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INDEX. 
MBOELA. 
Mboela, Mambari name of Nyenko, 
485. 
Mboenga deserts from Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 489 ; takes Nyamoana’s 
gift, Dr. Livingstone’s message to 
him, 490. 
Mburuma, attempts to raise his tribe 
against Dr. Livingstone, 578; 
arrival at his village, 580; visit 
from his brother, 581; suspicious 
conduct of his guides, 582; Dr. 
Livingstone distrusted by his 
people, 583; Dr. Livingstone’s 
present to, 586. 
Mead, a cure for fever, 296; of the 
Balonda, 299, 
Mebalwe, a native schoolmaster, 
his courage in a lion-hunt, 11-13, 
Medicine, native practice of, 129- 
131; knowledge of, an aid to 
missions, 188; elephant, the, ini¬ 
tiated in, leader of the hunt, 599 ; 
a good price offered for, 600. 
Medicines asked for as charms, 581; 
list of native African, 649, 650 
note. 
Melita, at, rendezvous of the Bang- 
waketse, to destroy the Makololo, 
84. 
Mellot, Senhor, his kind entertain¬ 
ment of Dr. Livingstone, 383 ; 
Dr. Livingstone’s companion, from 
the Calvi to the Quango, 418. 
Melons, water, of the Kalahari 
desert, described, 48 ; large crop 
of 1852, 121, 122. 
Menye-makaba, an island on the 
Zambesi, feud of its several 
classes of inhabitants, 574; deten¬ 
tion at, 575. 
Merchandise, compulsory carriage 
of, ill Angola, 385, 386, 
Mesembryanthemums of Cape 
Colony, their secreting of mois¬ 
ture in drought, 99; propagated 
by the Boers in arid districts, 
100 . 
Mice, multitudes of, near Mashue, 
their haymaking, 142; an article 
of food, 333. 
Micombo, a Jesuit settlement near 
Tete, described, 643. 
Miland, Mr., his plantations and 
garden near Sanza, 379. 
Milk, a substitute for salt, 27 ; im¬ 
portance of, to the Bechuanas,160 ; 
Portuguese prejudice against, 
421. 
Milo, the African medlar, 260. 
Mines, company projected to work 
East African, 660. 
IVIirage of the desert salinas, 62. 
Miranda, Lieutenant, Dr. Living¬ 
stone's escort to the coast, 652 ; 
prepares for defence at Shiramba, 
657; hires Dr. Livingstone’s men 
for the ascent of the Zambesi, 
658 ; resignation of his commis¬ 
sion, 659 ; volunteers to disperse 
Kisaka's band, 663. 
Mission, Dr. IJvingstone’s, esta¬ 
blished at Mabotsa, 11; at Sho- 
kuane, 19 ; removal to Kolobeng, 
20 ; circumstances of the native 
tribes adverse to, 27 ; difficulties 
from without, 29 ; destroyed by 
the Boers, 39. 
Missionaries, expediency of their 
trading discussed, 33, 34; their 
daily Avork described, 41; pati- 
MOHOKISI. 
ence and an enterprising spirit, 
necessary qualifications of, 116, 
117 ; resources and necessary ex¬ 
penditure of, 190; Jesuit, high 
reputation of, 410; permanence 
of their teaching, 411. 
Missionary addresses, prominent 
theme of, 317 ; difficulty of con¬ 
veying, through an interpreter, 
320. 
Missionary efforts, indirect good 
influence of, 19; serious hin¬ 
drances to, in Africa, 27; pro¬ 
moted by trade, 28; the Bible a 
substitute for, 115; circumstances 
weakening, in South Africa, 116 ; 
mistakes in, 117 ; injury done by 
sectarianism to, 118; apparent 
ill success of, good insensibly 
derived from, 158; ill directed, 
505 ; district of Africa best pre¬ 
pared for, 505, 506; all earnest 
labour, in some measure, 673, 
674; importance of an established 
commerce to, 675. 
Missionary life, definitively em¬ 
braced by Dr. Livingstone, 8 ; 
qualifications necessary for, 8f, 
20; toils, privations, compensa¬ 
tions of, 40. 
Missionary societies, stations in 
Africa to be occupied by, 676. 
Missionary teaching, advantages re¬ 
sulting from, to Griquas and 
Bechuanas, 107-109. 
Mitilone, proposed as a port of the 
Zambesi, 662; lighthouse and 
village at, proposed, 673. 
Moamba, the, latitude of, 453 ; geo¬ 
logical structure of its slopes, 454. 
Mobala, last friendly chief met in 
the descent of the Zambesi, 578. 
Mobola, a fruit dried by the Ban- 
yati, 237. 
Mochoasele, the first Bechuanawho 
learned the existence of white 
men, 14. 
Moenda en Goma, hills at the en¬ 
trance of Lupata, 656. 
Moene Dilolo, entertains Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 479. 
Moena, Kilkanje, border Chiboque 
chief, 446. 
Moffat, Mr., missionary settlement 
of, at Kuruman, 8; dam made 
by him at Kuruman, 110; his 
‘ Scenes and Labours in South 
Africa,’ translation of the Bible, 
113, 114; receives Sechele’s 
children, Sechele’s letter to, 118, 
119 ; packages sent by, lodged on 
an island, 500; curious meteoro¬ 
logical phenomenon observed by, 
595, 596. 
hlogametsa, an African bean, 260. 
Mohango, a pass through wooded 
hills, 582. 
Mohatla, an aromatic shrub, 112. 
Mohetolo, the indigo plant, 71. 
Mohohu, Bechuana term for the 
white rhinoceros, 611. 
Mohonono bush, thickets of, its 
edible bark, 167. 
Mohorisi, taunts Lerimo with 
cowardice, 245; his boldness 
during the attack of the Chi¬ 
boque, 342; comforts Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone with assurances of fide¬ 
lity, 353, 354; projects a Mako¬ 
lolo village on the Leeba, 482; 
MONZE. 
marries a wife in Katema’s town, 
489; his readiness to promote 
direct trade with Europeans, 526. 
Mohotluane, the wells of, destroyed 
by digging too deeply, 55. 
Moisture sensibly cooling the at¬ 
mosphere, 417. 
Mokantsa, a tall Bushman, 165. 
Mokoko, the, a dry river-bed of 
the Kalahari desert, 60; an¬ 
ciently spreading to a large lake, 
61; temporary flood of, 159. 
Mokokonyani, a water-pool in the 
bed of the Mokoko, 61. 
Mokororiga, the, a fruit-tree, in the 
Mopane country, 611. 
Mokorozi, the, a rivulet feeding the 
Zambesi, 634 ; gold-washing in, 
637. 
Mokuri, herbaceous creeper with 
tuberous root, 48; an edible 
tuber of the Mopane country, 625. 
Mokwa-reza, the, its cry, in habits 
resembling the cuckoo, 559. 
Mokwala, his present to Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 498. 
Mokwanka, a district bordering on 
the Leeba, recently occupied by 
Shinte, 307. 
Mokwine, Batoka of, sent with 
Dr, Livingstone, 533; bad feel¬ 
ing of his tribesmen towards 
Monahin, 620. 
Mola, an African forest tree, 536. 
Molekane, an address inciting to 
hospitality, 148. 
Moles eaten by Katende’s people, 
333, 
Molinge, the, a sand river falling 
into the Nake, 607. 
Molompi, wood used for paddles, 
205 ; found in the Londa forests, 
284. 
Molondo, a fruit-tree of the Batoka, 
552. 
Monahin, a Makololo in command 
of Batoka, 533 ; attacked by in¬ 
sanity, leaves the camp, 619 ; his 
unfortunate position with the 
Batoka, vain search for, 620. 
Monakadzi, a mountain, the source 
of the Lefuje, 286; valley 
stretching to the ridges of, 289 ; 
its height above the valley, 544. 
Mona-Kalueje, the, a branch of the 
Lokalueje, 315. 
Monasteries, lessons to be learned 
from, 117. 
Monato, African acacia, 54. 
Monenga, heroine of the tradi¬ 
tionary story of Lake Dilolo, 327. 
Money, calico a substitute for, 380, 
635; fish, 403; salt, 407. 
Monina, arrival at his village, his 
popularity, 617 ; boys sent to be 
educated in his household, 618; 
hostile demonstrations of his 
young men, 619 ; his wives sub¬ 
mit to the ordeal “ muavi,” 620. 
Monomotapa, degeneracy of the 
pi’esent, honours paid by the 
Portuguese to the former, 617. 
Mononga-zambi, a fruit-tree on 
the table-land overlooking the 
Quango valley, 377. 
Monteiro, Major, his visit to Ca- 
zembe, 640. 
Monze, paramount chief of the 
Batoka, his reception of Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 554; a substitute for 
