Bamangwato. See Khama’s Town.
Bangweolo, lake, ii. 159
Bananas, 74
Banyai tribe, ii. 195
Baobab, ii. 18
Bararika, a cbief, ii. 264; is incensed,
270
Bargaining witb natives, 50
Bark blankets, 248 ; mode of
making, 257, 258
Bark manufactures, 119
,, mats, 182
Barre, mountain pinnacle, 193, 257
Baskets, palm, ii 20
Bath, digging for a, 297
Bathing habits of natives, 279
Battle at Chibinga, ii. 15.
Batuka (drum), 313
Bazurke tribe, 204
Beaconsfield, Lord, on the Zulus, ii.
125
Beads in request at Nyassa, ii. 192;
in Angoni-land, 192
Beans, ii. 122
Bechuana people, laziness of, 33
Beehuana-land, 24, 28; its characteristics,
31; a worthless country,
37-39
Bed, comforts of a, ii. 223
Beds unknown, 52
Beer, maize, 247
„ native, effects of, ii. 90, 103,
122
Beer-drinking, 54, 56, 262
Bengula. See Lo-Bengula.
Benia river, ii. 18
Birds, absence of song, ii. 73, 77
Bird-life on the Shire, ii. 216, 261
Black man, the, opinions respecting,
ii. 299
Black suit, a, ii. 230
Blacksmithing, Mashona, 158,159
Blankets of bark, 248; mode of
making, 257, 258
Blantyre, ii. 194, 217, 228, 229 ;
carriers from, 219, 221, 222;
scarcity of provisions, 2 2 5 ; a
consul at, 2 2 6
Boar, good shot at a, 3 0 3
„ ii. 2 1 8
Boat upset by a hippo, ii. 2 1 9
Boatlanama, 2 9
Boatmen of Mazara, ii. 2 8 3 , 2 9 2
Body-guard, the, 1 2 1
Boers, 2 3 ; aggression of, 2 5 ; religion
of, 2 6 ; polygamy, 4 0 ;
“ christening,” 8 5
Bonga, a chief, ii. 5 4
Bonumarungo mountain, ii. 7 3
Boots and sham bootmakers, 1 8 7
“ Boys,” old and young, 8 0
Braga, Senhor, Governor of Tette,
ii. 4 4 ■
Branches used for fording, 88
Broadfoot, Captain of the Dunheld,
ii. 2 9 7
Britons distinguished from Boers,
67
Buffaloes, ii. 8 4 , 8 5 , 1 1 5 , 1 6 9 - 1 7 1 ,
1 7 3 , 2 1 8
Bullets, hollow, 4 7 , 7 9
Bultfontein Diamond Mine, 1 2
Buluwayo, 4 3 , 4 5 , 5 1
Burchell zebra, 7 8
Burial customs, ii. 1 0 5 , 1 1 3 , 1 3 3
„ service at Tette, ii. 5 0
Bush pig, 2 9 0 ; ii. 1 6 9
Bushman lost, 2 4 0
Bushmen, Masarwa, 2 9 , 3 8
C a l ic o , 6 3
California, mining speculation at, 1 1
Camp, Portuguese, ii. 2 6 6 , 2 7 3
„ troubles, 1 6 3
Camping places, native, 2 6 4
Cane mats used as couches, 5 2
Cannibalism, belief about English,
ii. 7 5
Canoe, an awkward, ii. 2 4 0
„ life, charms of, ii. 2 6 0
Canoeing more trying than marching,
ii. 2 4 4
Canoes on the Shire, ji, 230
Cape cart, 10
„ Town, 4, 6-8
“ Cape smoke,” 20
Captain, incident of the loss of
H.M.S., 122
Caravans, slave, ii. 127
Caroeira mountains, 42, 62
Carriers, difficulties aboutj 107, 111,
112,164; ii. 67,171
Cartridge cases, bartering, ii. 34
Cartridges sticking in rifles, 91; ii.
249
Castor oil, ii. 122
Catoblepas Gorgon, 29
Cat-o’-nine-t^ils, 298, 299
Cattle in Angoni-land, ii. I l l
„ “ lung sick,” 38
„ subject to lung sickness, 66
„ Mashona, 118
Cattle-whips made from giraffe
hides, 33
Cattle-whip signal in South Africa,
100
Cervicapra antmdinacea, 145, 314
Chakundakoro,, native name, for the
Governor of Tette, ii. 44, 68, 80
“ Changing houses,” diamond, 15
Charlatans, medical, ii. 116
Charms used by natives, ii. 116
Chibero, the chief, 105
„ . men threaten to loot the
waggon, 240
Chibinga, 260, 285; the great dance,
ii. 3 ; battle at, 15; elevation of,
17; vermin at, 13; farewell
. to, 23
Chickens, ii. 152
Chief, a sick, ii. 198
Chiefs, power of, 184, 204
Chikuse, King, appearance of, 108 ;
first mention of, ii. 90; his demeanour,
101; suspects a spy, 107;
wants to hear speech, 108,109;
cruelty of, 1 2 1 ; and lea-drinking,
130; kills his mother’s lovers,
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135; number of his wives, 132 ;
. sends spies to Livingstonia, 212
Chikuse’s mother, ii. 109, 133-136
„ sister, visits from, 103,
108
Chikuse’s town, disagreeable reception
at, ii. 100; mysteries and
miseries at, 103-105; welcome
appearance of <ja Costa, 106;
slavery at, 126; departure from,
149
Childbirth, customs at, ii. 237, 238
Chimlolo, one of Livingstone’s men,
ii. 199
Chiputula, a Shirti chief, ii., 55,215,
223, 241; country claimed by,
246, 255; the tragedy of, 256-258
Chiromo on the Shir5, ii, 253, 258
Chizceris concolor, 281
Chlorodyne, ii. 198
Chobe river, 64
Christianity in Bechuana-land, influence
of, 31
“ Christening,” a rough ceremony,
in, 85
Chronometer, 177; broken, ii. 82;
destruction of the, 90; the final
smash, 172
Chuwe people, ii. 65
Chuzu, a Makorikori chief, 191
Chuzu’s, dangers at, 202-211
„ vindictiveness, 234
Citrons, 225
Civilisation, comparison with, 251
Clanship, 162
Cleanliness unknown, 250
Cloth, Africans indifferent about
coloured, 205
Cloth, curious opinion about, ii. 131
“ C. L. K.” rifle, 78 ; a good shot
from, ii. 250
Coal, ii. 65
Cobus Elipsiprynmus, ii. 244
Coffee, 63
Cold, degrees of, 262
Colesberg, 10, 11