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Introduction etc. | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 | Chapter 22 | Chapter 23 | Chapter 24 | Chapter 25 | Chapter 26 | Chapter 27 | Chapter 28 | Chapter 29 | Chapter 30 | Chapter 31 | Chapter 32 | Appendices etc.
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Contents. Introduction. Personal Sketch -- Highland Ancestors -- Family Traditions -- Grandfather removes to the Lowlands -- Parents -- Early Labors and Efforts -- Evening School -- Love of Reading -- Religious Impressions -- Medical Education -- Youthful Travels -- Geology -- Mental Discipline -- Study in Glasgow -- London Missionary Society -- Native Village -- Medical Diploma -- Theological Studies -- Departure for Africa -- No Claim to Literary Accomplishments. Chapter 1. The Bakwain Country -- Study of the Language -- Native Ideas regarding Comets -- Mabotsa Station -- A Lion Encounter -- Virus of the Teeth of Lions -- Names of the Bechuana Tribes -- Sechele -- His Ancestors -- Obtains the Chieftainship -- His Marriage and Government -- The Kotla -- First public Religious Services -- Sechele's Questions -- He Learns to Read -- Novel mode for Converting his Tribe -- Surprise at their Indifference -- Polygamy -- Baptism of Sechele -- Opposition of the Natives -- Purchase Land at Chonuane -- Relations with the People -- Their Intelligence -- Prolonged Drought -- Consequent Trials -- Rain-medicine -- God's Word blamed -- Native Reasoning -- Rain-maker -- Dispute between Rain Doctor and Medical Doctor -- The Hunting Hopo -- Salt or animal Food a necessary of Life -- Duties of a Missionary. Chapter 2. The Boers -- Their Treatment of the Natives -- Seizure of native Children for Slaves -- English Traders -- Alarm of the Boers -- Native Espionage -- The Tale of the Cannon -- The Boers threaten Sechele -- In violation of Treaty, they stop English Traders and expel Missionaries -- They attack the Bakwains -- Their Mode of Fighting -- The Natives killed and the School-children carried into Slavery -- Destruction of English Property -- African Housebuilding and Housekeeping -- Mode of Spending the Day -- Scarcity of Food -- Locusts -- Edible Frogs -- Scavenger Beetle -- Continued Hostility of the Boers -- The Journey north -- Preparations -- Fellow-travelers -- The Kalahari Desert -- Vegetation -- Watermelons -- The Inhabitants -- The Bushmen -- Their nomad Mode of Life -- Appearance -- The Bakalahari -- Their Love for Agriculture and for domestic Animals -- Timid Character -- Mode of obtaining Water -- Female Water-suckers -- The Desert -- Water hidden. Chapter 3. Departure from Kolobeng, 1st June, 1849 -- Companions -- Our Route -- Abundance of Grass -- Serotli, a Fountain in the Desert -- Mode of digging Wells -- The Eland -- Animals of the Desert -- The Hyaena -- The Chief Sekomi -- Dangers -- The wandering Guide -- Cross Purposes -- Slow Progress -- Want of Water -- Capture of a Bushwoman -- The Salt-pan at Nchokotsa -- The Mirage -- Reach the River Zouga -- The Quakers of Africa -- Discovery of Lake Ngami, 1st August, 1849 -- Its Extent -- Small Depth of Water -- Position as the Reservoir of a great River System -- The Bamangwato and their Chief -- Desire to visit Sebituane, the Chief of the Makololo -- Refusal of Lechulatebe to furnish us with Guides -- Resolve to return to the Cape -- The Banks of the Zouga -- Pitfalls -- Trees of the District -- Elephants -- New Species of Antelope -- Fish in the Zouga. Chapter 4. Leave Kolobeng again for the Country of Sebituane -- Reach the Zouga -- The Tsetse -- A Party of Englishmen -- Death of Mr. Rider -- Obtain Guides -- Children fall sick with Fever -- Relinquish the Attempt to reach Sebituane -- Mr. Oswell's Elephant-hunting -- Return to Kolobeng -- Make a third Start thence -- Reach Nchokotsa -- Salt-pans -- "Links", or Springs -- Bushmen -- Our Guide Shobo -- The Banajoa -- An ugly Chief -- The Tsetse -- Bite fatal to domestic Animals, but harmless to wild Animals and Man -- Operation of the Poison -- Losses caused by it -- The Makololo -- Our Meeting with Sebituane -- Sketch of his Career -- His Courage and Conquests -- Manoeuvres of the Batoka -- He outwits them -- His Wars with the Matebele -- Predictions of a native Prophet -- Successes of the Makololo -- Renewed Attacks of the Matebele -- The Island of Loyelo -- Defeat of the Matebele -- Sebituane's Policy -- His Kindness to Strangers and to the Poor -- His sudden Illness and Death -- Succeeded by his Daughter -- Her Friendliness to us -- Discovery, in June, 1851, of the Zambesi flowing in the Centre of the Continent -- Its Size -- The Mambari -- The Slave-trade -- Determine to send Family to England -- Return to the Cape in April, 1852 -- Safe Transit through the Caffre Country during Hostilities -- Need of a "Special Correspondent" -- Kindness of the London Missionary Society -- Assistance afforded by the Astronomer Royal at the Cape. Chapter 5. Start in June, 1852, on the last and longest Journey from Cape Town -- Companions -- Wagon-traveling -- Physical Divisions of Africa -- The Eastern, Central, and Western Zones -- The Kalahari Desert -- Its Vegetation -- Increasing Value of the Interior for Colonization -- Our Route -- Dutch Boers -- Their Habits -- Sterile Appearance of the District -- Failure of Grass -- Succeeded by other Plants -- Vines -- Animals -- The Boers as Farmers -- Migration of Springbucks -- Wariness of Animals -- The Orange River -- Territory of the Griquas and Bechuanas -- The Griquas -- The Chief Waterboer -- His wise and energetic Government -- His Fidelity -- Ill-considered Measures of the Colonial Government in regard to Supplies of Gunpowder -- Success of the Missionaries among the Griquas and Bechuanas -- Manifest Improvement of the native Character -- Dress of the Natives -- A full-dress Costume -- A Native's Description of the Natives -- Articles of Commerce in the Country of the Bechuanas -- Their Unwillingness to learn, and Readiness to criticise. Chapter 6. Kuruman -- Its fine Fountain -- Vegetation of the District -- Remains of ancient Forests -- Vegetable Poison -- The Bible translated by Mr. Moffat -- Capabilities of the Language -- Christianity among the Natives -- The Missionaries should extend their Labors more beyond the Cape Colony -- Model Christians -- Disgraceful Attack of the Boers on the Bakwains -- Letter from Sechele -- Details of the Attack -- Numbers of School-children carried away into Slavery -- Destruction of House and Property at Kolobeng -- The Boers vow Vengeance against me -- Consequent Difficulty of getting Servants to accompany me on my Journey -- Start in November, 1852 -- Meet Sechele on his way to England to obtain Redress from the Queen -- He is unable to proceed beyond the Cape -- Meet Mr. Macabe on his Return from Lake Ngami -- The hot Wind of the Desert -- Electric State of the Atmosphere -- Flock of Swifts -- Reach Litubaruba -- The Cave Lepelole -- Superstitions regarding it -- Impoverished State of the Bakwains -- Retaliation on the Boers -- Slavery -- Attachment of the Bechuanas to Children -- Hydrophobia unknown -- Diseases of the Bakwains few in number -- Yearly Epidemics -- Hasty Burials -- Ophthalmia -- Native Doctors -- Knowledge of Surgery at a very low Ebb -- Little Attendance given to Women at their Confinements -- The "Child Medicine" -- Salubrity of the Climate well adapted for Invalids suffering from pulmonary Complaints. Chapter 7. Departure from the Country of the Bakwains -- Large black Ant -- Land Tortoises -- Diseases of wild Animals -- Habits of old Lions -- Cowardice of the Lion -- Its Dread of a Snare -- Major Vardon's Note -- The Roar of the Lion resembles the Cry of the Ostrich -- Seldom attacks full-grown Animals -- Buffaloes and Lions -- Mice -- Serpents -- Treading on one -- Venomous and harmless Varieties -- Fascination -- Sekomi's Ideas of Honesty -- Ceremony of the Sechu for Boys -- The Boyale for young Women -- Bamangwato Hills -- The Unicorn's Pass -- The Country beyond -- Grain -- Scarcity of Water -- Honorable Conduct of English Gentlemen -- Gordon Cumming's hunting Adventures -- A Word of Advice for young Sportsmen -- Bushwomen drawing Water -- Ostrich -- Silly Habit -- Paces -- Eggs -- Food. Chapter 8. Effects of Missionary Efforts -- Belief in the Deity -- Ideas of the Bakwains on Religion -- Departure from their Country -- Salt-pans -- Sour Curd -- Nchokotsa -- Bitter Waters -- Thirst suffered by the wild Animals -- Wanton Cruelty in Hunting -- Ntwetwe -- Mowana-trees -- Their extraordinary Vitality -- The Mopane-tree -- The Morala -- The Bushmen -- Their Superstitions -- Elephant-hunting -- Superiority of civilized over barbarous Sportsmen -- The Chief Kaisa -- His Fear of Responsibility -- Beauty of the Country at Unku -- The Mohonono Bush -- Severe Labor in cutting our Way -- Party seized with Fever -- Escape of our Cattle -- Bakwain Mode of recapturing them -- Vagaries of sick Servants -- Discovery of grape-bearing Vines -- An Ant-eater -- Difficulty of passing through the Forest -- Sickness of my Companion -- The Bushmen -- Their Mode of destroying Lions -- Poisons -- The solitary Hill -- A picturesque Valley -- Beauty of the Country -- Arrive at the Sanshureh River -- The flooded Prairies -- A pontooning Expedition -- A night Bivouac -- The Chobe -- Arrive at the Village of Moremi -- Surprise of the Makololo at our sudden Appearance -- Cross the Chobe on our way to Linyanti. Chapter 9. Reception at Linyanti -- The court Herald -- Sekeletu obtains the Chieftainship from his Sister -- Mpepe's Plot -- Slave-trading Mambari -- Their sudden Flight -- Sekeletu narrowly escapes Assassination -- Execution of Mpepe -- The Courts of Law -- Mode of trying Offenses -- Sekeletu's Reason for not learning to read the Bible -- The Disposition made of the Wives of a deceased Chief -- Makololo Women -- They work but little -- Employ Serfs -- Their Drink, Dress, and Ornaments -- Public Religious Services in the Kotla -- Unfavorable Associations of the place -- Native Doctors -- Proposals to teach the Makololo to read -- Sekeletu's Present -- Reason for accepting it -- Trading in Ivory -- Accidental Fire -- Presents for Sekeletu -- Two Breeds of native Cattle -- Ornamenting the Cattle -- The Women and the Looking-glass -- Mode of preparing the Skins of Oxen for Mantles and for Shields -- Throwing the Spear. Chapter 10. The Fever -- Its Symptoms -- Remedies of the native Doctors -- Hospitality of Sekeletu and his People -- One of their Reasons for Polygamy -- They cultivate largely -- The Makalaka or subject Tribes -- Sebituane's Policy respecting them -- Their Affection for him -- Products of the Soil -- Instrument of Culture -- The Tribute -- Distributed by the Chief -- A warlike Demonstration -- Lechulatebe's Provocations -- The Makololo determine to punish him -- The Bechuanas -- Meaning of the Term -- Three Divisions of the great Family of South Africans. Chapter 11. Departure from Linyanti for Sesheke -- Level Country -- Ant-hills -- Wild Date-trees -- Appearance of our Attendants on the March -- The Chief's Guard -- They attempt to ride on Ox-back -- Vast Herds of the new Antelopes, Leches, and Nakongs -- The native way of hunting them -- Reception at the Villages -- Presents of Beer and Milk -- Eating with the Hand -- The Chief provides the Oxen for Slaughter -- Social Mode of Eating -- The Sugar-cane -- Sekeletu's novel Test of Character -- Cleanliness of Makololo Huts -- Their Construction and Appearance -- The Beds -- Cross the Leeambye -- Aspect of this part of the Country -- The small Antelope Tianyane unknown in the South -- Hunting on foot -- An Eland. Chapter 12. Procure Canoes and ascend the Leeambye -- Beautiful Islands -- Winter Landscape -- Industry and Skill of the Banyeti -- Rapids -- Falls of Gonye -- Tradition -- Annual Inundations -- Fertility of the great Barotse Valley -- Execution of two Conspirators -- The Slave-dealer's Stockade -- Naliele, the Capital, built on an artificial Mound -- Santuru, a great Hunter -- The Barotse Method of commemorating any remarkable Event -- Better Treatment of Women -- More religious Feeling -- Belief in a future State, and in the Existence of spiritual Beings -- Gardens -- Fish, Fruit, and Game -- Proceed to the Limits of the Barotse Country -- Sekeletu provides Rowers and a Herald -- The River and Vicinity -- Hippopotamus-hunters -- No healthy Location -- Determine to go to Loanda -- Buffaloes, Elands, and Lions above Libonta -- Interview with the Mambari -- Two Arabs from Zanzibar -- Their Opinion of the Portuguese and the English -- Reach the Town of Ma-Sekeletu -- Joy of the People at the first Visit of their Chief -- Return to Sesheke -- Heathenism. Chapter 13. Preliminary Arrangements for the Journey -- A Picho -- Twenty-seven Men appointed to accompany me to the West -- Eagerness of the Makololo for direct Trade with the Coast -- Effects of Fever -- A Makololo Question -- The lost Journal -- Reflections -- The Outfit for the Journey -- 11th November, 1853, leave Linyanti, and embark on the Chobe -- Dangerous Hippopotami -- Banks of Chobe -- Trees -- The Course of the River -- The Island Mparia at the Confluence of the Chobe and the Leeambye -- Anecdote -- Ascend the Leeambye -- A Makalaka Mother defies the Authority of the Makololo Head Man at Sesheke -- Punishment of Thieves -- Observance of the new Moon -- Public Addresses at Sesheke -- Attention of the People -- Results -- Proceed up the River -- The Fruit which yields `Nux vomica' -- Other Fruits -- The Rapids -- Birds -- Fish -- Hippopotami and their Young. Chapter 14. Increasing Beauty of the Country -- Mode of spending the Day -- The People and the Falls of Gonye -- A Makololo Foray -- A second prevented, and Captives delivered up -- Politeness and Liberality of the People -- The Rains -- Present of Oxen -- The fugitive Barotse -- Sekobinyane's Misgovernment -- Bee-eaters and other Birds -- Fresh-water Sponges -- Current -- Death from a Lion's Bite at Libonta -- Continued Kindness -- Arrangements for spending the Night during the Journey -- Cooking and Washing -- Abundance of animal Life -- Different Species of Birds -- Water-fowl -- Egyptian Geese -- Alligators -- Narrow Escape of one of my Men -- Superstitious Feelings respecting the Alligator -- Large Game -- The most vulnerable Spot -- Gun Medicine -- A Sunday -- Birds of Song -- Depravity; its Treatment -- Wild Fruits -- Green Pigeons -- Shoals of Fish -- Hippopotami. Chapter 15. Message to Masiko, the Barotse Chief, regarding the Captives -- Navigation of the Leeambye -- Capabilities of this District -- The Leeba -- Flowers and Bees -- Buffalo-hunt -- Field for a Botanist -- Young Alligators; their savage Nature -- Suspicion of the Balonda -- Sekelenke's Present -- A Man and his two Wives -- Hunters -- Message from Manenko, a female Chief -- Mambari Traders -- A Dream -- Sheakondo and his People -- Teeth-filing -- Desire for Butter -- Interview with Nyamoana, another female Chief -- Court Etiquette -- Hair versus Wool -- Increase of Superstition -- Arrival of Manenko; her Appearance and Husband -- Mode of Salutation -- Anklets -- Embassy, with a Present from Masiko -- Roast Beef -- Manioc -- Magic Lantern -- Manenko an accomplished Scold: compels us to wait -- Unsuccessful Zebra-hunt. Chapter 16. Nyamoana's Present -- Charms -- Manenko's pedestrian Powers -- An Idol -- Balonda Arms -- Rain -- Hunger -- Palisades -- Dense Forests -- Artificial Beehives -- Mushrooms -- Villagers lend the Roofs of their Houses -- Divination and Idols -- Manenko's Whims -- A night Alarm -- Shinte's Messengers and Present -- The proper Way to approach a Village -- A Merman -- Enter Shinte's Town: its Appearance -- Meet two half-caste Slave-traders -- The Makololo scorn them -- The Balonda real Negroes -- Grand Reception from Shinte -- His Kotla -- Ceremony of Introduction -- The Orators -- Women -- Musicians and Musical Instruments -- A disagreeable Request -- Private Interviews with Shinte -- Give him an Ox -- Fertility of Soil -- Manenko's new Hut -- Conversation with Shinte -- Kolimbota's Proposal -- Balonda's Punctiliousness -- Selling Children -- Kidnapping -- Shinte's Offer of a Slave -- Magic Lantern -- Alarm of Women -- Delay -- Sambanza returns intoxicated -- The last and greatest Proof of Shinte's Friendship. Chapter 17. Leave Shinte -- Manioc Gardens -- Mode of preparing the poisonous kind -- Its general Use -- Presents of Food -- Punctiliousness of the Balonda -- Their Idols and Superstition -- Dress of the Balonda -- Villages beyond Lonaje -- Cazembe -- Our Guides and the Makololo -- Night Rains -- Inquiries for English cotton Goods -- Intemese's Fiction -- Visit from an old Man -- Theft -- Industry of our Guide -- Loss of Pontoon -- Plains covered with Water -- Affection of the Balonda for their Mothers -- A Night on an Island -- The Grass on the Plains -- Source of the Rivers -- Loan of the Roofs of Huts -- A Halt -- Fertility of the Country through which the Lokalueje flows -- Omnivorous Fish -- Natives' Mode of catching them -- The Village of a Half-brother of Katema, his Speech and Present -- Our Guide's Perversity -- Mozenkwa's pleasant Home and Family -- Clear Water of the flooded Rivers -- A Messenger from Katema -- Quendende's Village: his Kindness -- Crop of Wool -- Meet People from the Town of Matiamvo -- Fireside Talk -- Matiamvo's Character and Conduct -- Presentation at Katema's Court: his Present, good Sense, and Appearance -- Interview on the following Day -- Cattle -- A Feast and a Makololo Dance -- Arrest of a Fugitive -- Dignified old Courtier -- Katema's lax Government -- Cold Wind from the North -- Canaries and other singing Birds -- Spiders, their Nests and Webs -- Lake Dilolo -- Tradition -- Sagacity of Ants. Chapter 18. The Watershed between the northern and southern Rivers -- A deep Valley -- Rustic Bridge -- Fountains on the Slopes of the Valleys -- Village of Kabinje -- Good Effects of the Belief in the Power of Charms -- Demand for Gunpowder and English Calico -- The Kasai -- Vexatious Trick -- Want of Food -- No Game -- Katende's unreasonable Demand -- A grave Offense -- Toll-bridge Keeper -- Greedy Guides -- Flooded Valleys -- Swim the Nyuana Loke -- Prompt Kindness of my Men -- Makololo Remarks on the rich uncultivated Valleys -- Difference in the Color of Africans -- Reach a Village of the Chiboque -- The Head Man's impudent Message -- Surrounds our Encampment with his Warriors -- The Pretense -- Their Demand -- Prospect of a Fight -- Way in which it was averted -- Change our Path -- Summer -- Fever -- Beehives and the Honey-guide -- Instinct of Trees -- Climbers -- The Ox Sinbad -- Absence of Thorns in the Forests -- Plant peculiar to a forsaken Garden -- Bad Guides -- Insubordination suppressed -- Beset by Enemies -- A Robber Party -- More Troubles -- Detained by Ionga Panza -- His Village -- Annoyed by Bangala Traders -- My Men discouraged -- Their Determination and Precaution. Chapter 19. Guides prepaid -- Bark Canoes -- Deserted by Guides -- Mistakes respecting the Coanza -- Feelings of freed Slaves -- Gardens and Villages -- Native Traders -- A Grave -- Valley of the Quango -- Bamboo -- White Larvae used as Food -- Bashinje Insolence -- A posing Question -- The Chief Sansawe -- His Hostility -- Pass him safely -- The River Quango -- Chief's mode of dressing his Hair -- Opposition -- Opportune Aid by Cypriano -- His generous Hospitality -- Ability of Half-castes to read and write -- Books and Images -- Marauding Party burned in the Grass -- Arrive at Cassange -- A good Supper -- Kindness of Captain Neves -- Portuguese Curiosity and Questions -- Anniversary of the Resurrection -- No Prejudice against Color -- Country around Cassange -- Sell Sekeletu's Ivory -- Makololo's Surprise at the high Price obtained -- Proposal to return Home, and Reasons -- Soldier-guide -- Hill Kasala -- Tala Mungongo, Village of -- Civility of Basongo -- True Negroes -- A Field of Wheat -- Carriers -- Sleeping-places -- Fever -- Enter District of Ambaca -- Good Fruits of Jesuit Teaching -- The `Tampan'; its Bite -- Universal Hospitality of the Portuguese -- A Tale of the Mambari -- Exhilarating Effects of Highland Scenery -- District of Golungo Alto -- Want of good Roads -- Fertility -- Forests of gigantic Timber -- Native Carpenters -- Coffee Estate -- Sterility of Country near the Coast -- Mosquitoes -- Fears of the Makololo -- Welcome by Mr. Gabriel to Loanda. Chapter 20. Continued Sickness -- Kindness of the Bishop of Angola and her Majesty's Officers -- Mr. Gabriel's unwearied Hospitality -- Serious Deportment of the Makololo -- They visit Ships of War -- Politeness of the Officers and Men -- The Makololo attend Mass in the Cathedral -- Their Remarks -- Find Employment in collecting Firewood and unloading Coal -- Their superior Judgment respecting Goods -- Beneficial Influence of the Bishop of Angola -- The City of St. Paul de Loanda -- The Harbor -- Custom-house -- No English Merchants -- Sincerity of the Portuguese Government in suppressing the Slave-trade -- Convict Soldiers -- Presents from Bishop and Merchants for Sekeletu -- Outfit -- Leave Loanda 20th September, 1854 -- Accompanied by Mr. Gabriel as far as Icollo i Bengo -- Sugar Manufactory -- Geology of this part of the Country -- Women spinning Cotton -- Its Price -- Native Weavers -- Market-places -- Cazengo; its Coffee Plantations -- South American Trees -- Ruins of Iron Foundry -- Native Miners -- The Banks of the Lucalla -- Cottages with Stages -- Tobacco-plants -- Town of Massangano -- Sugar and Rice -- Superior District for Cotton -- Portuguese Merchants and foreign Enterprise -- Ruins -- The Fort and its ancient Guns -- Former Importance of Massangano -- Fires -- The Tribe Kisama -- Peculiar Variety of Domestic Fowl -- Coffee Plantations -- Return to Golungo Alto -- Self-complacency of the Makololo -- Fever -- Jaundice -- Insanity. Chapter 21. Visit a deserted Convent -- Favorable Report of Jesuits and their Teaching -- Gradations of native Society -- Punishment of Thieves -- Palm-toddy; its baneful Effects -- Freemasons -- Marriages and Funerals -- Litigation -- Mr. Canto's Illness -- Bad Behavior of his Slaves -- An Entertainment -- Ideas on Free Labor -- Loss of American Cotton-seed -- Abundance of Cotton in the country -- Sickness of Sekeletu's Horse -- Eclipse of the Sun -- Insects which distill Water -- Experiments with them -- Proceed to Ambaca -- Sickly Season -- Office of Commandant -- Punishment of official Delinquents -- Present from Mr. Schut of Loanda -- Visit Pungo Andongo -- Its good Pasturage, Grain, Fruit, etc. -- The Fort and columnar Rocks -- The Queen of Jinga -- Salubrity of Pungo Andongo -- Price of a Slave -- A Merchant-prince -- His Hospitality -- Hear of the Loss of my Papers in "Forerunner" -- Narrow Escape from an Alligator -- Ancient Burial-places -- Neglect of Agriculture in Angola -- Manioc the staple Product -- Its Cheapness -- Sickness -- Friendly Visit from a colored Priest -- The Prince of Congo -- No Priests in the Interior of Angola. Chapter 22. Leave Pungo Andongo -- Extent of Portuguese Power -- Meet Traders and Carriers -- Red Ants; their fierce Attack; Usefulness; Numbers -- Descend the Heights of Tala Mungongo -- Fruit-trees in the Valley of Cassange -- Edible Muscle -- Birds -- Cassange Village -- Quinine and Cathory -- Sickness of Captain Neves' Infant -- A Diviner thrashed -- Death of the Child -- Mourning -- Loss of Life from the Ordeal -- Wide-spread Superstitions -- The Chieftainship -- Charms -- Receive Copies of the "Times" -- Trading Pombeiros -- Present for Matiamvo -- Fever after westerly Winds -- Capabilities of Angola for producing the raw Materials of English Manufacture -- Trading Parties with Ivory -- More Fever -- A Hyaena's Choice -- Makololo Opinion of the Portuguese -- Cypriano's Debt -- A Funeral -- Dread of disembodied Spirits -- Beautiful Morning Scenes -- Crossing the Quango -- Ambakistas called "The Jews of Angola" -- Fashions of the Bashinje -- Approach the Village of Sansawe -- His Idea of Dignity -- The Pombeiros' Present -- Long Detention -- A Blow on the Beard -- Attacked in a Forest -- Sudden Conversion of a fighting Chief to Peace Principles by means of a Revolver -- No Blood shed in consequence -- Rate of Traveling -- Slave Women -- Way of addressing Slaves -- Their thievish Propensities -- Feeders of the Congo or Zaire -- Obliged to refuse Presents -- Cross the Loajima -- Appearance of People; Hair Fashions. Chapter 23. Make a Detour southward -- Peculiarities of the Inhabitants -- Scarcity of Animals -- Forests -- Geological Structure of the Country -- Abundance and Cheapness of Food near the Chihombo -- A Slave lost -- The Makololo Opinion of Slaveholders -- Funeral Obsequies in Cabango -- Send a Sketch of the Country to Mr. Gabriel -- Native Information respecting the Kasai and Quango -- The Trade with Luba -- Drainage of Londa -- Report of Matiamvo's Country and Government -- Senhor Faria's Present to a Chief -- The Balonda Mode of spending Time -- Faithless Guide -- Makololo lament the Ignorance of the Balonda -- Eagerness of the Villagers for Trade -- Civility of a Female Chief -- The Chief Bango and his People -- Refuse to eat Beef -- Ambition of Africans to have a Village -- Winters in the Interior -- Spring at Kolobeng -- White Ants: "Never could desire to eat any thing better" -- Young Herbage and Animals -- Valley of the Loembwe -- The white Man a Hobgoblin -- Specimen of Quarreling -- Eager Desire for Calico -- Want of Clothing at Kawawa's -- Funeral Observances -- Agreeable Intercourse with Kawawa -- His impudent Demand -- Unpleasant Parting -- Kawawa tries to prevent our crossing the River Kasai -- Stratagem. Chapter 24. Level Plains -- Vultures and other Birds -- Diversity of Color in Flowers of the same Species -- The Sundew -- Twenty-seventh Attack of Fever -- A River which flows in opposite Directions -- Lake Dilolo the Watershed between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans -- Position of Rocks -- Sir Roderick Murchison's Explanation -- Characteristics of the Rainy Season in connection with the Floods of the Zambesi and the Nile -- Probable Reason of Difference in Amount of Rain South and North of the Equator -- Arab Reports of Region east of Londa -- Probable Watershed of the Zambesi and the Nile -- Lake Dilolo -- Reach Katema's Town: his renewed Hospitality; desire to appear like a White Man; ludicrous Departure -- Jackdaws -- Ford southern Branch of Lake Dilolo -- Small Fish -- Project for a Makololo Village near the Confluence of the Leeba and the Leeambye -- Hearty Welcome from Shinte -- Kolimbota's Wound -- Plant-seeds and Fruit-trees brought from Angola -- Masiko and Limboa's Quarrel -- Nyamoana now a Widow -- Purchase Canoes and descend the Leeba -- Herds of wild Animals on its Banks -- Unsuccessful Buffalo-hunt -- Frogs -- Sinbad and the Tsetse -- Dispatch a Message to Manenko -- Arrival of her Husband Sambanza -- The Ceremony called Kasendi -- Unexpected Fee for performing a surgical Operation -- Social Condition of the Tribes -- Desertion of Mboenga -- Stratagem of Mambowe Hunters -- Water-turtles -- Charged by a Buffalo -- Reception from the People of Libonta -- Explain the Causes of our long Delay -- Pitsane's Speech -- Thanksgiving Services -- Appearance of my "Braves" -- Wonderful Kindness of the People. Chapter 25. Colony of Birds called Linkololo -- The Village of Chitlane -- Murder of Mpololo's Daughter -- Execution of the Murderer and his Wife -- My Companions find that their Wives have married other Husbands -- Sunday -- A Party from Masiko -- Freedom of Speech -- Canoe struck by a Hippopotamus -- Gonye -- Appearance of Trees at the end of Winter -- Murky Atmosphere -- Surprising Amount of organic Life -- Hornets -- The Packages forwarded by Mr. Moffat -- Makololo Suspicions and Reply to the Matebele who brought them -- Convey the Goods to an Island and build a Hut over them -- Ascertain that Sir R. Murchison had recognized the true Form of African Continent -- Arrival at Linyanti -- A grand Picho -- Shrewd Inquiry -- Sekeletu in his Uniform -- A Trading-party sent to Loanda with Ivory -- Mr. Gabriel's Kindness to them -- Difficulties in Trading -- Two Makololo Forays during our Absence -- Report of the Country to the N.E. -- Death of influential Men -- The Makololo desire to be nearer the Market -- Opinions upon a Change of Residence -- Climate of Barotse Valley -- Diseases -- Author's Fevers not a fair Criterion in the Matter -- The Interior an inviting Field for the Philanthropist -- Consultations about a Path to the East Coast -- Decide on descending North Bank of Zambesi -- Wait for the Rainy Season -- Native way of spending Time during the period of greatest Heat -- Favorable Opening for Missionary Enterprise -- Ben Habib wishes to marry -- A Maiden's Choice -- Sekeletu's Hospitality -- Sulphureted Hydrogen and Malaria -- Conversations with Makololo -- Their moral Character and Conduct -- Sekeletu wishes to purchase a Sugar-mill, etc. -- The Donkeys -- Influence among the Natives -- "Food fit for a Chief" -- Parting Words of Mamire -- Motibe's Excuses. Chapter 26. Departure from Linyanti -- A Thunder-storm -- An Act of genuine Kindness -- Fitted out a second time by the Makololo -- Sail down the Leeambye -- Sekote's Kotla and human Skulls; his Grave adorned with Elephants' Tusks -- Victoria Falls -- Native Names -- Columns of Vapor -- Gigantic Crack -- Wear of the Rocks -- Shrines of the Barimo -- "The Pestle of the Gods" -- Second Visit to the Falls -- Island Garden -- Store-house Island -- Native Diviners -- A European Diviner -- Makololo Foray -- Marauder to be fined -- Mambari -- Makololo wish to stop Mambari Slave-trading -- Part with Sekeletu -- Night Traveling -- River Lekone -- Ancient fresh-water Lakes -- Formation of Lake Ngami -- Native Traditions -- Drainage of the Great Valley -- Native Reports of the Country to the North -- Maps -- Moyara's Village -- Savage Customs of the Batoka -- A Chain of Trading Stations -- Remedy against Tsetse -- "The Well of Joy" -- First Traces of Trade with Europeans -- Knocking out the front Teeth -- Facetious Explanation -- Degradation of the Batoka -- Description of the Traveling Party -- Cross the Unguesi -- Geological Formation -- Ruins of a large Town -- Productions of the Soil similar to those in Angola -- Abundance of Fruit. Chapter 27. Low Hills -- Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism -- The Plasterer and its Chloroform -- White Ants; their Usefulness -- Mutokwane-smoking; its Effects -- Border Territory -- Healthy Table-lands -- Geological Formation -- Cicadae -- Trees -- Flowers -- River Kalomo -- Physical Conformation of Country -- Ridges, sanatoria -- A wounded Buffalo assisted -- Buffalo-bird -- Rhinoceros-bird -- Leaders of Herds -- The Honey-guide -- The White Mountain -- Mozuma River -- Sebituane's old Home -- Hostile Village -- Prophetic Phrensy -- Food of the Elephant -- Ant-hills -- Friendly Batoka -- Clothing despised -- Method of Salutation -- Wild Fruits -- The Captive released -- Longings for Peace -- Pingola's Conquests -- The Village of Monze -- Aspect of the Country -- Visit from the Chief Monze and his Wife -- Central healthy Locations -- Friendly Feelings of the People in reference to a white Resident -- Fertility of the Soil -- Bashukulompo Mode of dressing their Hair -- Gratitude of the Prisoner we released -- Kindness and Remarks of Monze's Sister -- Dip of the Rocks -- Vegetation -- Generosity of the Inhabitants -- Their Anxiety for Medicine -- Hooping-cough -- Birds and Rain. Chapter 28. Beautiful Valley -- Buffalo -- My young Men kill two Elephants -- The Hunt -- Mode of measuring Height of live Elephants -- Wild Animals smaller here than in the South, though their Food is more abundant -- The Elephant a dainty Feeder -- Semalembue -- His Presents -- Joy in prospect of living in Peace -- Trade -- His People's way of wearing their Hair -- Their Mode of Salutation -- Old Encampment -- Sebituane's former Residence -- Ford of Kafue -- Hippopotami -- Hills and Villages -- Geological Formation -- Prodigious Quantities of large Game -- Their Tameness -- Rains -- Less Sickness than in the Journey to Loanda -- Reason -- Charge from an Elephant -- Vast Amount of animal Life on the Zambesi -- Water of River discolored -- An Island with Buffaloes and Men on it -- Native Devices for killing Game -- Tsetse now in Country -- Agricultural Industry -- An Albino murdered by his Mother -- "Guilty of Tlolo" -- Women who make their Mouths "like those of Ducks" -- First Symptom of the Slave-trade on this side -- Selole's Hostility -- An armed Party hoaxed -- An Italian Marauder slain -- Elephant's Tenacity of Life -- A Word to young Sportsmen -- Mr. Oswell's Adventure with an Elephant; narrow Escape -- Mburuma's Village -- Suspicious Conduct of his People -- Guides attempt to detain us -- The Village and People of Ma Mburuma -- Character our Guides give of us. Chapter 29. Confluence of Loangwa and Zambesi -- Hostile Appearances -- Ruins of a Church -- Turmoil of Spirit -- Cross the River -- Friendly Parting -- Ruins of stone Houses -- The Situation of Zumbo for Commerce -- Pleasant Gardens -- Dr. Lacerda's Visit to Cazembe -- Pereira's Statement -- Unsuccessful Attempt to establish Trade with the People of Cazembe -- One of my Men tossed by a Buffalo -- Meet a Man with Jacket and Hat on -- Hear of the Portuguese and native War -- Holms and Terraces on the Banks of a River -- Dancing for Corn -- Beautiful Country -- Mpende's Hostility -- Incantations -- A Fight anticipated -- Courage and Remarks of my Men -- Visit from two old Councilors of Mpende -- Their Opinion of the English -- Mpende concludes not to fight us -- His subsequent Friendship -- Aids us to cross the River -- The Country -- Sweet Potatoes -- Bakwain Theory of Rain confirmed -- Thunder without Clouds -- Desertion of one of my Men -- Other Natives' Ideas of the English -- Dalama (gold) -- Inhabitants dislike Slave-buyers -- Meet native Traders with American Calico -- Game-laws -- Elephant Medicine -- Salt from the Sand -- Fertility of Soil -- Spotted Hyaena -- Liberality and Politeness of the People -- Presents -- A stingy white Trader -- Natives' Remarks about him -- Effect on their Minds -- Rain and Wind now from an opposite Direction -- Scarcity of Fuel -- Trees for Boat-building -- Boroma -- Freshets -- Leave the River -- Chicova, its Geological Features -- Small Rapid near Tete -- Loquacious Guide -- Nyampungo, the Rain-charmer -- An old Man -- No Silver -- Gold-washing -- No Cattle. Chapter 30. An Elephant-hunt -- Offering and Prayers to the Barimo for Success -- Native Mode of Expression -- Working of Game-laws -- A Feast -- Laughing Hyaenas -- Numerous Insects -- Curious Notes of Birds of Song -- Caterpillars -- Butterflies -- Silica -- The Fruit Makoronga and Elephants -- Rhinoceros Adventure -- Korwe Bird -- Its Nest -- A real Confinement -- Honey and Beeswax -- Superstitious Reverence for the Lion -- Slow Traveling -- Grapes -- The Ue -- Monina's Village -- Native Names -- Government of the Banyai -- Electing a Chief -- Youths instructed in "Bonyai" -- Suspected of Falsehood -- War-dance -- Insanity and Disappearance of Monahin -- Fruitless Search -- Monina's Sympathy -- The Sand-river Tangwe -- The Ordeal Muavi: its Victims -- An unreasonable Man -- "Woman's Rights" -- Presents -- Temperance -- A winding Course to shun Villages -- Banyai Complexion and Hair -- Mushrooms -- The Tubers, Mokuri -- The Tree Shekabakadzi -- Face of the Country -- Pot-holes -- Pursued by a Party of Natives -- Unpleasant Threat -- Aroused by a Company of Soldiers -- A civilized Breakfast -- Arrival at Tete. Chapter 31. Kind Reception from the Commandant -- His Generosity to my Men -- The Village of Tete -- The Population -- Distilled Spirits -- The Fort -- Cause of the Decadence of Portuguese Power -- Former Trade -- Slaves employed in Gold-washing -- Slave-trade drained the Country of Laborers -- The Rebel Nyaude's Stockade -- He burns Tete -- Kisaka's Revolt and Ravages -- Extensive Field of Sugar-cane -- The Commandant's good Reputation among the Natives -- Providential Guidance -- Seams of Coal -- A hot Spring -- Picturesque Country -- Water-carriage to the Coal-fields -- Workmen's Wages -- Exports -- Price of Provisions -- Visit Gold-washings -- The Process of obtaining the precious Metal -- Coal within a Gold-field -- Present from Major Sicard -- Natives raise Wheat, etc. -- Liberality of the Commandant -- Geographical Information from Senhor Candido -- Earthquakes -- Native Ideas of a Supreme Being -- Also of the Immortality and Transmigration of Souls -- Fondness for Display at Funerals -- Trade Restrictions -- Former Jesuit Establishment -- State of Religion and Education at Tete -- Inundation of the Zambesi -- Cotton cultivated -- The fibrous Plants Conge and Buaze -- Detained by Fever -- The Kumbanzo Bark -- Native Medicines -- Iron, its Quality -- Hear of Famine at Kilimane -- Death of a Portuguese Lady -- The Funeral -- Disinterested Kindness of the Portuguese. Chapter 32. Leave Tete and proceed down the River -- Pass the Stockade of Bonga -- Gorge of Lupata -- "Spine of the World" -- Width of River -- Islands -- War Drum at Shiramba -- Canoe Navigation -- Reach Senna -- Its ruinous State -- Landeens levy Fines upon the Inhabitants -- Cowardice of native Militia -- State of the Revenue -- No direct Trade with Portugal -- Attempts to revive the Trade of Eastern Africa -- Country round Senna -- Gorongozo, a Jesuit Station -- Manica, the best Gold Region in Eastern Africa -- Boat-building at Senna -- Our Departure -- Capture of a Rebel Stockade -- Plants Alfacinya and Njefu at the Confluence of the Shire -- Landeen Opinion of the Whites -- Mazaro, the point reached by Captain Parker -- His Opinion respecting the Navigation of the River from this to the Ocean -- Lieutenant Hoskins' Remarks on the same subject -- Fever, its Effects -- Kindly received into the House of Colonel Nunes at Kilimane -- Forethought of Captain Nolloth and Dr. Walsh -- Joy imbittered -- Deep Obligations to the Earl of Clarendon, etc. -- On developing Resources of the Interior -- Desirableness of Missionary Societies selecting healthy Stations -- Arrangements on leaving my Men -- Retrospect -- Probable Influence of the Discoveries on Slavery -- Supply of Cotton, Sugar, etc., by Free Labor -- Commercial Stations -- Development of the Resources of Africa a Work of Time -- Site of Kilimane -- Unhealthiness -- Death of a shipwrecked Crew from Fever -- The Captain saved by Quinine -- Arrival of H. M. Brig "Frolic" -- Anxiety of one of my Men to go to England -- Rough Passage in the Boats to the Ship -- Sekwebu's Alarm -- Sail for Mauritius -- Sekwebu on board; he becomes insane; drowns himself -- Kindness of Major-General C. M. Hay -- Escape Shipwreck -- Reach Home. Appendix. -- Latitudes and Longitudes of Positions. Appendix. -- Book Review in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1858. Appendix. -- Notes to etext.
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