INDEX. 
703 
MOON. 
' the slave-trade proposed, the set- 
. tiemeut of a missionary in his 
country, 555; a discourager of 
Bashukulompo fashions, 556 ; 
visit to his sister’s village, meet¬ 
ing with an old acquaintance, 
557 ; pleasure expressed at the 
prospect of peace, 558. 
Moon, new, Makololo custom of 
greeting the, 235. 
Mopane tree, edible insect secretion 
on its leaves, 164; described, 
165, 
Mopane country, entrance into the, 
607 ; elepant hunt in, 608; sing¬ 
ing birds of, 609; the white rhi¬ 
noceros extinct in, 611; the 
korwe a frequenter of, its nest 
described, its voluntary imprison¬ 
ment, 612, 613; abundance of 
game in, 615 ; edible tubers, geo¬ 
logical structure of, 625. 
Mopato, or mepato, guilds of Caffre 
and Bechuana soldiery, 147 ; their 
customs and rights, 148; their 
fidelity to duty, 168 ; their duty 
to the chief, 204. 
Morala tree, a protection against 
lightning, 165. 
Morality, Sekomi’s notion of, 146; 
of a Bushman, misunderstood, 
from ignorance of his language, 
159, 
Moremi, chief of the Batauana, con¬ 
quered by Sebituane, 68; his 
second meeting with Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 177, 
Moremi, a village on the Chobe, 
233, 
Moretloa, a resinous shrub, 112; 
supple rods used in the “ sechu,” 
146. 
Moriantsane, Sebituane’s brother- 
in-law, 234; enforces order dur¬ 
ing religious service, 235 ; pro¬ 
vides supplies of food, 236; escorts 
Dr. Livingstone to the confluence 
of the Chobe, 516. 
Moroa - Majane, services of, as 
guide, 80. 
Moron gozi, the, bed of coal, exposed 
on, 633, 634. 
Morumbala, termination of the 
Lupata gorge, 656; a mountain 
east of Senna, its sulphurous 
spring, 661; proposed as the site 
of a new town, 662. 
Mosala, a large fish found in the 
Zouga, its resemblance to the 
eel, 172 ; spread, by inundation, 
over the Barotse valley, 261; 
overspreading plains flooded by 
the Lokalueje, 312. 
Mosamba range, the, rise of the 
Quango in, 440. 
Mosantu, sent as escort with 
Barotse captives to Masiko, 263; 
his message, 264; anxiety of his 
comrades concerning, 271; arrival 
of, with the embassy from Ma¬ 
siko, 277 ; checks an officious 
mutineer, 348. 
Moshesh, his fondness for agricul¬ 
ture, 196; paramount chief of the 
Bakoni and Basuto family, 202. 
Moshoma, or mokuchong, an African 
fruit-tree, 70. 
Moshuka, a tree bearing fruit like 
apples, 534. ^ 
MOZINKWA. 
Mosibe, a bean, eaten with honey, 
236. 
Mosilikatze, character of, 30; his 
attack on Sebituane, his defeat, 
87 ; his ill success in a second 
attack, 88; his people, Mr. 
Moffat’s messengers, 499; mis¬ 
trusted by the Makololo, 500; his 
overrunning the Eatoka country, 
544. 
Mosioatunya, on the Leeba, 264. 
-native name of the Victoria 
falls, its meaning, 518; garden 
planted by Dr. Livingstone above, 
524, 525. 
Mosisinyane, head man of Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s Banajoa, 533. 
Mosogo, hospitality of his wife to 
Monenga, 327. 
Mosquitoes, of the Senza, 388; 
follow muddy rivers, 398. 
Mosses in African forests, 356. 
Mosusa, elephants chased from an 
island near his village, 598, 599 ; 
salt manufactured by his people, 
600. 
Motemwa, the axe-shaped hill, 591. 
Motete carriers’ poles, 380. 
Motibe, first scholar of the Mako¬ 
lolo, 188, 189; his opinions on 
dancing, 225,226 ; advised reproof 
to Sekele'tu, 503; justifies ma¬ 
rauding, 514. 
Motirikwe, the, a stream flowing 
through Manica, 662. 
Motito, meeting of Dr. Livingstone 
and Sechele at, 120. 
Motlatsa, insufficient supply of 
water at, 153; friendliness of the 
Bakalahari at, 157 ; Dr. Living¬ 
stone leaves, 159. 
Motlose, African jackal, 50. 
Motondo, the, a fruit-tree, excel¬ 
lence of its timber, 602. 
Motsikiri, an evergreen, bearing a 
fruit yielding oil, 535. 
Motsintsela, fruit of the, 232. 
Motsouri, the, an African fruit-tree, 
70 ; fruit of the, 232. 
Motuia, of the Londa forests, 284. 
Mowanas - baobabs, 70; described, 
its obstinate vitality accounted 
for, 162, 163. 
Moj^ara, a day spent at his village, 
■discussion on its ornaments of 
skulls, 530; proposes a protection 
against tsetse, saved from Ma¬ 
kololo imperiousness, 531. 
Mozambique, journey of two native 
traders from Loanda to, 435 ; Eng¬ 
lish goods from, exchanged for 
ivory, 567 ; lime brought from, 
to Tete, 629; guns declared con¬ 
traband by the Government of, 
636 ; inefficiency of the Govern¬ 
ment of, 660 ; the Governor of, 
his offer of a passage in the 
Zambesi, 672 ; advantage of pro¬ 
claiming it a free port, 673. 
Mozambique, the Zambesian, La- 
cerda’s and Dr. Livingstone’s 
astronomical observations on, 655. 
Mozinkwa, his hospitable entertain¬ 
ment of Dr. Livingstone, his 
house and garden described, 314 ; 
painful meeting with, 482. 
Moziukwa’s wife, her request to 
Dr. Livingstone, her premature 
death, 314. 
MURCHISON. 
Mozinkwa, the Zambesian, deten¬ 
tion on his island, 595; desertion 
of a Batoka to, 596; bitten by a 
hyaena, 600. 
Mozunga, the. Dr. Livingstone 
proves himself not one of, 593., 
Mozungo, Monomotapa’s son, his 
history, 642. 
Mozuraa, the, or river of Dila, 547; 
lignite found on its banks, ruined 
towns on, 548 ; the country once 
rich in cattle, 549. 
Mpakane, his marauding on the 
Zambesi, 583 ; never reached the 
confluence with the Loangwa, 
585,586. 
Mpata, a gorge of the Zambesi, 582. 
Mparia, an island at the confluence 
of the Chobe and the Leeambye, 
its geology, 233; night spent on, 
234; its position, geological struc¬ 
ture, 516 ; detention in, 517. 
Mpende, warning against, 589; 
beauty of his country, 590 ; 
arrival at his village, doubtful 
reception, 591; insulting hostility 
of the villagers, preparations for 
war, 592; Dr. Livingstone’s mes¬ 
sage and present to, meeting of 
council, conference with Sek- 
webu, 593; provides canoes for 
the passage of the Zambesi, 594; 
Dr. Livingstone's thank offering, 
to, 595 ; game laws enforced be¬ 
yond his country, 599. 
Mpepe, intrigues of, to succeed 
Sebituane,179; resists Sebituane’s 
authority, 180; protects slave- 
traders, plots against Sekeletu, 
181, 182; his death, 182, 183; 
permission gi'anted by, to slave- 
dealers to trade in Batoka vil¬ 
lages, 213. 
Mpololo, sanctions Lerimo’s foray, 
assents to Ma-Sekeletu's advice, 
245; makes restitution, 246 ; his 
liberality to Dr. Livingstone, his 
parasites, 247; his rights as chief, 
495 ; murder of his daughter, 495, 
496; exerts himself in Dr, Liv¬ 
ingstone’s service, 496 ; con- 
demn's Masiko’s assertion of in¬ 
dependence, 497 ; his loan of 
canoes, 498 ; furnished Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone with a slender provision 
of salt, 600. 
Mponko, a species of melon, 266. 
Muanzanza, chief of Cabango, pre¬ 
vented, by a feast, from transact¬ 
ing business, 456; Dr. Livingstone 
requests a guide from, presents 
received by, 459 ; his guide breaks 
his engagement, 460. 
Muatize, or Motize, the, seam of 
coal on, described, 633; no drain¬ 
age required, in working, 635. 
Muavi, an ordeal of the Banyai and 
other tribes, 621. 
Mujao, the, a tribe north of Lake 
Nyanja, 640. 
Mullet, abounding in the Zouga, 72 ; 
heaps of, left by floods, in the 
Barotse valley, 261. 
Murchison, Sir Roderick, remarks 
of, on the geology of Africa, 474, 
475 note; truth of his conclu¬ 
sions with regard to the con¬ 
figuration of the African conti¬ 
nent, 500. 
