INDEX. 
705 
NYANJA. 
bill, a rain-cliarmer, informa¬ 
tion given by, to Dr. Livingstone, 
afflicted with leprosy, 605 ; de¬ 
parture from his village, 607 ; 
spoils of an elephant hunt shared 
with, 608. 
Nyanja, Lake of the Maravim, per¬ 
haps Lake Kalagwe, 476; the 
Maravi of geographers, described, 
640. 
Nyaondo, the, a rivulet showing 
igneous action, 634. 
Nyatewe, supreme ruler of the 
Banyai, his dependent chiefs, 
617. 
Nyaude, his rebellion against the 
Portuguese, 631 ; his two years’ 
siege of the fort at Tete, 632; 
sustained defence of his stockade 
against Kisaka, 655. 
Nyenko, Llmboa’s country, 485; 
Barotse of, disclaim allegiance to 
Limboa, 489. 
Nyungwe. See. Tete. 
October, beat at Linyanti in, 508 ; 
plains still inundated in, 509. 
Ophir of Solomon in East Africa, 
637; reasons for fixing its site in 
Africa. 661, 662. 
Ophthalmia among the Bakwains, 
its cure, 129; animals attacked 
by, 136 ; at Libonta, 249. 
Orange River, boundary of the 
Kalahari desert, 47 ; boundary of 
the Griquas country, 104; mar¬ 
tins observed in winter on, 249. 
Orapa, a well lying between Lotla- 
kani and Nchokotsa, 159. 
Orchilia-weed, used in dying, 266; 
found in the Batoka country, 
558. 
Ordeal, trial by, practised in An¬ 
gola, 434 ; trial by, practised 
north of the Zambesi, 621. 
Ostrich, the, able to subsist long 
without water, 56; roar resem¬ 
bling the lion's, 14) ; infatuation 
of, when hunted, 153; speed of, 
mode of laying and hatching its 
eggs, 154; vitality of eggs, 155; 
its food, difficulty of stalking, 
feathers of, ih.\ long sight of, 
156; habitat of, in South Africa, 
612, 613. 
Oswell, Mr., Sechele’s arithmetical 
master, 16; agrees to join Dr. 
Livingstone's expedition to the 
Lake Kgami, 46; starts for the 
interior, 63; lost in the desert, 
absurd colloquy with his guide, 
57, 58; captures a Bushwoman, 
61; deceived by the salt mirage, 
62, 63; volunteers to procure a 
boat from the Cape, embarkation 
on the Zouga,69; elephant hunt¬ 
ing of, his remembrance of Dr. 
Livingstone, 76; reaches Sebi- 
tuane’s residence, 83; discovers 
the Zambesi, 90, 91; his opinion 
of a South African climate, 133; 
attacked by a lioness, 138; re¬ 
gretted by Dr. Livingstone, 507 ; 
map of the Zambesi drawn for, 
529; hairbreadth escape of, from 
a wounded elephant, 580; dan¬ 
gerously wounded by a rhino¬ 
ceros, 611,612. 
PETROLEUM. 
Ox, alarm caused by an, 288. 
Oxen, their sufferings from thirst, 
60 ; delight on reaching water, 
61; loss of, in pitfalls, 75 ; pre¬ 
pared skins of, coverlets, 84; lost j 
for want of w’ater, 153; effects 
of panic among, 168; Makololo 
riding on, 204 ; number of, given 
to Dr. Livingstone's party in the 
Barotse valley, 493 ; African 
veneration for, 532. 
Palani, his notion of an exquisite 
dainty, 464. 
Paley, Brougham’s, habits of the 
black ant misrepresented in, 
538. 
Pallah, the, an antelope frequent¬ 
ing only well-watered tracts, 53. 
Pallah, an edible snake, 145. 
Palm-tree of the Leeambye country 
resembling the palmyra, 260 ; fos¬ 
sil, at Pungo Andongo, 421. 
Palma-Christi, oil of, balsam for 
poisoned arrow wounds, 171 ; 
used by the Balonda, 272; a gar¬ 
den shrub in Londa, 314. 
Palms, their language to North¬ 
men, 519. 
Palmyra-trees, the, of Lotlakani, 61. 
Pangaze, the, a river flowing into 
the Mutu, 670. 
Pangola, recommendation to, 589 ; 
visit from, fails in his promise of 
canoes, 590. 
Panyame, the, a river near Zumbo, 
flowing through a gold district, 
637. 
Paper, African plants .suited to the 
manufacture of, 615. 
Papyrus of the Chobe, 175. 
Park, Mungo, story in his travels 
explained, 311. 
Parker, Captain, opinion of, as to 
the navigation of the Zambesi, 
656 ; extract from his journal on 
the navigation of the Zambesi, 
665-668. 
Parra-Africana, the, its walking on 
the water, 253. 
Pascoal, Senhor, obliged to propi¬ 
tiate native tribes, 444; cures 
Dr. Livingstone of rheumatic 
fever, 445 ; harassed by slaves 
and carriers, 447 ; moderates 
Muanzanza’s expectations, 459. 
Pedro, Father, of Zumbf), his balsam 
for poisoned arrow wounds, 171. 
Pedro, H. M. Don, supports Dr. 
Livingstone's men during his ab¬ 
sence, 673. 
Peixemulher, a fish of the Coanza, 
403. 
Pelican, the, plundered by the fish- 
hawk, 241; flight of, 252. 
Pepacheu, a hollow lined with tufa, 
59. 
Pepper, the bird’s-eye, eaten by a 
maggot, 609. 
Pereira’s visit to Cazembe’s towm, 
305; frequency of human sacri¬ 
fices exaggerated by, 317; his 
account of Cazembe not accurate, 
587, 588. 
Peri hills, ford of the Leebaat, 482. 
Petroleum said to be found near the 
Calvl, 418 ; springs, an indication 
j of coal in Angola, 421. 
POISON. 
Peyton, Captain, his kind welcome 
on board the Frolic, 682. 
Pezo, the, its capabilities for irriga¬ 
tion, 447. 
Phillips, Captain, of the Polyphe¬ 
mus, 391. 
Philomel, the, visit of the Makololo 
to, 391, 392. 
Picakholu, venomous snake, the 
“ spitting serpent,” 143. 
Picho of departed spirits, 220; called 
to deliberate on a journey to the 
coast, 228; to discuss removal to 
the Barotse valley, 503; resolu¬ 
tions, 504. 
Pingola, his destructive conquest of 
the Batoka, 553 ; savage mode of 
fighting, 554. 
Pinkwe, a hill on the Zambesi, 602 ; 
march stiikes off from the river 
opposite, 603. 
Pinto, Mr., presents of, to the Ma¬ 
kololo, 407. 
Pires, Colonel, successful cultivation 
of, 421; his success in life, 423 ; 
his slave-boy carried off by an 
alligator, 424. 
Piri, two hills on the Leeba, 307. 
Pita, half-caste Portuguese fugitives 
at, 657. 
Pitfalls of the Bayeiye described, 
69, 70 ; oxen lost in them, 75. 
Pitsane, his care to enforce Seke- 
letu’s orders, 236 ; affords the 
Chiboque a pretext for attacking 
Dr. Livingstone, 340 ; attacked 
by fever, 380; borrows a canoe 
without leave, 469,470; proposes 
establishing a Makololo colonj'- 
in Londa, 482, 483; chooses Sani- 
banza for his blood relation, 488 ; 
marries a Balonda wife, 489; 
oration of, at Libonta, 492; re¬ 
ceives a tusk from Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 497 ; to carry a present 
to Mr, Gabriel, 501; willing to 
return to Loanda, 526. 
Plains flooded with rain, aspect of, 
discomforts of travelling over, 
309; trees destroyed on, 310; 
parched in the dry season, ib .; 
the sources of the great southern 
rivers, 311. 
Plasterer, the, an insect stupifying 
its prey, 538; mode of building 
and furnishing its nest, 539. 
Plateau, central, of Africa, its east¬ 
ern ridge traced and described, 
its elevation, 543; healthy cli¬ 
mate of both ridges, accessible¬ 
ness of the eastern, undulating 
character of the country, 643, 
545. 
Plateaus between rivers, absence of 
life in, 454. 
Plover of the Leeambye, its mono¬ 
tonous cry, 239, 
Pluto, the. Dr. Livingstone’s ad¬ 
dress to his men on board, 391, 
392. 
Poku, a new species of antelope, 
256; a smaller leche, 564. 
Poluma, a black monkey with white 
mane, 288. 
Polyphemus, the, attention of the 
officers of, to Dr. Livingstone,391. 
Poison of the Ngoiuane, its effects, 
113; of the N’gwa, used for 
arrows, 171; vegetable, used for 
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