I N D E X
ABA
A b a n t u charms, 37 ; origin of
the name Zimbabwe, 200
Abyssinia, Mr. Salt’s exploration
in, 195
¿Elian on vultures, 153 ; on
Egyptian sacrificè, 176
Æthiopia, Sabæan city in, 195 _
Africa, Phoenician circumnavigation,
191 ; Arab extension,
195; Arab opposition to Portuguese,
201 ; Eoman penetration
through, 205 ; Portuguese
influence in, 208
East: Greek and Eoman
knowledge of, 191 ; ancient,
gold-mining population, 194 ;
Sabæan possession of, 195 ;
. Portuguese enterprise, 196 ;.
wild tribes of, 198 ; wealth of
gold in, 199 ; Abou Zeyd’s
description of the Zindj tribes,
ib. ; curious birds, 253
South: British Chartered
Company of, expedition
, assisted by, 4 ; Dr. Emil
. Holub’s work on, 87
South-East : ancient products
sent as tribute to Egypt,,
192
Africanus, Leo, Pory’s translation
of, 205 ; on the god of
the Monomatapa, 300 - :
Agatharcides on the wealth of
the Sabæans, 193
Agizymba, Ptolemy’s mention.
of 205 •
Aizanes, King, victory of, 195,
Anderson, Mr. A. A., rock carvings
discovered in Bechuana-
land bv. 167
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Aphrodite, stone head of, worshipped
by the Ismaelites, 163
Arab settlement at Ehapta, 190
Arabia, tower worship in, 99 ;.
Himyaritic supremacy in,
155; Herodotus on native
worship, 159 ; Herr Kremer
on the ancient cult, 163;
Biblical allusions to wealth,
of, 186, 193; a,ncient knowledge
of monsoons, 190; trading
emporia on the Eed Sea,
191; exportation of gold to
Eome, 192; Horace on wealth
of, 193; ancient enterprise,
194 ; Herr Kremer on tribal
system of totems, 290
Argonautic expedition, 191
Ashmolean Museum, ston©
carvings from the Soudan in,
155
I Asia, De,’ by M. De Barros,
203 ;
Asia Minor, .mythical inhabitants
of, 188
Axume, Abyssinia, ancient Greek
inscription at, 195
B a c o t o , ancient Portuguese
market in Mazoe valley, 257
Bahrein islands, Persian Gulf,
tombs in, 104
Ba-kailahari tribe, 13
Bakalanga tribes in Natal, 32
Ba-mangwato tribe at Palapwe,
22 ; beer-drinking, 24 ; witchdoctors,
¿5, ; superstition, 25 ;
women at Palapwe, 26