704 
IKBEX. 
MUEOMBO. 
Murombo, a mountain in Lake 
Nyanja, 640. 
Murotuani, Bechuana name for the 
hornet, 499. 
Murra}’-, Captain, murdered by the 
Boers, 106. 
Murraj'-, Mr., joins the expedition 
to the Lake Ngami, 46 ; depar¬ 
ture of the expedition, 53 ; lost 
in the desert, misunderstanding 
with his guide, 51, 58; sent for¬ 
ward with oxen in search of 
water, misled by Ramotobi, 60. 
Muscle, edible, found in brackish 
rivers, 431. 
Museum, British, African resem¬ 
blances to Egyptian paintings in, 
443; young elephant calf in, 564. 
Museum of Practical Geology, speci¬ 
mens of African coal and gold 
dust in, 638. 
Mushinga, at, rock pounded in 
wooden mortars, to find gold, 
63'7. 
Mushrooms, of the Londa forests, 
285 ; of the Mopane country, 625. 
Music, African, and musical instru¬ 
ments, 292, 293 ; instrument 
•used in mourning the dead, 433; 
its construction, 434. 
Mutokuane-bang, 330. 
Mutokwane, an African narcotic, 
its pernicious effects, 540, 541. 
]\Iutu,the, a branch of the Zambesi, 
664; navigable in old times, 6?0. 
Nakachinta, the, a rivulet flowing- 
east to the Zambesi, 558. 
Nakalombo, hot springs of, once a 
residence of Sebituane’s, 568. 
Nake, a doctor, 232. 
Nake, the, thickets on its banks, 
604; course of, 605; bordering 
the IMopane country, 607 ; coal- 
seams in, 635. 
2Vakong, the, a new species of ante¬ 
lope described, 205 ; seen on the 
Kasau, 343. 
Naliele, a town of the Barotse, 83 ; 
Mpepe fixes himself at, in oppo¬ 
sition to Sebituane, 180; San- 
turu's store-house, 216; visited 
by no white men before Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 217, 218 ; Dr. Living¬ 
stone's excursions from, 221 ; 
IVIasiko’s intrigues in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of, 245 ; picho at, 245 ; 
beginning of rains, 246 ; return 
to, 495 ; arrival of an embassy 
from Masiko, 496 ; Dr. Living¬ 
stone leaves, 497 ; salt-pans a 
fortnight west of, 600. 
Namagari, the, source of, Sebitu- 
ane's birthplace, 84. 
Nambwe, a cataract of the Leeam- 
b3m,213. 
Nameta, hippopotami found be¬ 
tween Katimo-molelo and, 241 ; 
news received by Dr. Livingstone 
at, 245; betw'een, and Sekhosi, a 
tsetse district, 499 ; haunted river 
reach near, 517. 
Names, commemorative marks of 
remarkable events in Africa, 217, 
218; confusion of, from misun¬ 
derstanding native languages, 
617. 
Namilanga, a well under a fig-tree, 
NIGER. 
origin of the name, 531; depopu¬ 
lation of the surrounding country, 
532. 
Nampene, canoes left at, 517. 
Nananko elected chief at Nyenko, 
489. 
Napier, Sir George, governor of 
Cape colony, 98. 
Narcotic, a, used by the Batoka, 
540. 
Nato, large edible caterpillar, 54. 
Natural history, value of, to the 
missionary, 259. 
Navigation, remarks on, of the 
Zambesi, from its mouth, 664- 
670; beneficial results to be hoped 
for, 673, 674. 
Nchokotsa, the salinas of, 62; 
parching heat at, glare from the 
salt-pans, 160 ; boundary of a 
great central lake, 527. 
Ndongo, Makololo name for the 
Dongolo, 625. 
Need, Captain, good service done 
by his gift, 445. 
Negro type found among the Ba- 
londa, 290, 291 ; customs followed 
by the Barotse and Balonda, 318; 
emotions excited by the sight of 
■white men, 465. 
Nest, bird’s, of stitched leaves, 175 ; 
scooped in trees and plastered 
over, 613. 
Neves, Captain Antonio Rodrigues, 
his kindness to Dr. Livingstone, 
369 ; anniversary feast given by, 
371; his knowledge of the geo¬ 
graphy of Angola, 372; Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s host on his return to 
Cassange, 432 ; death of his 
child, 433; saves a woman ac¬ 
cused of witchcraft, 434 ; present 
of, to Matiamvo, 435 ; remarks 
of, on the mihealthiness of Cas¬ 
sange, 436; enormous tusk be¬ 
longing to, 439. 
News, African interpretation of, 
151. 
Newton, John, his slavery in the 
West Indies, 287. 
Ngaba, a Matebele plunderer, 585. 
Ngabisane, oxen and waggons left 
at, 64. 
Ngami, Lake,Dr. Livingstone’s near 
approach to, in 1842,10; idea of 
penetrating to, suggested by Se- 
chele, 44 ; difficulties of the 
journey, fittest season for the at¬ 
tempt, 46; start of the expedi¬ 
tion, 53; sufferings from thirst, 
60; difficulty in tracing a route, 
61 ; guided by a bushwoman, 
62; hindered by Sekomi, 63 ; dis¬ 
covery of, 65; detailed descrip¬ 
tion of, 65-68 ; molluscus found 
in, salt-springs of, 78 ; the resi¬ 
duum of an ancient lake, 528 ; 
the large cattle of, imported from 
the west, 565. 
Ngio, a Sunday spent at, 379. 
Ngotuane, poisonous shrub of 
South Africa, 113. 
N’gwa, a poisonous caterpillar, ef¬ 
fects of the poison, I71. 
•-the hill, its latitude and height, 
172; hill-range stretching from, 
a boundary of the Sanshureh, 174. 
Niger expedition might, by pene¬ 
trating farther, have found a I 
NYAMPUNGO. 
healthy climate, 544 ; no failure, 
679. 
Nile, the, theory accounting for the 
inundations of, 475-479 ; analogy 
between its inundations and that 
of the Zambesi, 602,603 ; a water- 
plant of, found in the Leeambye, 
664. 
Nile desert, the, resemblance of, to 
the ridge bounding the Barotse 
valley, 220. 
Njambi, a Chiboque chief, hump 
and ribs of an ox offered to, 339 ; 
surrounds Dr. Livingstone’s en¬ 
campment, 340; comes to terms, 
his shabby peace-offering, 342; 
familiarity of his people with the 
slave-trade, 343. 
Njefu, a water-plant bearing an 
edible nut, 663 ; found in various 
countries, 664. 
Nju, a bean of the Batoka country, 
535. 
Nkauane, oxen sent forward to the 
well of, 153. 
Nkuesi, a Zambesian island, a 
night spent on, 557. 
Nkwatlele accompanies Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 515. 
Noga-put-sane, the “ bleating 
snake,” 143, 144. 
Noka ea Batlelli, a name of the 
Zouga, 62. 
Nokuane ’Mpepe’s executioner, 
182 ; executioner of ’Mpepe’s evil 
counsellors, 215. 
Nokwane, his death, during Dr. 
Livingstone’s absence, 503. 
Nolloth, Captain, his present of 
wine to Dr. Livingstone, 672. 
Ntlarie volunteers into Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s convoy,515. 
Ntwetwe, a plain broad enough to 
allow of the latitude being taken, 
162. 
Nuana-Kalueje, a branch of the 
Lokalueje, 311. 
Nuana-Loke, the, Dr. Livingstone 
nearly drowned in, 336, 337. 
Nunes, Captain, his great-grand¬ 
father intrusted with the expul¬ 
sion of the Jesuits, 643. 
Nunes, Colonel Galdino Jose, Dr. 
Livingstone's host at Kilimane, 
672 ; chosen by Dr. Livingstone 
trustee of his property and inte¬ 
rests in Africa, 677. 
Nwetwe, a large salt-pan, 77. 
Nyakalonga, Matiamvo's sister, her 
liberal treatment of Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 461; her village entrenched 
by bog, 462. 
Nyakoba, arrival at bis village, con¬ 
fession of poverty, 621 ; ill-faith 
of the guide provided by, 622; 
his favourable reception of Dr. 
Livingstone, 623; promises guides 
to Tete, 624. 
Nyamboronda, the hot-spring of, 
described, 634. 
Nyamongamoun tains,height of,661. 
Nyainoana, Dr. Livingstone’s con¬ 
ference with, 273-277; parting 
gift of, to Dr. Livingstone, 281; 
recommendation to, to furnish 
canoes, 484 ; her removal to the 
river Lofuge, meeting with Dr. 
Livingstone, 486. 
Nyampungo, headman of the Bam- 
