Weapons, Mashona, 116
,, the manufacture of, 230
Weaving, ii. 19, 20
Wells, ii. 167
„ of Urongwe, ii. 139
Whata, 218
Whip signal in South Africa, 100
Whitaker, a Canadian traveller, 41;
death of, 52
White man’s dominion in Africa,
the, ii. 301
Wild animals, spoor of, 305
Wildebeeste, 29, 30
Windvogel, a bushman, 69 ; shoots
a companion, 84, 85; is lost,
240
Wine of Madeira, 3, 4
Witch doctors, ii. 233
Wives, a man of many, 219, 242
„ Chikuse’s, ii. 132, 139
Wolf, adventure with a, 84
Wolves, 88; ferocity of, 291; ii
13,14
Woman attacked by a lion, ii. 14
WOman’s warning about Chuzu, 210
Women, Mashona, 116; appearance
of Makorikori, 229; gold-
washers, ij. 18; . slaves, 19;
visitors at Chikuse’s, 103, 119;
shaving their heads, 124; native,
behave better than men, 164;
workers, 197
| Wood stacks at Nyassa, ii. 1 9 1
Wooden pillows, of Mashona, 1 3 3 ;
‘in Angoni-land, ii. 1 2 4
Wooden troughs, 2 4 8
Writing a mystery, 2 2 8
Wynberg, 5 , 6
X o p e tta tribe, ii. 112, 2 4 2
Yao porters, ii. 221
„ villages, ii. 227
Yokes o f slaves, ii. 126, 128,155 '
Z a m b e s i r iv e r , 3 6 , 5 3 , 8 0 ; f ir s t
s i g h t o f t h e , i i . 3 7 ; i t s n a v ig a b le
p a r t s , 5 4 ; s t e am e r s u i t a b l e fo r
t h e , 5 4 ; s t o r y o f t h e , 5 6 ; h o t
s p r in g s , 5 8 ; c r o s s in g t h e , 5 9 ,
2 8 7
Zambesi basin, first sight of the,
• 2 7 7
Zambesi valley, races of the, ii. 57.
Zanki, 7 3
Zebras, 3 9 , 7 8 ; vitality of, 7 9 , 1 6 8 ,
ii. 6 4 , 2 1 8
Zeerust, 2 4
Zingabila, a town of, 2 4 7 , 2 5 7
Zulu conquests, ii. 1 1 2 :
Zulus, Lord Beaconsfield on the, ii.
1 2 5
Zumbo, a Portuguese station, ii. 4 1