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INDEX. 
POMBAL. 
arrows, ib. ; devoured by insects, 
609. 
Fombal, Marquis de, his expulsion 
of the Jesuits, 382; his endea¬ 
vours to improve the iron manu¬ 
facture of Angola, 402, 403; his 
order to expel the Jesuits from 
Tete, 643. 
Fombeiros, native traders, sent out 
by the Fortuguese of Cassange, 
369; extent of their journeys, 
435 ; slow progress of, 44?. 
Pontoon-journey, Dr. Livingstone’s, 
through the floods of the Chobe, 
1?4-177 ; left behind on the 
Leeha, 308 ; recovered, found 
useless, 482. 
Ponuane engages to observe a trust 
with fidelity, 230. 
Forapora, a name of the Unicorn 
Pass, 150. 
Porcupine, the, able to resist thirst, 
56. 
Porphyry covering mica schist, 558; 
syenitic, near Tete, 626; syenitic 
at the hot spring Nyamboronda, 
634; two conical hills of, in the 
gorge of Lupata, 656. 
Portugal, King of, Batoka cattle 
presented by, to Prince Albert, 
192. 
Portuguese of Cassange, 371, 372; 
ready hospitality of, 383; readi¬ 
ness of, to abandon the slave- 
trade, 414; territory, population 
of, 429; claim of having crossed 
the African continent incapable 
of proof, 531; the decline of their 
power and trade at Tete, 630-632 ; 
decline of power and wealth in 
Eastern Africa, 631, 632 ; ori¬ 
ginal system of trade at Tete, 
630; disinterested kindness of, 
652, 653. 
Portuguese half-castes carry a Baka- 
lahari village into slavery, 180, 
181; good education of, 218 ; 
courtesy of, their discovery of the 
Zambesi later than Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s, 219; traders in Shinte's 
town, 289 ; harsh treatment of 
their slaves, 290. 
Portuguese government, feeling 
of, with regard to the slave- 
trade, 395, 396; abuses of, 418, 
419. 
Potato, species of, found in Africa, 
172; of large size, grown by the 
Maravi, 595. 
Potgeiter, Hendrick, leader of the 
Boers into the Magaliesherg dis¬ 
trict, 29 ; peaceful policy of, 32 ; 
instructions of, to native teachers, 
37; his opposition to missionary 
efforts, 44, 45. 
Potholes on the Ue used as graves, 
616 ; near Tete, an indication of 
the ancient sea-line, 625, 626. 
Pottery, the art of, known among 
the Banyeti, 213. 
Potokuane, an antelope, 486. 
Pretorius, Mr., authorises an attack 
of the Boers on the Bakwains, 
39; death of, Boers’ justification 
of his policy, 119. 
Priesthood, nearest approach to a, 
among the Africans, 219. 
Priests, African chiefs assuming the 
office of, 581. 
R. 
Protestant missions contrasted with 
Roman Catholic, 34. 
Public Works, Board of, at Loanda, 
its munificence to Sekeletu, 397. 
Pukuye, African jackal, having 
handsome fur, 50. 
Pumpkins, ceremony observed in 
gathering the crop of, in Africa. 
45. 
Pungo Andongo, gigantic stone pil¬ 
lars of, 381; defences of, 406 ; its 
reputed fertility, 419 ; columnar 
rocks of, 420 ; fort of, geology of 
its rocks, 421; the stronghold of 
the Jinga, healthiness of its cli¬ 
mate, 422 ; Dr. Livingstone leaves 
on New Year’s Day, 428 ; plants 
of, found in the Batoka plains, 
542. 
Pungwe, the. See Zangwe. 
Puruhuru, native name for the 
steinbock, 50. 
Puti, native name of the duiker, 
50. 
Pye, Messrs., letters from,detailing 
experiments on buaze, 645, 646, 
note. 
Quango, the, colour of its waters, 
venomous snakes of, 364; Dr. 
Livingstone crosses, by help of 
Cypriano, 365, 366 ; observations 
to determine its course, 367 ; 
Cassange traders on, 370 ; boun¬ 
dary of the Portuguese domi¬ 
nions, 429 ; no European re¬ 
siding beyond, 436 ; delay by 
fever near, 439 ; source of, 440 ; 
successful passage of, 441; flows, 
with the Kasai, into the Zaire, 
448; its confluence with the 
Kasai described by a native of 
Mai, 457. 
Quango, or Cassange, valley, the, 
beauty of its scenery, 360; its 
geological structure, 360, 361 ; 
difficulty of crossing, 364; its 
fertility, 368; Ambonda ma¬ 
rauders destroyed by fire in, ib .; 
the cultivation of, neglected, 
373; countless ages required for 
its formation, 377. 
Quekett, Mr., his examination of 
silicified wood, 573. 
Quendende, Sunday spent at the 
village of, 315; mode of dressing 
his hair, 316; accompanies Dr. 
Livingstone to Katema, 318. 
Quito, the, glen of, described, 357; 
Moena Kilkanje’s village on, 446 ; 
ascertained to flow into the Chi- 
paka, 448. 
Quinine, ti’ees yielding a species of, 
found at Tete, Senna, and Kili- 
mane, 647 ; invaluable in fever, 
681. 
Quisamas, the, tribe on the Coanza, 
their character and appearance, 
406; staple of their trade, suc¬ 
cessful resistance to the l^rtu- 
gnese, 407. 
Quize, the, a feeder of the Coanza, 
378; wheat growing on its banks, 
379. 
R, the letter, substituted for others 
by the Banyai, 617. 
RICE. 
Rachosi, the Bakwain, his filial de¬ 
votion contrasted with that of 
the Makalaka, 309. 
Railway promoting the trade of 
South Central Africa, 437. 
Rain, theory accounting for the in¬ 
sufficient fall of, in South Africa, 
95, 96; in Londa, 282; heavy, of 
Londa preventing the taking of 
observations, 306; pathways de¬ 
stroyed by, 327 ; in South Africa 
following the sun, 475 ; prudence 
of halting during, 572 ; warm, on 
the Zambesi, 575; without clouds, 
596; at Tete from the east, 639. 
Rain-making, Bakwain supersti¬ 
tions touching, 20; charms used, 
22; doctor, conversation with, 
23-25; faith of the Banyai in, 605. 
Ramosantane, killed by over fa¬ 
tigue, 503. 
Ramotobi, guide through the desert, 
55 ; contempt of his fellow-tribes¬ 
men for, 57; remonstrances of, 
on account of slow progress, 59 ; 
misleads Mr, Murray, 60; loses 
the track, 61. 
Rapesh, at, meeting with Bushmen, 
165. 
Rebeiro, Ensign, his attack and 
capture of a rebel stockade, 663. 
Reeds used by the Bakurutse for 
making canoes, 73. 
Refugees, Dutch and French, of 
Cape Colony, distinct from the 
Boers, 97, 98. 
Rego, de Silva, Senhor, his recep¬ 
tion of Dr. Livingstone, 369; 
offers a soldier as escort to Am- 
baca, 374; superseded, 432. 
Reis, Joaquim Moreira, Bishop of 
Angola, sends his secretary to 
Dr. Livingstone, 390; audience 
of, privilege granted to the Ma- 
kololo, 391; his conversation 
with Dr. Livingstone, 393; re¬ 
forms effected by him in Loanda, 
394; grants to Sekeletu, advised 
by, 397 ; his letters of recommen¬ 
dation to Tete, 626. 
Religion, no formal system of, 
south of the Zambesi, 158; 
cruelty of the, north of the Zam¬ 
besi, 434, 435 ; ideas of, found in 
the eastern provinces, 641, 642. 
Religious impressions on savages, 
236 ; knowledge, difficulty of con¬ 
veying to savages, 259 ; beliefs of 
the Zambesian tribes, 641, 642. 
Resurrection, the, anniversary of, 
at Cassange, 370, 371. 
Revubu. See Lofubu. 
Reza, Betoka term for the Deity, 
567. 
Rhinoceros, the, its spoor, a sure 
guide to water, 56; the straight- 
horned variety the more wary, 
71, 136; killing a, required 
among Bechuanas and Caffres 
before taking rank as men, 147 ; 
its habit of rolling in mud, 161; 
aim, in shooting, fatal to, 256,257; 
distinctive characteristics of the 
black and white, 611; subdivision 
into two, or into four families, 
612 ; footprints of, 627 note. 
Rice, presented to Dr. Livingstone 
on the Zambesi, 578 ; given by 
Nyampungo, 605. 
