INDEX. 
707 
RIDEE. 
Rider, Alfred, death" of, his sketch 
of Lake Ngami, 75. 
Rio Janeiro, galleons built at Mas- 
sangano crossed to, 404; fowls 
given to Dr. Livingstone’s men, 
439 ; negroes taught carpentry 
in, 662. 
River system of Lake 67, 
68; of the Zambesi and Congo 
feeders, explained, 473, 474. 
Rivers, African, outlets of ancient 
lakes flowing to the sea through 
narrow fissures, 528; furrow 
beds of, 528, 529 ; network of, 529. 
Rocks, disintegrated by an aquatic 
■ plant, 238. 
Rosse, Lord, Boer’s opinion of the 
object of his telescope, 36. 
Ruddiman’s Rudiments of Latin, 
Dr. Livingstone’s first earnings 
spent in the purchase of, 3. 
Rutherford, Mr., a merchant of 
Cape Town, promoting trade with 
Makololo, 120. 
Sal>bath, the African, 235. 
Sabia, a river of Manica, 
Sacrifices, human, in Africa, 317. 
St. Hilaire, Geoffrey, describes the 
crocodile’s toothpicker, 239. 
St. John, Mr., the siksak men¬ 
tioned by, 239. 
St. Paul de Loando, western ter¬ 
minus of Dr. Livingstone’s last 
journey, 94; population, public 
buildings of, 394; harbour, .394, 
395 ; merchants of, custom-house 
arrangements unfavourable to 
trade, 395 ; decrease of the slave- 
trade, 396 ; customs revenue of, 
438 note. 
St. Philip de Benguela, proposed as 
the terminus of Dr. Livingstone’s 
journey, 227. 
Sakandala, Sunday spent at his 
village, 359. 
Saloifeho, a hill range abounding in 
iron ore, 302 ; the iron ore of, 485. 
Salt, value of, as an article of diet, 
26, 27 ; obtained by burning the 
tsitla, 270; crystals of, a medium 
of exchange, 407 ; hardly to be 
found between Angola and the 
Zambesi, 600. 
Saltpans of Hchokotsa, mirage on 
the, 62 ; of Nwetwe and Chuantsa, 
77, 78. 
Salutation, mode of, in Africa, 274 ; 
the Londa fashion of, 27 6 ; Ma¬ 
hometan and Christian, observed 
among the Balonda, 321; de¬ 
grading mode of, among the Ba- 
toka, 551; practised by Sema- 
lembue’s tribe, 567. 
Sambanza, Manenko’s husband and 
spokesman, 276 ; his sense of 
dignity, 277 ; undertakes the 
office of purveyor, 287 ; intro¬ 
duces Dr. Livingstone to Shinte, 
291; his oration, 292; tipsy, 299, 
300 ; his last interview with Dr. 
Livingstone, becomes Pitsane’s 
blood-relation, 488. 
Samoana, Hyamoana’s husband, his 
dress and arms, 273; important 
part played by, in conference, 
274; insulted by Masiko, 278 ; 
his wish to propitiate Dr. Living- 
SEBITUANE. 
stone, 281 1 his death before Dr. 
Livingstone’s return, 482. 
San Salvador, ancient mission at, 
427.- 
Sand-martins, not migratory, 249. 
Sand rivers of Africa described, 
598. 
Sandstone, grey, districts with sub¬ 
stratum of, 603, 604 ; potholes 
frequent in ridges of, 625. 
Sanshureh, the, flooded, a bar to 
Dr. Livingstone's progress, 174; 
passage by, to Linyanti, free 
from tsetse, 227. 
Sansawe, a Bashinje chief, sends to 
demand tribute, 361; bis inter¬ 
view with Dr. Livingstone, 362 ; 
the spokesman’s answer to his 
threats, 363; treats Dr, Living¬ 
stone, on his return, with polite- 
ness, 443; presents from the 
Pombeiros to, 444. 
Santuru, chief of the Barotse, 
his mounds submerged by the 
river, 216; his fondness for ani¬ 
mals, 217; never visited by white 
men, iib.; interdicted the slave- 
trade, 218 ; mound of his mother, 
219; his policy not followed by 
his son, 264 ; mounds constructed 
by him, 314; disputes of his 
sons, 489 ; contempt of his an¬ 
cients for Makololo parvenus, 
497. 
Sanza, arrival at, 379; near the 
source of the Coanza, 426; no 
seed-wheat found at, 429. 
Sarsaparilla, grows from Londa to 
Tete, 636. 
Scholz, Commandant, takes Se- 
chele’s children as slaves, 125. 
Schools, mission, favourably re¬ 
garded by the natives, 41. 
Schut, Mr., discreet judgment of 
the Makololo, in his shop, 393; 
present from, 419. 
Scotland, the Kirk of, Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s early education in, 3; 
school system of, 3, 4; prejudice 
of coal - miners against west 
winds in,436. 
Scott, Walter, quotation from, 1. 
Sea, theory of its line in old times, on 
the east coast of Africa, 625, 626. 
Season, rainy, commencement of 
the,513. 
Sebastopol, news of its fall received, 
627. 
Sebituane, his power and influence, 
68 ; Dr, Livingstone’s anxiety to 
visit him, 69; proposed visit to, 
74; plans disconcerted, 75; pre¬ 
sents of, to hasten the coming of 
the white men, 76 ; his meeting 
with Dr. Livingstone, 83; ap¬ 
pearance, character of, described, 
84; sketch of his life, 84-86 ; 
Tlapane’s prophecy to, 87 ; his 
hospitality, 89 ; illness and death 
of, 89, 90; appointment of, with 
regard to the succession to the 
chieftainship, 179; his quarrel 
with Mpepe, 180; fate of his 
wives, 185; triltes subjugated by, 
197 ; prowess of Barotse soldiers 
trained by, 497 ; tales of, and the 
Batoka, SI 7 ; rich spoil won by, 
from the Batoka, 527 ; his vain 
efforts to abolish a Batoka custom, 
SEKELETU. 
532; the Makololo paradise won 
and lost by, 541; followed Pin- 
gola in the Batoka country, 554; 
his tribute of njefu, 663. 
Sehola Makwaia, visited by Ben- 
Habib, 502; her village betrayed 
to Sekeletu, 503, 
Sechele, Dr. Livingstone’s first resi¬ 
dence in his country, 9; esta¬ 
blished in his chieftainship by 
help of Sebituane, 14; converted 
to Christianity, his learning to 
read, 16; proposal of, to convert 
his people, 17; his baptism, 18; 
a rain-doctor, 22 ; punishes Kake, 
35; resists the Boers, 37; his 
rights of chiftainship, 42; enmity 
of the Boers to, his faults in 
their eyes, 44; peculiar relations 
of, to Sekomi, 45; joins Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone on his second journey to 
the north, 74; his negotiations 
with Lechnlatebe, 75, readiness 
of, to trade in ivory, 77; letter 
of, to Mr, Mofl’at, injuries of the 
Boers against, 118-219 ; bis reso¬ 
lution to claim justice from the 
Queen, 120; obliged to return 
from the Cape to his own country, 
the missionary of his people, 
121; follows Dr. Livingstone 
into the cave Lohaheng, 124; 
grants peace to the Boers, 125; 
his experiments on “gun-medi¬ 
cine,” 258. 
Sechu, ceremony qualifying hoys 
to take rank as men, 146. 
Sects, Christian, a hindrance to the 
spread of Christianity, 116. 
Sekelenke, an Ambonda chief, vas¬ 
sal of Masiko, avoids Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 269 ; passes his camp, 270. 
Sekeletu, Sebituane’s successor, his 
reception of Dr. Livingstone, 
173; history of his accession to 
the chieftainship, 179; plot of 
Mpepe and the slave-traders 
against, disconcerted, 180-182; 
ground of his objection to Chris¬ 
tianity, 184, 185; his learning to 
read, 188,189; present of, to Dr. 
Livingstone, 189; calf of a fine 
breed given by Dr. Livingstone 
to, 191; his liberality to Dr. 
Livingstone, 196; tribute re¬ 
ceived by, 197, 198 • quarrel of, 
with Lechulatebe, 198 - 200 ; 
leaves Linyanti with Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 203; manners of his court, 
204; ceremonial reception of, 
205; assures himself of Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s attachment, 207 ; 
yields precedence to Sebituane’s 
comrades, 208; his visit to 
’Mpepe’s country, execution of 
’Mpepe’s father, 215; rejoined 
by Dr, Livingstone, 224; his 
policy towards northern tribes, 
245 ; profitable sale of bis tusks 
at Cassange, 373; Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s resolution to reconduct 
his people to, 390, 391 ; presents 
from the Portuguese government 
to, 397; death of the horse pre¬ 
sented to, 415; Dr. Livingstone 
advised to reprove, 492; ar¬ 
rangements made by, for pro¬ 
moting trade, 501; his forays 
during Dr. Livingstone’s absence, 
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