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BRITISH CENTRAL AFRICA 
Mweru (District), i rg, 306,312, 321; (Lake), 39, 
46,48, 59,60, 61 (discovery of), 64; 148,234,290 
Mweru Salt Swamp, 46, 51 
Namasi R., 171 
Names, absurd—given to Mission children, 203 
Nandinin , 285, 290 
Natives of B.C. A., 182, 389, et seq. ; see Negroes, 
Central African (Bantu) 
Native contingent, 134, 152 
Naval service, B.C.A., 153 
Ndirande Mt., 107 
Negritic group, 54 
Negro culture retrograde, 55, 183, 472 
Negroes, future of the, 182, 472 ; proper attitude 
towards, 183-4; West Indian, 203; tendency 
of - to relapse into savagery, 202, 203 ; 
distribution of true -,■ 3000 years ago, 54 ; 
uniformity of type of, 392-3 ; carelessness and 
indifference in cultivating plants and domestica¬ 
ting animals, 429 
Negroes, Central African (Bantu), physical des¬ 
cription of, 392, et seq. ; uniformity of type, 393; 
colour of skin, 393-4 ; albinism, 394 ; exuda¬ 
tions of skin, 395 ; eyes, 396 ; physiognomy, 
396 ; lips, 396 ; chin, 397 ; hair on face, 397, 
on body, 398, on head, 398 : ear, 398 ; breasts, 
398-9; sexual organs, 399; buttocks, 399; 
hands and feet, 399 ; height and other body 
measurements, 400, 403 ; voice, 403 ; power of 
withstanding cold and heat, 403 ; strength, 
speed, and endurance, 404 ; muscular develop¬ 
ment, 404-5; physical feats, 405-6; postures 
and movements of body, 406; methods of 
carrying loads, 406-7 ; salutations, 407 ; ex¬ 
pression of face and disposition, 407 ; intelli¬ 
gence, 408 ; relative “ uxoriousness,” indecent 
dances, 408 ; lack of chastity, 40S, 409; 
Ethnology of, 409, et seq. ; see Ethnology, 
and also Customs, Religion, Domestic animals, 
Cultivated plants 
Negroes, past and future of the, 472 
,, diseases of the, 473, et seq. 
Negroid Races, 393 
New York Herald , 65 
Ngindo, Ci-, 485 and Vocabularies 
Nicholson, Admiral, 108, 109 
Nicoll, John L., 72, 82, 90, 95, 97, 109 
Nigerian Sudan, Niger, 453, 469 
Nightingale, 332 
Nile, 65, 182, 479 
Nilgai, 309 
Nilotic negroes, 479 
Nkata Bay, 154 
Nkonde (country), 72, 390 
,, (languages), 390, 480 
,, Awa-, Wa- (people), 72, 73, 139, 141, 
143 . 390 , 399, 415, 417-9, 423-4, 430-1, 443-4, 
445 , 45 L 452 , 454 
North Nyasa, 94, 154, 471 
Nsese R. (Botanical Appendix, pp. 233-283) 
Nunes, Vice-Consul, 68 
Nutt, Mr., 234 
Nnxia, 228 
Nyamwezi, Ki- (language : also vide Sukuma, Ki-), 
Vocabularies 
,, Wa-, 392, 404 
,, Wa- (country), 67, 157 
Nyanja (the true name of Laka Nyasa), 61 
,, A-, 62, 99, 119, 145, 390, 417, 419, 422, 
424, 443, 444, 446-7, 471 
Nyanja, Ci-, 484-5 and Vocabularies 
Nyanza, 61 {vide Victoria Nyanza, Albert Nyanza), 
Nyasa, Lake, 17, 18, 38, 45, 48, 52, 60; (first 
discovery of), 61, 7f, 94, 102, 148, 153, 360 
Nyasa steamers, gunboats, 17, 109, 138, 153 
Nyasa-Tanganyika Plateau, 72, 95, 135, 145, 149, 
189, 234 
Nyasaland, 55, 62, 65, 68, 71, 80, 88, 286, 288, 
3 i 7 , 3'8 
Nyaserera, 119, 120 
Nyih’a (Nyi%a or Nyika), language, Vocabularies 
Nyika Plateau, 45 
„ A-, 390 
Oceana Co., 181 
Octodont rodent, an, 291 
Odete, 146 
Oil palm, 35, 212, 222, 428 
Oil seeds, 182, 222, 428 
“Old man’s beard” lichen, 10 
Oldfield Thomas, Mr., 288, 311, 322, 323, 325 
’Oman, 62, 71 
O’Neill, Consul, 74 
Opisthocomus, 333 
Orange, 427, 429 
Orchids,-2io, 211 
,, Ground, 7, 210, 211 
Orchilla lichen, 10 
Ordeal for witchcraft, etc., 441, 468 
Oribi, 311 
Orioles, 330-1, 348 
Orthography, 486 
Orthoptera, 371, 380 
Orycteropus , 285, 321, 371 
Oryx, 285, 314, 317 
Osmunda fern, 220 
Osprey, 346, 352 
Ostrich, 285, 286, 329, 347 
Oswell, Mr. (the explorer), 60 
Otogale , 287 
Otter, 290 
Ourebia , 311, 329 
Outfit needed for B.C.A., 164 and Appendix II., 
chap, vi., pp. 186-188 
Owls, 337, 351 ; the eagle owl, 337, 447 
Ox, oxen, 309 (see Cattle) 
Ox-pecker ( Buphaga ), 330 
Pallah or Impala, 318, 329 ; Johnston’s-318, 
326 
Palm wine, 437 
Palms, Borassus, 1, 213, 214, 231, 428 
,, Cocoanut, 23, 213, 217 
,, Wild Date, 2, 174, 213, 217, 230 
„ Hyphsene, 29, 213, 214, 231, 292, 459 
,, Oil, 35, 213, 428-9; Raphia, 174, 212 
Papaw tree, 427, 429 
Papio pruijiosus, 286-7 
Papyrus, 17, 26, 219 
,, Marsh, 17 
Paradoxure (Nandinia), 290 
Parinarium trees, 4, 220, 224, 226, 230, 428, 456 
Parkia , 231 
Parra, 343 
Parrots, 333-4, 35 1 5 (grey parrot, 334) 
