MAS
Heany and Johnson’s pioneer
work, 329 ; Portuguese convicts,
330 ; native bearers,
331 ; Pungwe | route, 336 ;
fauna, 337 ; proposed railway
from Beira port to the interior,
343 ; geography and
meteorology, 847 ; list of stations
astronomically observed,
with altitudes, 355. See also
Zimbabwe
Masoudi, El, Arabian historian,
100 ; on the Sabæan temples,
124 ; on ancient stone-worship
in Arabia, 162 ; on Zindj
tribes of East Africa, 197
Masoupa in the Ba-Ngwatetse
country, 11 ; native dancing
and music, ib. ; heathenism,
12
Masouvoriver, and Mazoe valley,
257
Massapa mines and the Queen
of Sheba’s gold, 256 ; ancient
Portuguese market in Mazoe
valley, 257
Massi-Kessi, early Portuguese
influence at, 259; journey to,
324 ; its Portuguese reminiscences,
325; golden bullets,
326 ; Chartered Company at,
ib. ; engagement between Portuguese
and English, ib. ;
treaty concerning, 327 ; Portuguese
hospitality, ib.
Masunsgwe mount, visit to,
296
Matabeleland, King of, 6 ; native
raids on Shoshong, 21 ; raid
upon Cherumbila’s tribe, 83 ;
raids in Mazoe valley, 249
Matimbi, village of, 239; description
of chief, ib.
Matindela, ruins at, 90, 114,
225 ; baobab trees, 114 ; temple
and walls, 115, 130 ;
guinea-fowl, 226 ; curious fruit,
ib. ; gigantic trees, ib. ; honey -
birds, 228; destruction around,
ib. ; profusion of game, ib. ;
hunting parties in locality, ib. ;
game laws of the Makalangas,
229
M E T
Matzaire, chief of Chekatu village,
2 1 7
Mauch, Karl, German traveller
in Mashonaland, 1 0 1 , 2 0 9
Maund, Mr. E. A., on the ruins
at Tati and on the Impakwe,
8 8 ; on ancient gold-mining in
Mashonaland, 2 5 1
Maunga tribe, 3 1 2
Mazoe valley, ruins in, 8 9 , 1 1 4 ;
ruins of fort in gold-fields, 9 0 ;
author’s trip to, 2 4 6 ; native
kraals, 2 4 8 ; Mr. Selous’ hunting
expedition, ib. ; huts and
their inhabitants, ib. ; handmade
pottery of natives, 2 4 9 ;
native beer, ib. ; huts of Mr.
Fleming, gold prospector, ib. ;
ancient gold-mines, ib.; Mata-
bele raids, ib. ; mountain
caves, ib. ; native engineering
skill, 2 5 0 ; enormous output
of gold in ancient times, 2 5 1 ;
modem invasion, ib. ; Rothschild’s,
Cherry’s, and Lock-
ner’s settlements, 2 5 2 ; lemon-
trees in, ib. ; Mr. Nesbit’s
hospitality, ib.; visit to Yellow
Jacket mine, ib. ; kindness of
prospectors, 2 5 3 ; meat of the
eland, ib. ; lion-shooting, ib. ;
curious birds, ib. ; description
of ruin, 2 5 4 ; valuable agricultural
country, 2 5 5 ; Chipadzi’s
village, 2 5 6 ; Mapandera’s
kraal, ib. ; Portuguese in, ib. ;
ancient Portuguese markets
in, 2 5 7 ; Major Forbes’s punishment
of Kaffirs, 2 6 0 ;
modern agricultural farms,
2 6 1
Mecca, Kaaba stone at, 1 6 3
Mediterranean, prehistoric excavations
on the, 1 7 5
Meshed, Mohammedan burial
at, 1 0 5
Mesopotamia, temple at Hiera-
polis, 1 0 0 ; Sabæan temples,
124 / ’
Metemo fort, ruins of, 9 0 , 1 1 4 ,
2 2 4
Metzwandira, author’s Maka-
langa body-servant, 2 1 4
MID
Midianites, sacred tower of the,
9 9
Mineni river, accident on, 3 2 9
Mines, School of, cast of ingot
of tin found in Falmouth
Harbour, 1 8 2
M’lala, village of, 4 2 ; stomach
decoration among womeD, 4 4 ;
costumes of natives, 4 6 ; witch
doctor, 4 7
Mocaranga tribe, land of,, 3 1 ;
Dos Santos’ account, 2 0 3 ;
Bocarro’s description of race,
2 9 8
Moffat, Dr., at Shoshong, 2 2
Moffat, Mr., political agent in
Matabeleland, 8 9
Molopolole river, 15
Mondoro, or lion priest, in
’Mtokoland, 2 8 6 ; interviews
with, 2 8 7
Monomatapa, empire of, 3 2 ;
civilisation, 1 8 0 ; Portuguese
travellers on wealth of
emperor, 1 9 9 ; confusion of
name, 2 0 0 ; Father dos
Santos’ description of the
people, 2 0 2 ; Leo Africanus’
account of ruins, 2 0 5 ; Da
Costa’s letter to the King of
Portugal concerning ruins,
2 0 7 ; stronghold for chiefs
wives at Chiburga, 2 3 0 ;
Portuguese treaty with chief,
3 1 1
Monteiro, Portuguese traveller,
on the Zambesi tribes, 2 0 3 ;
on lion worship, 2 9 0
Montfaucon, M., on tower
worship, 9 9
Montsoia, native chief, 6
M’shagashi river, 5 0
’Mswezwe, Mr. E. A. Maund
on ancient gold-mining at,
• 2 5 1 ; shafts in river district,
ib.
’Mtasa, lord of the Nica tribe,
3 1 4 ; mountains in country of,
3 1 5 ; British possession of
kraal, ib. ; conflicting interests
of England and Poitugal in
land of, 3 1 7 ; Bushman drawings
in village, ib.
N H A
’Mtigeza, chiefs around Mount
Wedza, 2 3 5 ; their fortress,
2 3 6 ; interior of huts, 2 3 8
’Mtoko country, presents for
chief, 2 4 6 ; author’s embassy
to, 2 6 2 ; births and marriages,
276 ; marauding transactions,
2 7 7 / ; native customs, ib. ;
language, 2 7 8 ; cattle, ib. ;
chief’s kraal, 2 7 9 ; description
of women, ib. ; Zambesi influence,
2 8 1 ; chiefs indignation
with author, ib. ; a state visit,
2 8 3 ; nervousness of chief,
2 8 4 ; description of presents,
ib. ; chief’s opinion of the
- white lady, 2 8 5 ; hospitality
of the natives, ib. ; politics and
religion, 2 8 6 ; the Mondoro,
or lion priest, ib. ; bucolic
prosperity, 2 8 7 ; imminence
of civil war, 2 8 8 ; early
struggles with the Portuguese,
2 9 1 ; Bushman drawings,
2 9 2
Muali, the god of the MakalaDgas,
5 4 , 3 0 0
Muchienda, village of, 2 2 2 ;
native game-hunting, ib.
Musungaikwa country, tattooed
women in, 2 6 5
Mwairari river, crossing the,
2 3 1
Mycene, Dr. Schliemann’s discoveries
at, 1 5 4
N aka p a s s , 4 1
Nakab al Hajar, Arabia, ruins of
castle at, 9 3 ; temple, 1 4 8
Natal, Bakalanga tribes in, 3 2
Naucratis, lebes from temple at,
in British Museum, 16 7
Necho, Pharaoh, b . c . 6 0 0 ,
Nejed, Lower, monoliths in,
102
Nesbit, Mr., mining commissioner,
in Mazoe valley, 2 5 2
Neves Fereira, English immigrants
boycotted by Portuguese
governor of, 3 8 6
Nhaya, Pedro de, Portuguese