INDEX. 
711 
WATER. 
navigation of the Zambesi, 670, 
671 note. 
Water, Bakalahari mode of draw¬ 
ing, jealous storing of, 51, 52; 
difficulty of obtaining in the 
desert, 55 ; list of animals able to 
subsist without, 56; animals 
found only in the neighbourhood 
of, 56; indications of, in old 
watercourses and fountains. 111; 
indispensable to serpents, 143; 
evidence of its importance in Af¬ 
rican eyes, 151; salt and bitter, of 
South Africa, 160; insect distil¬ 
ling, 416; experiments showing 
the moisture to be drawn from 
the atmosphere, 417; palisades 
for secure drawing of, in Angola, 
403. 
Water-plants of the Shire, 663. 
Waterboer, a Griqua chief, history 
of his administration, 105, 106. 
Watershed, the, of South African 
rivers, 329 ; of the Zambesi and 
Nile, 476; of eastern sand rivers, 
610, 611. 
Wax, exported from the west coast 
of Africa, source of the, 285; a 
staple of trade, 344; its value, as 
a staple of commerce, unknown 
in East Africa, 614, 615. 
Webb, Captain, supplies brought 
by, to the Bakwains, 125. 
Weir, Balonda, of mats and reeds, 
312. 
Wells, description of, in the desert, 
54; care requisite in digging, 55 ; 
artesian, probable success of, in 
Africa, 97 ; proposed as substi¬ 
tutes for the Boers’ deep cuttings, 
112; roofed, by the Balonda, 286. 
Welweitsch, Dr., remarks of, on 
grasses, 415. 
Westwood, Mr., letter from, de¬ 
scribing edible larvae, 164 note. 
Wheat, grown in Angola, 379 ; 
grown at Pungo Andongo, 421; 
yielding an hundredfold at Tete, 
639. 
White men. Dr. Livingstone the 
first of, seen by tlie Balonda, 307. 
Wilkinson, Sir Gardner, woodcuts 
from his work, 400. 
Winds, easterly, the cause of little 
rain falling in South Africa, 95 ; 
hot electric, of the Kalahari de¬ 
sert, 123 ; north and south, of 
Africa, 323; west, followed by 
fever in Angola, 436,437 ; effects 
of north, in Londa, 462; north¬ 
east, the harbinger of the rainy 
season, 516 ; bringing rain in dif¬ 
ferent latitudes, 558. 
Witchcraft, cowardice in lion-hunt¬ 
ing, from belief in, 11,12; drought 
ascribed to, 22; premature burials 
from fear of, 129 ; ordeal to prove 
innocence of, in Angola, 434; 
chief dying by the ordeal for, 441; [ 
ZAMBESI. 
case of, decided before Kawawa, 
468 ; ordeal to prove innocence 
of, used in eastern Africa, 621. 
Winter, varying severity of, in 
South Africa, 463 ; in Londa, 483; 
smoky tinge of, its probable cause, 
498, 499. 
Women, not compelled to hard la¬ 
bour by the Makololo, 186; high 
position of, among the Balonda, 
292. 
Woodruffe, Lieutenant, lost on the 
bar before Kilimane, 672. 
Worms, infesting wild animals, 
136. 
Worship, religious, inability of 
savages to understand, 157; ob¬ 
servance of, among the Bushmen, 
165; disrespect of the Makololo 
for, 187; propriety of setting 
apart a place for, 188 ; increasing 
reverence of the Makololo for, 
508. 
Xavier, St. Francis, missionary 
armour of, 41. 
Zabesa, a broad reach of the Chobe, 
175 ; villages of observation on, 
232. 
Zaire, or Zerezere, name of the 
Kasai, 457. See Congo. 
Zambesi, or Leeambye, the tsetse 
on, preventing the domestication 
of cattle, 82; Sebituane's con¬ 
quests on, 85, 86 ; conflict with 
the Matebele on, 88; the dis¬ 
covery of, by Dr. Livingstone and 
Mr. Oswell, 90,91; peculiar cere¬ 
monies, system of instruction of 
Bechuana and Caffre tribes south 
of, 146-149 ; names of, 208; pro¬ 
ject of making a path to the east 
coast, by the, 391; cruel religion 
of the countries north ot; 434; 
branch of, rising near Matiamvo, 
458 ; Dr. Livingstone’s project of 
following it to Masiko, 459; ap¬ 
proach to, 472; its floods ac¬ 
counted for, 475-479; route to 
the east coast by, obstacles, 507; 
signification of the name, 519; 
dark hue of Batoka of, 533 ; a 
great dislocation of rocks, opening 
a bed for, 566; near its conflu¬ 
ence with the Kafu, breadth of 
the river, the waters discoloured, 
its abundance of animal life, 573, 
574; agriculturist population on 
its banks, 576 ; piercing the upper 
lip, practised by the women, 577 ; 
Dr. Livingstone advised to cross 
to Tete, unable to borrow canoes, 
589 ; terraced banks of, 589, 590 ; 
ready hospitality of villagers on, 
590 ; passage of, resolution to 
follow its course, 594 ; the coun- 
ZUNGO. 
try to the north of, the most 
_ fertile, 595 ; floods of, distin¬ 
guished from its inundation, 602; 
probability of a continuous 
stream of inundation in old 
times, 603 ; the black rhinoceros 
scarce to the north of, 611 ; wild 
grape-vines on, 616; trial by 
ordeal of tribes on, 621; fertile 
islands, depopulated by the war, 
636; its source unknown at 
Tete, 640; navigation of, fet¬ 
tered by rights of native chiefs, 
642 ; its capabilities as a highway 
of commerce, 656, 657 ; laborious 
ascent of, to Tete, 658 ; navigable 
to its mouth, 665-669 ; projects 
for improvement of its naviga¬ 
tion, 673 ; in certain months open 
to Tete, 674. 
Zangu, rest and refreshment at, 
383. 
Zangwe, the, flowing into the Zam¬ 
besi, below Senna, 663. 
Zanzibar, Arabs from, trading in 
slaves, 92; Arabs from, enter¬ 
tained by Dr. Livingstone, 223 ; 
region to the east of Londa de¬ 
scribed by Arabs of, 476 ; route 
to the east coast by, 506. 
Zebra, the, found always near 
water, 56; shot in the Balonda 
country, 270, 271 ; antipathy to, 
among the Africans, 538. 
Zimika, the hill, bare rocky hill¬ 
tops seen from, 626. 
Zingesi, the, a sand rivulet, vain 
attempt to ford, 598. 
Zouga, the. Dr. Livingstone passed 
by, in 1842,10 ; flocking of elands 
and ostriches to, in drought, 56 ; 
reached by Dr, Livingstone's 
party, 63 ; Dr. Livingstone’s raft¬ 
making in, escape from alligators, 
69; the banks of, described, 69- 
71; fish of, 72; Dr. Livingstone 
reluctantly recrosses, 75 ; size of 
elephants on, 564. 
Zulus, expelled from the Maglies- 
berg, 30 ; of Natal, their honesty, 
201. -See Caffres. 
Zumba, at. Dr, Livingstone learns 
his father’s death, 3; Father 
Pedro of, l7l; a ruined village, at 
the confluence of the Zambesi 
and the Loangwa, 585; an admir¬ 
able site for trade, 586; water 
communication in three direc¬ 
tions, 587 ; old grey sandstone 
beginning at, 589 ; spoken of as 
still belonging to the Portuguese, 
597 ; no game-law enforced above, 
599 ; dolomite near, unremarked 
by the Portuguese, 629 ; breadth 
of its great coalfield, 635 ; the 
wheat of, 639. 
Zungo, a Zambesi islander, his pre¬ 
sent, his recommendation toPan- 
gola, 589. 
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