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Bandiri, early Portuguese influence
at, 259
Bandula, kraal of, 332
Ba-Ngwatetse tribe, 7 ; soldiers,
10
Ba-quaina tribe, 14
Baramazimba, a fantastic kraal
. near Zimbabwe, 78
Barbosa, Duarte, on tbe gold
trade of Sofala, 197
Baretto, disastrous campaigns
of, 208
Ba-rolongs of Mafeking, 6
Barros, De, on tbe Mashonaland
ruins, 203
Basuto skill in stone-building, 306
Batuen, chief of Kanya, 6 , 7 ;
under missionary influence,
8 ; his tribal gatherings, 9 ;
his household, slaves, and
soldiers, ib.; his parents, 10
Bechuanaland, British influence
'in, 5 ; Crown colony in, 6 ;
roads through, ib. ; boundaries
of, ib.; jj Ally Sloper ’ in, 7;
■ cattle disease, ib.; inoculation
of oxen, ib.; native justice,
9; native soldiers, ib.; funeral
of a chief, 1 0 ; music and
dancing, 1 1 ; marriage and
divorce, 1 2 ; derivation of
name, 15; tribal worship of
crocodiles, ib.; produce, 16 ;
gardens and fields,ib.; jungle
travel, 17 ; • flora and fauna,
ib.; cattle stations, 19 ; tribal
migration, 2 0 ; Border Police
at Macloutsie, 2 1 ; baboons at
Palapwe, 23; drought in, 28 ;
rock carvings discovered by
Mr. Anderson, 167
Beira, waste of provisions at,
244; steamer from, to Cape,
263; journey from Umtali to,
323; unhealthy condition of
port, 342; proposed railway
to the interior, 343
Benoula, in ’Mtoko’s kraal,
286; accompanies author on
a visit to the lion priest at
Lutzi, 287
Bessa range, as viewed from
Zimbabwe, 68
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B^thencourt, Portuguese commandant
at Massi-Kessi, 328
Bocarro, Antonio, on Portuguese
exploration in Africa, 208; on
the empire of the Monoma-
tapa, 298
Bochiko, village chief in Kunzi’s
country, 273 ; his remarkable
appearance, ib. ; his wives and
■ children, 274
Boeotia, relics from Thebes, 172
Boer expedition in Mashona-
land, 209
Bondoro worship in Mang-
wendi’s country, 299
Britain, ancient, tin ingots found
in, 182; mythical inhabitants
of, 188
British Chartered Company of
South Africa. See ‘ Chartered ’
British Museum, Egyptian pillow
in the, 36; African
musical instruments, 74;
• Phoenician sepulchral stelse
in, 157; lebes from temple
at Naucratis, 167; iron bells
from the Congo, 178
Brittany, avenues of menhirs
near Carnap, 113
Bufwa mountains, 41
Buzi river, early Portuguese influence
on the, 259
C a b i r i ruins at Hadjar K e m in
Malta, 100
Cahal, Alvarez de, Portuguese
explorer, 196; his entry into
Sofala harbour, ib .; Arab
■ gold-laden dhows, ib.
Cairo, Portuguese at, 196
Cambridge, cylindrical object
from Cyprus in Fitz william
Museum at, 171
Camac, Brittany, avenues of
menhirs near, 113; mythical
builders of, 188
Charter fort, Makalanga tribes
at, 31; arrival of expedition
at, 240; parting with native
- servants, ib.
Chartered Company of South
Africa, author’s obligations to,
C H E
4 ; pioneers in Mashonaland,
2 0 5 ; difficulty in catering at
Fort Salisbury, 2 4 4 ; punishment
of Kaffirs by officers of,
2 6 0
Chekatu, village of, 2 1 7 ; Mata-
bele raid on, ib. ; female
barber at, 2 1 8
Cherumbila, native chief, 8 2 ;
visit to his kraal, ib. ; description
thereof, ib. ; his raids
upon neighbouring tribes, 8 3 ;
interview with, ib. ; Matabele
- raid upon, ib. ; his hospitality,
8 4 . Chibi’s country, 4 3 ; native iron-
smelting, ib. ; pot-making, ib. ;
native costumes, 4 6 ; granaries,
ib. ; rats and mice, ib. '
Chiburga, Monomatapa’s stronghold
for wives, 2 3 0
Chiburwe mountain, north of
Matindela, ruins of fort near,
9 0 , 1 1 4 , 1 1 8 ; gigantic baobab
tree, 1 1 9 ; Makalanga outpost,
2 3 0 ; holes for Isafuba
game, ib. ; miserable villages
around, ib. ; trackless forests
in vicinity, ib. ; ruin there,
2 3 1
Chidima, the Monomatapa of,
2 9 1 ; Portuguese accounts of,
ib. ; silver-mining at, ib.
Chigono village, 3 1 4 ; its wonderful
position, ib.
Chilondillo fort, ruins of, 1 1 4
Chilonga fort, ruins of, 9 0
Chimbi river, underground passage
near, 3 0 5
Chimoia, kraal of, 3 3 2 ; fertility
of country, 3 3 3 ; lions in vicinity,
3 3 4
China, Celadon pottery from, in
Zimbabwe, 1 7 2
Chipadzi village in Mazoe valley,
2 5 6 ; ruins near, ib.
Chipiez, M. See Perrot and
Chipiez, MM.
Chipunza’s village, wall-building
in, 2 9 8 ; interesting ruin near,
3 0 5 ; aspect of the country,
3 0 6 ; camping in, ib. ; native
ladies and their occupation,
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809 ^interview with chief, ib .;
savage etiquette, 310; beer-
drinking, ib .; native courtesy,
ib .; fortress at, 311; Chi-
padzi’s tomb, 312
Colonial Institute, Mr. E. A.
Maund’s lecture on ancient
gold-mining in Mashonaland,
251
Conder, Major, on the circular
ruin near the Lundi river, 91
Congo river, discovery of iron
bells on the, 178
Corvo on Portuguese exploration
in Africa, 208 ; on the ancient
gold-mines in Mazoe valley,
256; on early Portuguese enterprise
in Mashonaland, 258
Couto, Portnguese author, 31
Covilham, Pedro de, Portuguese
explorer, 196; his death in
Abyssinia, ib.
Cyprus, Phoenician coin found
in, 154; excavations in, 171
D a l m a t ia , ingot mould found in,
184
Dapper’s description of Mashonaland
ruins, 206
Deir-el-Bahari, monuments of,
192
Delft pottery in Mazoe valley,.
257
Dendema in occupation of Zendj
tribes, 199
Denderah, zodiac of, 154
Diodorus on tin ingots found in
ancient Britain, 182 ; on the
Egyptian gold-mines at Wadi
Allaga, 185
Dutch nomenclature, 17
Dyer, Mr. Thisèlton, Director of
Kew Gardens, on the age of
the baobab, 114
E d r is i, geographer, on Zendj
tribes of East Africa, 199
Egyptian gold-mines in Wadi
Allaga, 185; commerce on
the Bed Sea, 192
Elibi river, ruin near, 89