Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa

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...

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--B...

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 th...

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--Forme...

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...

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...

Kuruman--Its fine Fountain--Vegetation of the District--Remains of ancient Forests--Vegetable Poison--The Bible translated by Mr. Moffat--Capabilities of the Language--Christian...

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...

Low Hills--Black Soldier-Ants; their Cannibalism--The Plasterer and its Chloroform--White Ants; their Usefulness--Mutokwane-smoking; its Effects--Border Territory--Healthy Table...

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 threat...

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 fo...

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 Va...

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...

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 Gr...

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...

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...

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 suffe...

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--...

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--Relinqu...

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-...

Nyamoana's Present--Charms--Manenko's pedestrian Powers--An Idol-- Balonda Arms--Rain--Hunger--Palisades--Dense Forests--Artificial Beehives--Mushrooms--Villagers lend the Roofs...

miles around, they drove the game--buffaloes, zebras, gnus, antelopes, and the like--into the mouth of the hopo, and along its narrowing lane, until they plunged pell-mell in on...

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 Li...

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--...

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...

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...

Visit a deserted Convent--Favorable Report of Jesuits and their Teaching --Gradations of native Society--Punishment of Thieves--Palm-toddy; its baneful Effects--Freemasons--Marr...

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...

Procure Canoes and ascend the Leeambye--Beautiful Islands--Winter Landscape--Industry and Skill of the Banyeti--Rapids--Falls of Gonye--Tradition--Annual Inundations--Fertility...

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 Kal...

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...

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 subje...

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 u...

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--Va...

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chiefs, and is rather notorious in the neighborhood for his folly. We were told that he has good reason to believe that Matiamvo will some day cut off his head for his disregard...

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-- Fr...

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...

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...

District--Remains of ancient Forests--Vegetable Poison--The Bible translated by Mr. Moffat--Capabilities of the Language-- Christianity among the Natives--The Missionaries shoul...

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 El...

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...

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--...

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...

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 Insol...

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 Mako...

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 Slavehol...

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-tr...

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-...

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 Eng...

Jesuits and their Teaching--Gradations of native Society-- Punishment of Thieves--Palm-toddy; its baneful Effects-- Freemasons--Marriages and Funerals--Litigation--Mr. Canto's I...

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-...

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 Co...

Journey from Cape Town--Companions--Wagon-traveling--Physical Divisions of Africa--The Eastern, Central, and Western Zones-- The Kalahari Desert--Its Vegetation--Increasing Valu...

The Plasterer and its Chloroform--White Ants; their Usefulness--Mutokwane-smoking; its Effects--Border Territory-- Healthy Table-lands--Geological Formation--Cicadae--Trees-- Fl...

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...

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-- Re...

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-- Si...

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...

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 Engli...

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...

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...

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...

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 Ma...

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--...

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 Cr...

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--T...

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