INDEX. 
709 
SILVER-TREE. 
Silver-tree, the, of the Cape, found 
at different levels, 283. 
Silver, said to have been found for¬ 
merly on the Ziimbesi, 59Y ; 
mines in Chicova, 603; no indi¬ 
cation of, now to be found, 604 ; 
native testimony on the point, 
605. 
Simah, the, a branch of the Leeha, 
264. 
Simoeiis, an Italian slave-trader, 
story of his death, 578 ; character 
given him by Mburuma’s brother, 
581. 
Sinbad, the riding ox, his perversi¬ 
ties, 345 ; throws his master, 350 ; 
plunges l)r. Livingstone into the 
Lombe, 381; bitten by tsetse, 
488, 
Sindese Oalea, undertakes Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s defence, 593. 
Singing of the Makololo, 83. 
Singing-birds, African, 609, 610. 
Siriatomba, Simoen’s nickname, 
578. 
Skene, Captain, invitation of, to Dr. 
Livingstone, 391. 
Skins, prepared, of the Makololo, 
Sebituane’s gift to Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 84. 
Slave-forays of the Boers, 31. 
Slave-labour, less productive than 
free, 398. 
Slave-trade, encouragement to com¬ 
merce, the most effectual means 
of abolishing, 28 ; between the 
Makololo and the Mambari, 91, 
92; encouraged by Shinte, 296, 
297 ; practised by Matiamvo, 
318; cruelty of, in Western Af¬ 
rica, 330; an honoured institution 
among the Chiboque, 343 ; levy¬ 
ing “ black-mail ” taught by, 351; 
check given to, in Angola, 385; 
willingness of the Portuguese 
Government to suppress, 395; 
difficulties hindering suppression, 
gradual decline of, 396 ; efforts to 
abolish, 414, 415; likelihood of 
its dying a natural death, 526; 
Dr.Livingstone finds traces on the 
Zambesi of, 578 ; impression on 
African tribes of English hostility 
to, 596; enmity of Zambesian 
tribes to, 597; the trade of Tete 
annihilated by, 631; free naviga¬ 
tion of the Zambesi prevented by, 
612; the Portuguese inimical to, 
660, 
Slave-traders, half-caste Portuguese, 
attack on a village of the Baka- 
lahari bj^ seizure of the inhabit¬ 
ants, 180, 181; their route, in 
traversing a country, to be 
avoided, 227. 
Slavery, practised by the Magalies- 
berg Boers, 29, 30; destroys all 
feeling of loyalty, 447 ; existence 
of a native, among the Banyai, 
618. 
Slaves, insensible to moral obliga¬ 
tions, 4’3; appellations applied 
to, 447 ; their lives held of little 
value, 652. 
Smith, Dr. Andrew, letter from, on 
the venom of snakes and their 
fascination of their prey, 144,145 
note; maintains the existence of 
four species of rhinoceros, 612., 
SUMMER. 
Smyth, Admiral, medals from his 
descriptive Catalogue, 563. 
Small-pox, in South Africa, 128. 
Snakes, water, of the Zouga, edible, 
72. 
Snuff, used by Quendende, 318. 
Soano Molopo, Dr. Livingstone’s 
interview with, remonstrates 
against opening his country to 
the Makololo, 313; reputation of, 
among his countrymen, 314. 
Soap, manufacture of, in Africa, 
40. 
Society, London Missionary, cha¬ 
racter of, joined by Dr. Living¬ 
stone, 6; tenor of instructions 
from the directors of, to Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone, 9; the Directors’ ap¬ 
proval of Dr. Livingstone's plans, 
93; misunderstanding with, 677. 
Societies, Missionary, their general 
success, the reverse of the picture, 
116, 118. 
Sofaia, near the ancient Ophir, 661. 
Solomon, King, his trade with Af¬ 
rica, 661. 
Sombo, a fruit-tree of the Batoka, 
553. 
Sou.sa, Anna da, Donna, sugar ma¬ 
nufactory of, 398. 
Souza, Anna de, the Jinga Queen, 
her history, 422. 
Sova, an Angolese chief, 411. 
Spiders, large variety of, ally of the 
niatlametlo, 43; venomous black, 
325 ; springing on their prey, ib .; 
seizing prey from an ambush, 
nest-builders, 325, 326 ; sociable, 
their labyrinth of webs, carpet- 
weavers of the Makolo, 326 ; 
varieties, not venomous, 610. 
Spleen,enlargement of the, a disease 
of Cassange, 371, 432; its most 
effectual remedy, 505. 
Sponges, found in the Leeambye, 
249, 
Spoons, the Makololo introduced to 
the use of, 206. 
Spring at Kolobeng, 463-465. 
Springbuck, the, migration of, from 
the Kalahari desert, 103; its 
habits, its timiditj^ 104. 
Squirrel, the African, stores up pro¬ 
vision for summer, 603. 
Starch, unraixed, unwholesomeness 
of, 505 
Steele, Colonel, assistance given by, 
to Dr. Livingstone’s Lake Ngarni 
expedition, 46. 
Steppes, swampy, destitute of trees, 
in Africa, 476. 
Steinbuck, the, able to sub'ist long 
without water, 56, 
S tockenstrom, Sir A ndries, his know- 
ledge of colonial interests, 107. 
Stonehenge, African rocks resem¬ 
bling, 381. 
Strychnia, fruit yielding, described, 
236, 237. 
Suckling children, curious facts re¬ 
garding, 126, 127. 
Sugar-cane, Makololo use of the, 
207 ; grown by the Balonda, 290 ; 
cultivated in Angola, 398; planta¬ 
tion, great productiveness of a, at 
'I’ete, 632. 
Sulphur, used as a charm, 258. 
Summer, variations of, in Africa, 
343. 
TETE. 
Sunday, in the woods of the Lee¬ 
ambye, 258, 259. 
Sundew, the African, a fly-trap, 472. 
Sura, palm-toddy, 639. 
Swifts, migratory flocks of, 124. 
Taba Cheu, the white mountains, 
548. 
Table Mountain, atmospheric phe¬ 
nomena observed on, accounted 
for, 96. 
Tahetsi on the Leeba, 486. 
Tala-Mungongo, western ridge of 
the Quango valley, 372 ; de¬ 
scribed, 376 ; ascent of, 377 ; 
coffee-plants on the heights of, 
379; clay shale beginning at, 
429 ; ants of, 430 ; descent from, 
431; break in the channel of the 
Quango, 440. 
Tala-Mungongo village, caravan¬ 
serais of, 377. 
Tamba, the, little visited by slave- 
traders, idle, good-humoured cha- 
racter of the tribes on, 452 ; mice- 
eaters, their villages, 453. 
Tampan, the, bad effects of its bite, 
382, 383; Dr. Livingstone’s men 
secured from, at Tete, 628; cure 
of the bite, 629. 
Tamunak'le, the, discovery of, its 
seeming importance, 65; fresh¬ 
ness of its waters, 66; Dr. Liv¬ 
ingstone’s project of ascending, 
74; banks of, infested with tsetse, 
75 ; infested with mosquitoes, 80. 
Tanganyenka Lake described by 
Arabs, 476; probable breadth of, 
506. 
Tangwe, the, a sand river, its lati¬ 
tude and longitude, 617 ; march 
in the bed of, 620. 
Tapioca, preparation of, from ma¬ 
nioc, 425. 
Tattooing of the Balonda, 272 ; in 
the east of Londa, 450, 451; on 
the banks of the Zambesi, 576. 
Tears, shedding, “ tlolo ” in South 
Africa, 552. 
Teeth filed to a point, an African 
decoration, 452; front, knocked 
out among the Batoka, 532. 
Tell, William, a settler on the 
Quango, his presents to the Ma¬ 
kololo, 439. 
Teoughe, the, flowing into Lake 
Ngami from the north, 65: com¬ 
pletely surveyed by Mr. Macabe, 
122 . 
Tete, Tette, or Nyungwe, the tam¬ 
pans of, 383 ; coal of, 421; er¬ 
roneously placed in Bowdich’s 
map, 507 ; breadth of the Zam¬ 
besi at. 522; no proof that it has 
been a centre of established com¬ 
merce, 531; a rapid thirty miles 
above, 554; Dr. Lacerda, com¬ 
mandant of, 587 ; Cazembe’s 
people restricted in trading at, 
588 ; the true position of, ascer¬ 
tained, 589; ten days from, 596; 
halt eight miles from, hospitable 
embassy, 626 ; happy arrival in, 
627 ; delay at, 628 ; description 
of the town, 629 ; the fort, 630 ; 
plundered by rebels, 631; its 
trade destroyed, 632 ; country 
north of, described, 634 ; value 
