode of hunting, 171; 
angry roaring of, 173 ; large size 
and loud roar of, near Libonta, 
223 ; a man killed by, at Libonta, 
250; the Mopane country overrun 
by, no check on their increase, 615. 
Lip, piercing the upper, a mode of 
decoration, 577 ; a tin button 
worn in, on the Zambesi, 597. 
Litloo, a bean yielding underground, 
639. 
Litofe, hasty journey from, to 
Gonye, 226 ; at, Dr. Livingstone 
issues orders to prevent a foray, 
245. 
Litubaruba, residence of Sebituane, 
85 ; a town of Sechele's, 124 ; grey 
sandstone at, 603. 
Liula, shamed out of niggardliness, 
460. 
Livingstone, Dr., his parentage, 2; 
early education, 3 ; choice of pro¬ 
fession, 6 ; admitted a licentiate 
of the Faculty of Physicians, 7; 
his marriage, 8 ; details of the 
various years spent in Africa by, 
8*; wounded by a lion, 12; ac¬ 
cused of lending cannon to the 
Bakwains, 36, 38 ; finally leaves 
Kolobeng, sends his family home, 
92, 93; practice and reputation 
of, as a physician, among the 
Bechuanas, 130-132; determina¬ 
tion of, to avoid inference in the 
practice of native doctors, 188 ; 
his refusal to trade, 189; presents 
of, to Sekeletu, 191; attacked by 
fever at Linyanti, 194 ; tries to 
negotiate peace between the Ba- 
londa and the Makololo, 273-277 ; 
prepares to start from Linyanti 
for the coast, 227, 228 ; his escort, 
228; last instructions to Seke¬ 
letu, 229 ; provision for his jour¬ 
ney, 230; details of the day in 
his travelling, 243, 244; refuses 
to give “ gun medicine,” his de¬ 
ficiencies as a marksman, 258 ; 
refuses Shinte’s present of a slave, 
297 ; his discourse on slavery, 
298; difficulties with his escort, 
306-308; observations for longi¬ 
tude and latitude taken by, 306; 
narrow escape from drowuiing, 
336, 337 ; quells a mutiny of his 
men, 347 ; attacked by fever, in 
danger from the Chiboque, 348, 
349 ; his men propose to return, 
353; at Cassange, 370 ; his lec¬ 
tures to the Makololo on political 
economy, 373; hesitation of his 
followers to proceed to the coast, 
LOFUBU. 
374; reaches Loando, worn out 
by fever, 389; learns the disasters 
of the Russian war, 435; twenty- 
seventh attack of fever, 472; in¬ 
troduces the fruits of Angola into 
Londa, 484, 485; inadvertently 
a blood-relation, 489 ; loses his 
skill in woodcraft, 491; again at 
Linyanti, 500; fifth journey pro¬ 
jected by, 506 ; indebted for his 
outfits to the Makololo, 516; 
tribes composing his band, system 
of discipline established, 533 ; 
reasons for his anxious wish to 
reach the east coast safely, 585 ; 
providential circumstances lead¬ 
ing him to regard the exploring 
of Africa as his proper work, 677, 
678. 
Livingstone, Robert, his visit to 
Sebituane, 89,90. 
Livoa, the, a feeder of the Leeba, 
315. 
Loajima, the, attack of the Chiboque 
on one of its branches, 348 ; hos¬ 
tile party at a ford of, 350; 
crossing of, on an extempore 
bridge, 448, 449. 
Loambo, the, Chebende’s village on, 
482. 
Loanda, Dr. Livingstone prepares to 
go to, 227 ; Balonda wax ex¬ 
ported from, 285 ; capital of An¬ 
gola, 369 ; government of, its 
regulations for the carriage of 
merchandise, 385, 386; fruit im¬ 
ported from the Senza plains to, 
388 ; arrival at, 389 ; admiration 
of the Makololo, 391; regarded as 
a penal settlement, its convict 
soldiers, 396 ; soothing climate of, 
grant of the government to Seke¬ 
letu, 397 ; capabilities of for rail¬ 
way construction, 404, 405 ; em¬ 
bassy from the Jinga to, 428 ; 
priests in, men of colour, 426 ; 
second visit of the Makololo to, 
501 ; island of, its population, 
trade in fish, 394. 
Loange, the, the w-estern boundary 
of Londa, 447. 
Loangwa, the, Makololo plunderers 
turn back at, 503 ; Ma-Mburuma 
offers canoes to cross, 582 ; fears 
of attack, 584; crossing accom¬ 
plished safely, 585 ; friendly part¬ 
ing with guides, 586 ; march 
from, through wooded hills, 588. 
Loapula, the, the eastern branch of 
the Zambesi, 476 ; south-w'est- 
ward course of, 503, 
Lobale, the people of, plundered by 
Dr. Livingstone’s Makalaka, 222; 
slaves purchased from, 290 ; rain- 
flooded plains of, 308-310; fugi¬ 
tives from, on account of the 
slave-trade, 319. 
Lobotani well, north-w^est of Ba- 
mangwato, 54 ; return of the oxen 
to, 55. 
Locusts, used as food, 42. 
Loembwe, the, valley of, described, 
465 ; open country beyond, 466. 
Loeti, the, confluence of, with the 
Leeambye, 222. 
Loey-cave, introduced into an Afri¬ 
can tradition, 528. 
Lofubu, the, ascent of, to visit a 
coal-seam, 633 ; navigable, 635, 
