INDEX
Abantu charms, [39];
origin of the name Zimbabwe, [234]
Abyssinia, Mr. Salt’s exploration in, [229]
Ælian on vultures, [185];
on Egyptian sacrifice, [209]
Æthiopia, Sabæan city in, [230]
Africa, Phœnician circumnavigation, [225];
Arab extension in, [229];
Arab opposition to Portuguese, [235];
Roman penetration through, [239];
extent of Portuguese influence in, [243]
East: Greek and Roman knowledge of, [225];
ancient gold-mining population, [228];
Sabæan possession of, [229];
Portuguese enterprise, [230];
wild tribes of, [232];
Abou Zeyd’s description of the Zindj tribes, [233];
wealth of gold in, [234];
curious birds, [292]
South: British Chartered Company of, expedition assisted by, [4];
Dr. Emil Holub’s work on, [95]
South-East: ancient products sent as tribute to Egypt, [226]
Alvarez, Pory’s translation of, [240];
on the god of the Monomatapa, [342]
Agatharcides on the wealth of the Sabæans, [227]
Agizymba, Ptolemy’s mention of, [239]
Aizanes, King, victory of, [229]
Anderson, Mr. A. A., rock carvings discovered in Bechuanaland by, [199], [200]
Aphrodite, stone head of, worshipped by the Ismaelites, [195]
Arab settlement at Rhapta, [224]
Arabia, tower worship in, [116];
Himyaritic supremacy in, [186];
Herodotus on native worship, [190];
Herr Kremer on the ancient cult, [195];
Biblical allusions to wealth of, [220], [227];
ancient knowledge of monsoons, [224];
trading emporia on the Red Sea, [225];
exportation of gold to Rome, [227];
Horace on wealth of, [227];
ancient enterprise, [229];
Sabæan cities in, [230];
Herr Kremer on tribal system of totems, [331]
Argonautic expedition, [225]
Ashmolean Museum, stone carvings from the Soudan in, [186]
‘Asiâ, De,’ by M. De Barros, [238]
Asia Minor, mythical inhabitants of, [222]
Axume, Abyssinia, ancient Greek inscription at, [229] [[414]]
Bacoto, ancient Portuguese market in Mazoe valley, [295]
Bahrein islands, Persian Gulf, tombs in, [121]
Ba-kalahari tribe, [14]
Bakalanga tribes in Natal, [33]
Ba-mangwato tribe at Palapwe, [23];
beer-drinking, [25];
witch-doctors, ib.;
superstition, ib.;
women of and civilisation, [27]
Bandiri, early Portuguese influence at, [298]
Bandula, kraal of, [374]
Ba-Ngwatetse tribe, [7];
soldiers, [10]
Baobab trees, [135]
Ba-quaina tribe, [15]
Baramazimba, a fantastic kraal near Zimbabwe, [85]
Barbosa, Duarte, on the gold trade of Sofala, [231]
Baretto, disastrous campaigns of, [243]
Ba-rolongs of Mafeking, [7]
Barros, De, on the Mashonaland ruins, [238]
Basuto skill in stone-building, [347]
Batuen, chief of Kanya, [6], [7];
under missionary influence, [8];
his tribal gatherings, [9];
his household, ib.;
his slaves and soldiers, [10];
his parents, ib.
Bechuanaland, British influence in, [5];
Crown colony in, [6];
boundaries of, ib.;
roads through, ib.;
‘Ally Sloper’ in, [7];
cattle disease, [8];
inoculation of oxen, ib.;
native justice, [9];
native soldiers, [10];
funeral of a chief, ib.;
music and dancing, [11], [12];
marriage and divorce, [13];
derivation of name, [15];
tribal worship of crocodiles, ib.;
produce, [16];
gardens and fields, ib.;
jungle travel, [17];
flora and fauna, [18];
cattle stations, [19];
tribal migration, [21];
Border Police at Macloutsie, [22];
baboons at Palapwe, [24];
drought in, [30];
rock carvings discovered by Mr. Anderson, [199], [200]
Beira, waste of provisions at, [283];
steamer from, to Cape, [302];
journey from Umtali to, [365];
unhealthy condition of port, [385];
proposed railway to the interior, [386]
Benoula, in ’Mtoko’s kraal, [327];
accompanies author on a visit to the lion priest at Lutzi, ib.
Bessa range, as viewed from Zimbabwe, [75]
Béthencourt, Portuguese commandant at Massi-Kessi, [370]
Bocarro, Antonio, on Portuguese exploration in Africa, [243];
on the empire of the Monomatapa, [339]
Bochiko, village chief in Kunzi’s country, [312];
his remarkable appearance, [313];
his wives and children, ib.
Bœotia, relics from Thebes, [205]
Boer expedition in Mashonaland, [244]
Bondoro worship in Mangwendi’s country, [340]
Britain, ancient, tin ingots found in, [216];
mythical inhabitants of, [222]
British Association, expedition to Mashonaland assisted by, [4]
British Chartered Company of South Africa. See ‘Chartered’
British Museum, Egyptian pillow in the, [37];
African musical instruments, [81];
Phœnician sepulchral stelæ in, [189];
lebes from temple at Naucratis, [201];
iron bells from the Congo, [311], [312]
Brittany, avenues of menhirs near Carnac, [132] [[415]]
Bufwa mountains, [43]
Buzi river, early Portuguese influence on the, [298]
Cabiri ruins at Hadjar Kem in Malta, [116]
Cahal, Alvarez de, Portuguese explorer, [231];
his entry into Sofala harbour, ib.;
Arab gold-laden dhows, ib.
Cairo, Portuguese at, [230]
Cambridge, cylindrical object from Cyprus in Fitzwilliam Museum at, [204]
Carnac, Brittany, avenues of menhirs near, [132];
mythical builders of, [222]
Charter fort, Makalanga tribes at, [32];
arrival of expedition at, [277];
parting with native servants, ib.
Chartered Company of South Africa, author’s obligations to, [4];
pioneers in Mashonaland, [240];
difficulty in catering at Fort Salisbury, [282];
punishment of Kaffirs by officers of, [299]
Chekatu, village of, [254];
Matabele raid on, ib.;
female barber at, ib.
Cherumbila, native chief, [89];
visit to his kraal, [90];
description thereof, ib.;
his raids upon neighbouring tribes, ib.;
interview with, ib.;
Matabele, raid upon, ib.;
his hospitality, [91]
Chibi’s country, [44];
native iron-smelting, [45];
pot-making, ib.;
granaries, [48];
rats and mice, ib.;
native costumes, [49]
Chiburga, Monomatapa’s stronghold for wives, [267]
Chiburwe mountain, north of Matindela, ruins of fort near, [100], [135], [140];
gigantic baobab tree, [140];
Makalanga outpost, [267];
holes for Isafuba game, ib.;
miserable villages around, ib.;
trackless forests in vicinity, [268];
ruin there, ib.
Chidima, the Monomatapa of; Portuguese accounts of, [331], [332];
silver-mining at, [332]
Chigono village, [355];
its wonderful position, ib.
Chilondillo fort, ruins of, [135]
Chilonga fort, ruins of, [100]
Chimbi river, underground passage near, [346]
Chimoia, kraal of, [375];
fertility of country, [376];
lions in vicinity, [377]
China, Celadon pottery from, in Zimbabwe, [204]
Chipadzi village in Mazoe valley, [294];
ruins near, ib.
Chipiez, M. See Perrot and Chipiez, MM.
Chipunza’s village, wall-building in, [339];
interesting ruin near, [346];
aspect of the country, [348]; camping in, ib.;
native craving for salt, [351];
interview with chief, [351];
savage etiquette, ib.;
beer and beer-drinking, [351], [352];
native courtesy, [352];
fortress at, [353];
Chipadzi’s tomb, ib.
Colonial Institute, Mr. E. A. Maund’s lecture at the, on ancient gold-mining in Mashonaland, [290]
Conder, Major, on the circular ruin near the Lundi river, [103]
Congo river, discovery of iron bells on the, [211]
Corvo on Portuguese exploration in Africa, [243];
on the ancient gold-mines in Mazoe valley, [[416]]295;
on early Portuguese enterprise in Mashonaland, [296]
Couto, Portuguese author, [33]
Covilham, Pedro de, Portuguese explorer, [230];
his death in Abyssinia, ib.
Cyprus, Phœnician coin found in, [186];
excavations in, [204]
Dalmatia, ingot mould found in, [216]
Dapper’s description of Mashonaland ruins, [240]
Deir-el-Bahari, monuments of, [226]
Delft pottery in Mazoe valley, [296]
Dendema in occupation of Zendj tribes, [233]
Denderah, zodiac of, [186]
Diodorus on tin ingots found in ancient Britain, [216];
on the Egyptian gold-mines at Wadi Allaga, [218]
Dutch nomenclature, [17], [18]
Dyer, Mr. Thiselton, Director of Kew Gardens, on the age of the baobab, [135], [136]
Edrisi, geographer, on Zendj tribes of East Africa, [233]
Egyptian gold-mines in Wadi Allaga, [218];
commerce on the Red Sea, [226]
Elibi river, ruin near, [99]
Emesa, Syria, temple of the sun at, [204]
Eratosthenes, historian, on Arabian tribes, [229]
Evans, Sir John, on ingot mould found in Dalmatia, [216]
Ezekiel’s denunciation of Tyre, [227]
Fallow-paunches, a wild tribe of the Kalahari desert, [14]
Falmouth, ingot of tin found in harbour of, [216];
Sir Henry James’s pamphlet on, ib.
Farao, Signor, governor of Senna, on regal burials at Magonio, [346]
Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge, cylindrical marble object from Cyprus, [204]
Forbes, Major, destruction of Kaffir village by, [299]
France, mythical inhabitants of, [222]
Gama, Vasco da, Portuguese explorer, [230]
Gambidji country, [270];
extent of, [272];
tattooed women in, [305]
Gamitto, Portuguese traveller, on lion worship, [331]
Gasetsive, chief of Kanya, [8];
death and funeral of, [10];
visit to his widow, ib.
Gaza, kraal of, [314]
Geographical Society, Royal, expedition assisted by, [4];
Museum at Lisbon, [212]
Girandali, native bearer from Kunzi’s kraal, [312]
Glaser, Herr Edward, Arabian traveller, [230]
Godobgwe stream, [50]
Gona, village of, [257];
larder trees at, [257], [258];
savage ornaments of inhabitants, [258];
growth of tobacco, ib.;
rice-fields, ib.;
prosperity of kraal, ib.
Gouveia, a Portuguese half-caste in ’Mtoko country, [318]
Greece, mythical inhabitants of, [222];
ancient legends of, [225] [[417]]
Gungunyana, Zulu chief, raids of, [263]
Gutu, Makalanga chief of Gona, [257]
Hadjar Kem, Malta, Cabiri temple ruins at, [116]
Hampden, Mount, isolation of, [285]
Harris, Mr. F. R., Secretary of British South Africa Company, his letter to Chief ’Mtoko, [302]
Hartley Hills, gold workings near, [289]
Hatasou, Queen of Egypt, ingots of gold sent from kingdom of Punt to, [221];
native expedition in reign of, [226]
Hayman, Captain, conquers Portuguese at Massi-Kessi, [368];
guns and ammunition captured by troops of, [369]
Heany and Johnson, Messrs., pioneer work in Mashonaland, [371];
failure of their expedition, [377]
Hepburn, Mr., missionary at Palapwe, [24]
Herodian’s description of the sacred cone in Syrian temple, [204]
Herodotus on the origin of the phallus, [188];
on the worship of the Arabians, [190];
on Egyptian sacrifice, [209];
on the circumnavigation of Africa, [225]
Hierapolis, Mesopotamia, temple at, [117], [185];
phalli in temple at, [188]
Himyaritic supremacy in Arabia, [186];
inscriptions, [230]
Hippalus and his knowledge of monsoons, [224]
Hogarth, Mr., and the excavations at Paphos, in Cyprus, [204]
Holub, Dr. Emil, ‘Seven Years in South Africa’ by, [95]
Horace on Arabian wealth, [227]
Horapollo on the vulture, [185]
Iguzu, native servant attached to author’s expedition, [278];
accompanies author to chief ’Mtoko’s country, [302]
Ikomo, brother to the chief of Zimbabwe, [73];
his kraal on Zimbabwe hill, [75];
taking leave of, [84]
Imiridzi, village of, [256];
knitting industry at, ib.
Impakwe river, Mr. E. A. Maund’s description of ruins, [99];
Mr. Moffat’s account, ib.
Inyagurukwe, native search for gold at, [337]
Inyamanda, arrival of expedition at, [34];
trade at, ib.;
scarcity of meat, [35];
human vultures, ib.;
flora, ib.;
villages, ib.;
rock tunnel, ib.;
family charms, [39];
view from summit of rock, [41]
Inyota mountain, ancient gold-workings in, [294]
Inyuni range, as viewed from Zimbabwe, [75]
Isafuba game, holes for, [267]
Ishmaelites, fetichism of, [195]
James, Sir Henry, on tin ingot found in Falmouth Harbour, [216]
John II., King of Portugal, equips an expedition to Africa, [230]
Johnson, Mr. See Heany and Johnson, Messrs.
Jomvga, a curious granite [[418]]mountain in Kunzi country, [315]
Jumbo mine in Mazoe valley, [296]
Kaaba stone at Mecca, [195]
Kaffir beer, [58];
language, ib.;
cemetery near Zimbabwe, [121];
habitation, [179];
tribes at Zimbabwe, [210];
instruments enumerated by Dos Santos, [212];
manufacture of iron ingots, [218];
death-wailing in villages, [303]
Kalahari desert route, [14]
Kalimazondo, kraal of, [334];
interview with chief, ib.;
camp of Mr. Selous at, [335]
Kanya, road to, [7];
town of, [9];
its inhabitants, ib.;
character of scenery, [11]
Karnak, Egyptian temples at, [138]
Kerbela, Mohammedan burial at, [121]
Khama, native chief, [6];
cattle disease in country of, [8];
migration of his tribe, [21];
his reputation, [23];
his power and intolerance, [25];
his religious enthusiasm, ib.;
prohibits beer-drinking among his tribe, [25];
his discipline, [26];
interview with, [28]
Kharabit, Sabæan king, East Africa in possession of, [229]
Kimberley, purchases at, [5]
Kirk, Sir John, at Quiloa, [205]
Kremer, Herr, on the solstitial use of emblems, [186];
on the ancient cult of Arabia, [195];
his allusions to stone-worship, ib.;
on the Arabian system of totems, [331]
Kum, Mohammedan burial at, [121]
Kunzi country, description of chief, [306];
iron-smelting furnace in, [307];
hospitality of chief’s brother Gwadeli, [308];
interesting relics obtained by author, [309];
woman’s dress of woven bark fibre, ib.;
fetichism in, [310];
bathing and washing, ib.;
chief’s wives, [311];
native fishing, ib.;
dainty viands, [312];
love of salt, ib.;
hand-clapping and greetings, ib.;
native bracelets, [313];
Mount Jomvga, [315]
Limpopo river, ruins near junction with the Elibi, [99];
ancient gold-mines in vicinity, ib.
Linchwe, native chief, [6], [11]
Lisbon, Geographical Society’s Museum at, [212]
Livingstone, Dr., at Shoshong, [23]
Livouri range, as viewed from Zimbabwe, [75]
Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, [6];
raids of, [22], [237], [263];
and plural births, [316]
Lockyer, Prof. Norman, on Egyptian temples at Karnak, [138];
on the zodiac of Denderah, [186]
Lopodzi river, [375]
Lotsani river, crossing the, [29]
Louvre, Phœnician column of marble in the, [188];
remarks by MM. Perrot and Chipiez, [189]
Luanhe, ancient Portuguese market in Mazoe valley, [295]
Lucian’s ‘De Syriâ Deá,’ [117];
description of the temple at Hierapolis, [185];
allusion to Greek amulets, [187]
Lundi river, crossing the, [42];
adjacent population, [43];
agriculture near, [44];
ruins in vicinity, [100];
description of [[419]]circular fort ruin near, ib.;
dimensions of ruin, [156];
ornamental patterns on ruined temple, [164]
Luti, village of, [261]
Lutilo mountain, [261];
deer in vicinity, ib.
Lutzi, author’s stay at village of, [316];
interview with lion priest, [328];
festivities at, [330]
Macloutsie, Border Police at, [22]
Madera, Portuguese Colonel, boycotts English immigrants in Mapanda’s country, [379]
Mafeking, stay of expedition at, [5];
routes from, [6];
Ba-rolong tribe of, [7]
Mafusaire, village of, [271];
first white lady in, ib.;
tomb of a chief, ib.
Magonio mountains, [346]
Makalanga tribes, [32];
their vanity, [37];
ornaments for head, [38];
witchcraft, [39];
domestic implements, ib.;
anklets and necklaces, [40];
character, [55];
religion, [56];
musical instruments, [57];
Arabian influence, ib.;
beer brewing, ib.;
female brewers, [58];
custom of hand-clapping, [66];
festivities and funerals, [77];
graves at Zimbabwe, [79];
sacrificial feasts, ib.;
playing the piano, [80];
songs and music, [82];
outdoor games, [85];
interior of hut, [86];
their ingenuity, [248];
a native born without hands, [253];
dread of Shangan tribe, [263];
fear of horses, [271];
architectural features of country, [275];
native drawings, [276];
rice-fields, [277]
Makoni chief, visit to, [284];
his village and its inhabitants, [354]
Makonyora village, [347]
Makori post station, [251]
Malozo’s kraal, presentation of beer in, [314];
hair-dressing in, ib.
Malta, temple ruins in, [116]
Mandigo, kraal of, [377];
tsetse pest, ib.;
abandoned waggons near, ib.
Mangwendi’s country, ruined villages, [83];
journey through, [314];
visit to ruins, [336];
description of chief’s kraal, [339], [342];
Bondoro worship in, [340];
sacrifice in, ib.;
ploughing season, [341];
wives and children of chief, [342];
author’s departure from, [343]
Manicaland, mountains of, [261], [354];
valleys of, [355]
Mapanda’s country, waste of provisions in, [283];
desperate condition of English immigrants, [379];
corrugated iron palaces, [381];
camp attacked by lions at night, ib.;
ducking a Jew in the Pungwe, [382];
British colony in, ib.;
island game on the Pungwe river, ib.;
island village of chief, [383]
Mapandera, village of, [294]
Maphartes, a Sabæan dependency, [224]
Marib, the ancient Saba and capital of the Sabæan kingdom in Arabia, [105];
ruins of elliptic temple, [177]
Marico district, Transvaal, ruins of stone huts in, [139]
Marinus of Tyre on Semitic fetichism, [194];
his vagueness of information, [224]
Mashah, a Makalanga native engaged by author, [247]; his life and adventures, ib.
Mashanani, native servant attached to author’s expedition, [[420]]278;
accompanies author to chief ’Mtoko’s country, [302]
Mashonaland, departure of expedition for, [5];
roads to, [6];
cattle disease en route, [8];
Government, [30];
interpreters, [31];
pioneers, [32];
intercourse with natives, ib.;
tribal feuds, [33];
Portuguese in, ib.;
description of country, [34];
granite hills, ib.;
native head-rests, [36];
skin-polishing, [38];
dollasses, or wooden charms, [39];
witchcraft, ib.;
domestic and other implements, [39], [40];
Zulu raids, [43];
native agriculture, ib.;
iron-smelting, [45];
female decoration, [47];
quaintness of scenery, [50];
quadrupeds diseases, [51];
‘salted horses,’ ib.;
‘drunk sickness’ among oxen, ib.;
discovery of gold, [52];
bridge-building, [53];
tree-barking, ib.;
caterpillars as food, ib.;
sleeping in the forest, [54];
forest scenery, ib.;
native game pits, [55];
beer-brewing, [57];
Kaffir language, [58];
‘trekking’ for three months, [59];
camp life and work at Zimbabwe, [60];
native gunpowder manufacture, [72];
cotton-spinning, ib.;
native war-dance, [75];
festivities and funerals, [77];
native pianos, [80];
travelling in the wilds, [84];
extraordinary block of granite near Zimbabwe, [85];
Arabian influence in, [86];
Umgabe’s kraal, [87];
direful experience of a swamp, [90];
archæology of ruined cities, [95];
ancient gold-mines, [99];
situation of the Great Zimbabwe ruins, [103];
architecture, [148];
description of temples, ib.;
religious symbolism of birds, [186];
commerce of the ancients, [204];
gold-mining, [215];
ancient gold-workings, [218];
Arabian gold-diggers, [220];
geography and ethnology of ruins, [223];
ancient output of gold, [228];
confusion in topography, [234];
Portuguese accounts of ruins, [238];
first pioneers of Chartered Company, [240];
Toroa ruins, ib.;
early Arab trading, [241];
Boer expeditions, [244];
unoccupied fertile land, [269];
scanty population, ib.;
highest point in the country, [272];
future Capital of gold-fields, [279];
planting of British flag, ib.;
the ‘Mashonaland Times and Zambesia Herald,’ [280];
government stores, ib.;
hospital huts, ib.;
native engineering skill in Mazoe valley, [288];
Mr. E. A. Maund’s lecture on ancient gold-mining in the ’Mswezwe district, [290];
eland meat, [291];
destruction of early Portuguese mission, [296];
winter in, [298];
native tattooing, [305];
native fishing, [311];
forest monotony, [315];
domestic animals, [318];
politics and religion, [326];
privations of expedition, [343];
highest inhabited spot, [354];
magnificence of country, [362];
tsetse fly, [363];
Scotch enterprise, [365];
Heany and Johnson’s pioneer work, [371];
Portuguese convicts, [373];
native bearers, ib.;
Pungwe route, [378];
fauna, [380];
proposed railway from Beira port to the interior, [386];
geography and meteorology, [389];
list of stations astronomically observed, with altitudes, [398];
progress from November 1891 to May 1893, [405].
See also Zimbabwe. [[421]]
Masoudi, El, Arabian historian, [116];
on the Sabæan temples, [148];
on ancient stone-worship in Arabia, [194];
on Zindj tribes of East Africa, [232]
Masoupa in the Ba-Ngwatetse country, [11];
native dancing and music, ib.;
heathenism, [12]
Masouvo river, and Mazoe valley, [295]
Massapa mines and the Queen of Sheba’s gold, [295];
ancient Portuguese market in Mazoe valley, ib.
Massi-Kessi, early Portuguese influence at, [298];
journey to, [366];
its Portuguese reminiscences, [367];
golden bullets, [368];
Chartered Company at, ib.;
engagement between Portuguese and English, [369];
treaty concerning, ib.;
Portuguese hospitality, [370]
Masunsgwe, Mount, visit to, [337]
Matabeleland, King of, [6];
native raids on Shoshong, [22];
raid upon Cherumbila’s tribe, [90];
raids on Chekatu, [254];
raids in Mazoe valley, [288]
Matimbi, village of, [277];
description of chief; ib.
Matindela, ruins at, [100], [136], [262];
baobab trees, [135];
temple and walls, [137], [156];
meaning of the word, guinea-fowl, [263];
curious fruit, ib.;
gigantic trees, [264];
honey-birds, [265];
destruction around, ib.;
profusion of game, ib.;
hunting parties in locality, ib.;
game laws of the Makalangas, [266]
Matzaire, chief of Chekatu village, [254]
Mauch, Karl, German traveller in Mashonaland, [117], [244]
Maund, Mr. E. A., on the ruins at Tati and on the Impakwe, [99];
on ancient gold-mining in Mashonaland, [290]
Maunga tribe, [354]
Mazoe valley, ruins in, [99], [135];
ruins of fort in gold-fields, [100];
author’s trip to, [284];
native kraals, [286];
Mr. Selous’ hunting expedition, ib.;
huts and their inhabitants, [287];
hand-made pottery of natives, ib.;
native beer, ib.;
huts of Mr. Fleming, gold prospector, [288];
ancient gold-mines, ib.;
mountain caves, ib.;
Matabele raids, ib.;
native engineering skill, [288];
enormous output of gold in ancient times, [289];
modern invasion, ib.;
Rothschild’s, Cherry’s, and Lockner’s settlements, [291];
lemon-trees in, ib.;
Mr. Nesbit’s hospitality, ib.;
visit to Yellow Jacket mine, ib.;
kindness of prospectors, ib.;
meat of the eland, ib.;
lion-shooting, [292];
curious birds, ib.;
description of ruin, ib.;
valuable agricultural country, [294];
Chipadzi’s village, ib.;
Mapandera’s kraal, ib.;
Portuguese in, [295];
ancient Portuguese markets in, ib.;
Major Forbes’s punishment of Kaffirs, [299];
modern agricultural farms, [300]
Mecca, Kaaba stone at, [195]
Mediterranean, prehistoric excavations on the, [209]
Meshed, Mohammedan burial at, [121]
Mesopotamia, temple at Hierapolis, [117];
Sabæan temples, [148]
Metemo fort, ruins of, [100], [135], [261] [[422]]
Metzwandira, author’s Makalanga body-servant, [248]
Midianites, sacred tower of the, [116]
Mineni river, accident on, [371]
Mines, Royal School of, cast of ingot of tin found in Falmouth Harbour, [216]
M’lala, village of, [44];
stomach decoration among women, [46];
costumes of natives, [49];
witch doctor, ib.
Mocaranga tribe, land of, [32];
Dos Santos’ account, [237];
Bocarro’s description of race, [339]
Moffat, Dr., at Shoshong, [23]
Moffat, Mr., political agent in Matabeleland, [99]
Molopolole river, [15]
Mondoro, or lion priest, in ’Mtokoland, [326];
interviews with, [327]
Monomatapa, empire of, [32];
civilisation, [215];
Portuguese travellers on wealth of emperor, [234];
confusion of name, ib.;
Father dos Santos’ description of the people, [236];
Leo Africanus’ account of ruins, [240];
Da Costa’s letter to the King of Portugal concerning ruins, [242];
stronghold for chief’s wives at Chiburga, [267];
Portuguese account of Monomatapa, [331], [332];
their treaty with chief, [352]
Monteiro, Portuguese traveller, on the Zambesi tribes, [237];
on lion worship, [331]
Montfaucon, M., on tower worship, [116]
Montsoia, native chief, [7]
M’shagashi river, [53]
’Mswezwe, shafts in river district, [289];
Mr. E. A. Maund on ancient gold-mining at, [290]
’Mtasa, lord of the Nica tribe, [356];
mountains in country of, ib.;
British in possession of kraal, [357];
conflicting interests of England and Portugal in land of, [357], [359];
Bushman drawings in village, [359]
’Mtigeza, chiefs around Mount Wedza, [273];
their fortress, ib.;
interior of huts, [276]
’Mtoko country, presents for chief, [284];
author’s embassy to, [301];
births and marriages, [316];
marauding transactions, [317];
native customs, ib.;
language, [318];
cattle, ib.;
chief’s kraal, [319];
description of women, ib.;
Zambesi influence, [321];
chief’s indignation with author, ib.;
a state visit, [323];
nervousness of chief, [324];
description of presents, ib.;
chief’s opinion of the white lady, [325];
hospitality of the natives, ib.;
politics and religion, [326];
the Mondoro, or lion priest, [327];
bucolic prosperity, ib.;
imminence of civil war, [328];
early struggles with the Portuguese, [331];
Bushman drawings, [333]
Muali, the god of the Makalangas, [57], [341]
Muchienda, village of, [258];
native game-hunting, ib.
Musungaikwa country, tattooed women in, [305]
Mwairari river, crossing the, [268]
Mycene, Dr. Schliemann’s discoveries at, [185];
Naka pass, [43]
Nakab al Hajar, Arabia, ruins of castle at, [105];
temple, [177] [[423]]
Nankin china in Mazoe Valley, [296]
Natal, Bakalanga tribes in, [33]
Naucratis, lebes from temple at, in British Museum, [200]
Necho, Pharaoh, B.C. 600, [225]
Nejed, Lower, monoliths in, [119]
Nesbit, Mr., mining commissioner, in Mazoe valley, [291]
Neves Fereira, English immigrants boycotted by Portuguese governor of, [379]
Nhaya, Pedro de, Portuguese commander, [231];
his capture of Sofala, ib.
Nica tribe, lord of the, [356]
’Nyagowe river, gold in quill found in, [309]
Nyanger, camping at, [343];
curious grotto, [344];
Bushman drawings on rocks, ib.;
graves in cave, ib.;
cemeteries in the open, [345];
ruins of temple, [346]
Nyangombwe mountains, [375]
’Nyatzetse river, crossing the, [261];
agriculture near, ib.
Odzani river, dangerous crossing of, [360]
Odzi river, the boundary between Mashonaland and Manicaland, [356]
Ophir, land of, theory concerning, [228]
Palapwe, migration of natives to, [21];
Ba-mangwato tribe at, [23];
description of country, [24];
mission-house, ib.;
cascade, ib.;
babooks, ib.;
native services, ib.;
church building, ib.;
discipline of chief, [26];
native women, [27];
departure of expedition, [29]
Palgrave, Arabian traveller, [118]
Paphos, Cyprus, excavations at, [204]
Payva, Alfonso de, Portuguese explorer, [230]
Pegado, Captain Vicento, Portuguese governor of Sofala, [239]
Pelasgi, mythical race of, [222]
Penuel, the sacred tower of the Midianites, [116]
‘Periplus of the Red Sea,’ anonymous author of, [224];
his geographical speculations, [225]
Perrot and Chipiez, MM., on art history in Sardinia, [117], [118];
their work on ‘Phœnicia,’ [186];
on the Phœnician column in the Louvre, [189]
Persia, Mohammedan burial in, [121]
Philips, Mr. G., on the Zimbabwe and Tati ruins, [96]
Phœnicia, temple construction in, [116];
coin found in Cyprus, [186];
symbols, [188];
Biblical allusions to wealth of Arabia and, [227];
intimacy with Sabæa, ib.;
ancient enterprise, [229]
Pigafetta’s description of Mashonaland ruins, [240]
Pilan, chief of Masoupa, [6], [12]
Pliny, vagueness of information as to source of ancient Merchandise, [224]
Portuguese in Mashonaland, [33];
expeditions in Africa, [230];
failure of expeditions through Arab jealousy, [235]
Providential Pass, [50], [75];
Cherumbila’s tribe at, [90];
Matabele raid upon, ib.
Ptolemy, vagueness of information as to source of ancient merchandise, [224];
mention of Agizymba nation, [239];
on [[424]]Roman penetration through Africa, ib.
Pungwe river, early Portuguese influence on the, [298];
at Sarmento, [378];
its imposing appearance, [379];
infested with crocodile and hippopotami, [379], [385];
fauna of adjacent country, [380];
dangerous sandbanks, [384]
Punt, kingdom of, its doubtful whereabouts, [221];
wealth of the people, ib.;
ingots of gold sent to Queen Hatasou, ib.;
conquered by Egyptians, [226];
theory concerning the land of Punt, [228]
Quiloa, Sir John Kirk at, [205];
Arab settlement at, [241]
Ramatlabama river, [7]
Red Sea, Egyptian commerce on the, [226];
Arabian and Phœnician enterprise in region of, [228]
Renaudot, M., on Arab experience of savage tribes in East Africa, [233]
Revwe river and valley, [367]
Rhapta, Arab settlement at, [224];
Dean Vincent on the situation of, ib.
Rome, its importation of gold from Arabia, [227]
Rothschild’s settlement in Mazoe valley, [291]
Rusapi river, Chipunza’s kraal on the, [348]
Sabæa, its intimacy with Phœnicia, [227];
wealth of; ib.;
Arabian and Æthiopian cities named alike, [230]
Sabi river, [32];
ruins of forts, [100];
situation of ruins, [103];
author’s expedition to region of, [247];
valley scenery, [259];
view of mountains, [261];
ruined villages and deserted fields near, [263];
Zulu raids on Makalanga villages, ib.;
its magnificence, [268];
bathing and washing in, [269]
Salisbury fort, daub huts of, [279];
fever and famine, [280];
growth of townships around, ib.;
newspaper established, ib.;
civil and military administration, ib.;
hospital huts, ib.;
Benedictine sisters and Jesuit father, ib.;
anniversary dinner of pioneers at hotel, [281];
the question of supplies, ib.;
Chartered Company’s difficulty in catering, [282];
influx of adventurers, ib.;
danger of famine, [283];
Mr. Selous in search of food waggons, ib.;
arrival of provisions, ib.;
climate of, ib.;
author’s departure for Mazoe valley, [284];
his return therefrom, [294];
farewell to friends, [303];
trading with Kunziland natives, [309]
Salt, Mr., in Abyssinia, [229]
Salvador, San, iron bells discovered at, [212]
Sangwe river, Mapandera’s kraal on, [294]
Santos, Father dos, Portuguese traveller, [32];
on Kaffir instruments, [212];
his description of the Monomatapa tribe, [236];
allusion to lemon-trees in Mazoe valley, [291];
on sacrifice among the Mocarangas, [341];
on feasting in Mangwendi’s country, [341];
burial of chiefs, [346];
on early Portuguese travellers, [352] [[425]]
Sardinia, round towers in, [116];
MM. Perrot and Chipiez on history of art in, [117]
Sargon, annals of, [227]
Sarmento, deserted coaches at, [378];
climate of, [380]
Schliemann, Dr., discoveries of, at Mycene, [185]
Science, British Association for the Advancement of, expedition assisted by, [4]
Sechele, native chief, [6], [14];
capital and residence, [15]
Sechuana language, [8];
superstition, [10];
dancing, [11];
marriage laws, [12];
religion, [25]
Sekatu, village of, [255];
growth of cucumbers at, ib.
Selous, Mr., at Providential Pass, [50];
in search of provisions for Fort Salisbury, [283];
hunting expedition in Mazoe valley, [286];
in chief ’Mtoko’s kraal, [321];
at Kalimazondo’s kraal, [335]
Selynia, pond of, [20]
Semitic nations, monopolising policy of, [223]
Shamsi, Queen of Arabia, [227]
Shangan tribes, [32];
raids on Sabi river region, [263]
Shashi river, [30];
ruins in vicinity, [95]
Sheba, Queen of, and the Massapa gold-mines, [295]
Shoshong, journey to, [17];
arrival at, [20];
hills of, ib.;
missionaries at, [21];
traders at, ib.;
exodus of natives from, ib.;
water famine, ib.;
tribal raids on, [22];
ruins of, ib.;
Dr. Livingstone and Dr. Moffat at, [23]
Sibibabira, village of, [251]
Sikkome, father of Khama, [26]
Silveira, Father, Portuguese Jesuit, martyrdom of, [235], [296]
Sindito, chief of Sekatu village, [255];
hospitality of, ib.
Siorma in occupation of Zendj tribes, [233]
Sirwah, elliptic temple at, [177]
Smet, village of, [272]
Sofala, Arabian writers on gold of, [230];
Portuguese in possession, [231];
Duarte Barbosa on the gold trade, ib.;
ancient historian’s account of, ib.;
tribes of cannibals near, [232];
golden mountains near, [234];
manufacture of brass ornaments, ib.;
Portuguese governor at, [239]
Solomon, King, expedition of, [226]
Soudan, carving from the, [186]
Stonehenge, mythical builders of, [222]
Swan, Mr. Robert McNair Wilson, cartographer to expedition, [5];
on the orientation and measurements of Zimbabwe ruins, [141];
on the geography and meteorology of Mashonaland, [389];
his astronomical observations, with altitudes of stations, [398]
Syria, Phœnician temple of the sun at Emesa, [204]
Taif, Arabia, stone-worship at, [195]
Tatagora valley, scenery in, [285];
the machabel tree, ib.;
junction of river with Mazoe, [290]
Tati, ruins of, [95];
description thereof by Mr. G. Philips and Mr. E. A. Maund, [96]
Taungs, native settlement at, [6]
Thebes, Bœotia, relics from, [205] [[426]]
Tiglath Pileser II., Assyrian inscriptions concerning, [227]
Todd, Dr., of the ‘Magicienne,’ succours English immigrants in Mapanda’s country, [379]
Tokwe river, [50]
Toroa, Leo Africanus on ruins of, [240]
Torrend, Father, on Mashonaland, [33]
Transvaal, ruins of stone huts in the Marico district, [139]
Truro Museum, ingot of tin from Falmouth Harbour, [216]
Tuli fort, [30]
Tyre, Ezekiel’s denunciation of, [227];
Zechariah on wealth of, [228]
Umfanipatza, village of, [251]
Umgabe, chief of Zimbabwe, [65];
his personal appearance, [66];
his brother Ikomo, [73];
visit to Umgabe’s kraal, [86];
his intoxicated condition, ib.;
uncomfortable quarters, ib.;
situation of kraal, [87];
his well-filled granaries, [88];
domestic commodities, ib.
Umliwan district, fertility of, [371]
Umtali, trip to, [284];
ancient gold-mining at, [290];
B.S.A. camp at, [360];
arrival of author, [361];
importance of, [363];
Portuguese remains near fort, [364];
journey to Beira, [365]
Umzilikatze, Zulu warrior, [237]
Varoma, Mount, at Zimbabwe, [160]
Victoria fort, fever at, [50];
dearness of provisions, ib.;
horse sickness, [51];
sour grass, [52];
discovery of gold near, ib.;
bridge-building in vicinity, [53];
Sir John Willoughby at, [74];
departure for Sabi river, [251];
prospecting for gold, [289]
Vincent, Dean, on the situation of Rhapta, [224]
Vryberg, arrival and departure of expedition, [5];
native settlement at, [6]
Wadi Allaga gold-mines, [218]
Wedza, Mount, highest point in Mashonaland, [272];
iron-smelting at, ib.;
chiefs in vicinity, [273]
Willoughby, Sir John, at Fort Victoria, [74];
visits the expedition at Zimbabwe, ib.;
interviews the chief’s brother, Ikomo, and threatens him, ib.
‘Wissenschaft, Akademie der,’ by Herr Kremer, [186], [195]
Yandoro, a village in Kunzi’s country, [312]
Yellow Jacket mine, visit to, [298]
Yemen, temples and fortresses in, [176]
Yenya mountains, [356]
Zambesi river, Zimbabwes in region of, [237];
early Portuguese influence on the, [298]
Zamopera, village of, [270];
its inhabitants, ib.
Zechariah on the wealth of Tyre, [228]
Zendj tribes, [233];
iron trade with Indians, [234]
Zeyd, Abou, on the wild Zindj tribes of East Africa, [233] [[427]]
Zimbabwe, tribes around, [32];
sickness among oxen, [51];
adjacent forests, [54];
description of the country, [55];
fever in camp, ib.;
character of natives, [55];
arrival of expedition, [59];
camp life, [60];
flora of, ib.;
alarming fire, [63];
visitors in camp, [64];
ruins, [64], [99], [103];
daily work, [64];
evening concerts, [65];
visit of Umgabe, district chief, ib.;
native wages, [69];
difficulties with workmen, ib.;
provisions and marketing, [70];
native ingenuity, [71];
ornaments and snuff-boxes, [72];
the chief’s brother in camp, [73];
trouble with natives, ib.;
kraal of Ikomo, [75];
Amazonian dance, ib.;
graves among the ruins, [79];
musical instruments, [80], [81];
excursions from, [82];
beer-making, [83];
locust-eating, [84];
migratory spirit of the natives, scenery around, [85];
Mr. G. Philips’s description of the ruins, [96];
prominent features of the Great Zimbabwe ruins, [104];
excavation work, ib.;
religious purport of ruined towers, [115];
sacrifice, [117];
Kaffir cemetery, [121];
description of hill fortress, [122];
labyrinthine nature of buildings, [128];
gold-smelting furnaces and caves, [131];
ruins of Little Zimbabwe, [135];
orientation and measurements of ruins by Mr. R. M. W. Swan, [141];
nature worship, ib.;
astronomical observations, [147], [170], [173];
architectural features, [148];
coin of Byblos, [150];
soapstone monoliths, [167];
ancient builders, [176];
discoveries during excavation, [179];
traces of recent Kaffir habitation, ib.;
soapstone carvings, ib.;
religious symbolism of birds, [186];
circumcision practised by the ancients, [188];
ancient veneration for stones, [191];
geological fragments, [193], [194];
old-world worship, [194];
artistic skill of the ancients, [196];
fragments of soapstone bowls, [197];
Phœnician work, ib.;
proto-Arabian lettering on bowls, [200];
world-wide commerce of the ancients, [204];
Celadon pottery from China, ib.;
Persian and Arabian wares, ib.;
Monomatapa rule, [205];
ceramic art, [207];
bronze and iron weapons and implements, [209];
ruins scoured by Kaffirs for centuries, [210];
excavation of iron weapons and implements, [211];
discovery of iron bells, ib.;
gold-smelting furnace, [215];
Arabian origin of gold-diggers, [220];
discovery of gold-smelting crucibles, [221];
derivation of name, [234];
modern exploration of ruins by a German traveller, [244];
thirst for gold among the ancients, [279]
Zindj tribes in Africa, [231];
Abou Zeyd’s description of, [233]
Zulu raids in Mashonaland, [43];
successes under Umzilikatze, [237]
Zygabenus on Ishmaelite stone-worship, [195]
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