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INDEX. 
SEKHOSI. 
502, 503 ; reproved, 503; his de¬ 
cision as to removing to the Ba- 
rotse valley, 604; discreet settle¬ 
ment of a difficult question by, 
509; plans a sugar-manufactory, 
his commissions to Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 511, 512; escorts Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, provides his outfit, 515, 
516 ; prevented visiting Mosioa- 
tunya, 519; accompanies Dr. 
Livingstone on his second visit, 
524; first fine imposed by, for 
marauding, his last parting with 
Dr. Livingstone, 526; a smoker 
of mutokwane, 540; his tribute 
given to Dr. Livingstone, 541; 
honey, his tribute from the Ba- 
toka, 614. 
Sekhosi, provides Dr. Livingstone 
with canoes, 208. 
Sekoa, name for the speech of white 
men, 201. 
Sekobinyane, ill treatment of his 
serfs, sells children to the Mam- 
bari, 247 ; punished by Sekeletu, 
248. 
Sekokole, marriage of his daughter 
to Simoens, 578. 
Sekdmi, chief of the Bamangwafo, 
Dr. Livingstone’s journey to his 
residence on ox-back, 11; anxiety 
of, to exclude foreigners from the 
Lake garni country, 45; un¬ 
favourable answer of, to Sechele’s 
embassy, 46; returns Dr. ].,iving- 
stone’s runaway oxen, remon¬ 
strates against the advance of 
the expedition to Lake Ngami, 
57 ; intrigues of, against the ex¬ 
pedition, death of his spy, 63, 
64; fills up the wells at Serotli, 
his remonstrance with Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 74; furthers Dr. Living¬ 
stone's third northern journey, 
77; his escape from the Batoka 
of the Zambesi, 86; daily oration 
in praise of, 151 ; Dr. Living¬ 
stone welcomed by, extortion 
practised by, 146; his narrow 
escape on the Leeambye, 234. 
Sekonkamena hills, seen from 
Mabue-asula, 570. 
Sekote, last Batoka chief, con¬ 
quered by Sebituane, 517 ; his 
grave, 518. 
Sekwebu, his history, qualifications 
as a guide, route recommended 
by, 513; points out a good site 
for a settlement, 549; points out 
an elephant-hunt, 561; fails to 
save an elephant-calf, 562 ; ad¬ 
vises a settlement on the Kafue, 
567 ; reminiscences of early life, 
568 ; remembers the Zambesi 
free from tsetse, 575 ; his remark 
on piercing the upper lip, 577 ; 
recognises Simoen’s captives, 
579 ; stories of his forays with 
the Matebele, 583; denies having 
attacked the Bazunga, 585; his 
appreciation of hospitality, 590 ; 
gains over Mpende, 593; pays 
Monina’s men, 621; fails to gain 
over a deserter, 622; his infor¬ 
mation touching the Landeens, 
664 ; determines to go to Eng¬ 
land, his first experience of the 
sea, 681, 682 ; his sad fate, 683. 
Selkirk, Alexander, allusion to, 40. 
SHALE. 
Selali, a nest-making spider, 326. 
Selole, or Chilole, cause of his at¬ 
tack on Dr. Livingstone, 578. 
Senialembue, change of route, to 
visit, 556 ; arrival at his resi¬ 
dence, 566 ; eagerly desires peace, 
his pretensions to supernatural 
power, 567 ; his parting with 
Dr. Livingstone, 668 ; rhinoceros 
foot-prints in the hills of, 611. 
Senga, the country of the 13asenga, 
594. 
Sengko, the, fee demanded at cross¬ 
sing of, 335. 
Senna, Portuguese soldiers removed 
from, to 'fete, 629, 630 ; canoes 
built at, for the transit of Tete 
merchandise, 635; arrival at, 
miserable condition of, 658 ; at¬ 
tempts to revive the trade of, 
659 ; situation of, cause of its un¬ 
healthiness, 660; country sur¬ 
rounding, 661 ; boat-building at, 
662; departure from, 663 ; earth¬ 
quakes at, 641 ; forests of chin- 
chona at, 647. 
Senna plant, the, found in Tete, 636. 
Senza, the, canoe trade of, 388; 
sugar grow’n on the banks of, 
398; geology of the adjacent 
country, 398, 399. 
Senoga, a prophet, 87. 
Serfdom in Africa, 186; not op¬ 
pressive among African tribes, 
247, 248. 
Serinane, hot salt-spring of, 134. 
Serotli, a fountain of the Kalahari 
desert, 54; description of the 
country surrounding, 57; de¬ 
parture from, 59; the w'ells at, 
filled up by Sekomi, 74; flight of 
Sebituane’s cattle to, 85. 
Serpents, apt to infest houses, 143 ; 
venomous varieties of, 143, 144; 
constrictors, 145; Bayeiye, charm¬ 
ers of, 145, 146. 
Services, public, religious, a part of 
missionary duty, 41; restlessness 
of the Makololo during, 187 ; cha¬ 
racter of Dr. Livingstone’s, 188. 
Sesonda, a species of leprosy, 605; 
Nyakoba suffering from, 623. 
Sesheke, Dr. Livingstone meets 
Sebituane at, 83; country de¬ 
scribed, between Linyanti and, 
203, 204; signification of the 
name, 208 ; at, the entrance to 
Linyanti, free from tsetse, 227; 
population of, punishment of 
thieverj’-, 234, 235; Dr. Living¬ 
stone’s public addresses at, 235, 
236; children carried off by ali- 
gators at, 254; winter scenery 
near, 498; delay at, 500; last 
preparations at, 516. 
Severtis, Septimius, medal of, with 
impression of an elephant, 564. 
Setula-tsipi, a plover, its courage, 
the alligator’s friend, 239. 
Shakatwala, Katema's messenger to 
Dr. Idvingstone, 315; tries to 
enforce Katema's orders, 323 ; his 
story of the origin of Lake Dilolo, 
327 ; curious phenemenon of the 
Lotembwa remarked by, 473; 
plays the host in Katema’s ab¬ 
sence, 480; appointed guide to 
the Leeba, 481. 
Shale, red, an indication of gold, 361. 
SILICA. 
Sheakondo, his frankness and sim¬ 
plicity, presents of his wives, 272. 
Shells, found in saltpans, identical 
with living mollusca, 78. 
Shell-ornaments, highly prized by 
the Balonda, 300, 301 ; a Makololo 
lad tricked out of, 332; Shiute’s 
given as hire to a guide, 355. 
Shelley, Captain, lost in the Kala¬ 
hari desert, 122, 123. 
Shibanga, the island, a visitor from, 
gives information of war between 
Tete and the neighbouring tribes, 
589. 
Shinte, or Kabompo, the greatest of 
the Balonda chiefs, 273; Nya- 
moana's offer of an escort to, 275; 
arrival of messengers with pre¬ 
sents from, 288; his town de¬ 
scribed, its latitude, its situation, 
289,290 ; his grand reception of 
Dr. Livingstone, 291-294; re¬ 
quests an interview at night, 
294; receives the gift of an ox, 
recommended to trade in cattle, 
295 ; his cure for fever, 296; his 
slave-trading, 297 ; his parting 
interview with Dr. Livingstone, 
his last gift, 300, 301; Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone leaves his town, 302; 
less liberal than his people, 304; 
his migration from Matiamvo’s 
country to Mokwanka, 307; Rio- 
Janeiro cock killed at his village, 
439; heartily w'elcomes Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone on his return, details his 
troubles, 483, 484 ; sojourn in his 
town, its latitude, 485; umpire 
between Masiko and Limboa, 485, 
486 ; parting from, 486. 
Shiramba, breakfast at, alarm of 
the Landeens, its history, 657. 
Shire, the, course of, 241; width of, 
at its mouth, 663 ; has its rise in 
still waters, 664. 
Shitakoteko, an earthquake, 641. 
Shuia, Lake, discovered by Makololo 
marauders, 503; the existence of 
a labyrinth of rivers, north of, 
probable, 612. 
Shiva, the, a tribe on the south of 
Lake Nyanja, 640. 
Shivo, an earthquake, 641. 
Shobo, a Bushman guide, 78, 79. 
Shokudne, first meeting with Sech- 
ele at, 9, 14 ; first stage on the 
journey to Lake Ngami, 53. 
Shongwe, ancient name of the Vic¬ 
toria falls, 518. 
Shrubs, changing to trees, with de¬ 
crease of latitude, 237. 
Sicard, Commandant, D’Aranjo, his 
cordial reception of Dr. living- 
stone at Tete, 628; his influence 
with the natives, 632; Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s aiTival announced to 
him, 633; rosary of native gold 
presented by, 638; liberality of, 
to Dr. Livingstone’s followers, 
639; attacked by fever, 647 ; his 
loan of a boat to Dr. Livingstone, 
652. 
Sichuana, the Bechuana language, 
113, 114; its extensive use, 
115. 
Sikonyele, the Basutu attacked by, 
84. 
Silica, different forms assumed by, 
611. 
