LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Lewanika, late Paramount Chief of the Barotse Nation[Frontispiece]
The Skull of Homo rhodesiensis from the Specimen at the British Museum[1]
The Giant Sable Antelope of Eastern Angola[28]
The Mokwai Mataŭka of Nalolo with her husband (standing) and interpreter (sitting)[37]
One of Lewanika’s Aunts with Attendant[40]
Lewanika’s Band (Mirupa and Silimba)[40]
A Lujazi Village[44]
Lewanika’s Head Paddlers[44]
Arrival of the Nalikwanda[52]
The Secretary for Native Affairs and the late Paramount Chief[52]
The Nalikwanda[56]
Government Messengers and a Post-runner at Nalolo[56]
Crossing Cattle over the Zambezi[58]
The Mokwai’s House and Fence at Nalolo[58]
Capture of a young Crocodile[62]
Arrival of Lewanika’s Subsidy at Lialui: carried by British South Africa Company’s Messengers[62]
Tax-payers[66]
Royalty travelling by Boat[66]
Mankoya Women dancing[70]
“Well in swing”[70]
Mambalangwe “Nuts”[74]
Mat-makers, with Mats for Sale[78]
A Mambalangwe Family[78]
Gang of Natives proceeding to the Mines in Southern Rhodesia[82]
Shooting Rapids[86]
Ngonya Falls at Sioma, Barotseland[86]
Food for Sale[88]
The End of the Day’s Journey[88]
“Liyumbo,” or Food-tribute[92]
Travelling in Barotseland[92]
The Author and the Mokwai of Nalolo[100]
A Mrozi Boat and Crew[100]
The Author and Lewanika[104]
A Mumbunda Witch Doctor telling Fortunes[106]
A Barotse Village[106]
Start of a River Trip[110]
Interior of Lewanika’s Dining-room[110]
A Mambalangwe Belle[114]
A Mankoya Chief and Retinue[118]
A Traveller on the Zambezi[122]
The Mankoya Chief, Mweni-Mutondo, and Band[122]
Village School Boys, with Parents in foreground[128]
Hauling Boats through Rapids[128]
Portion of a Lubale Village[134]
The Lunda Chief, Sinde, and Harem[134]

The Skull of an ancient North Rhodesian Type of Man (Homo rhodesiensis).

(From a photograph kindly lent by Dr. Smith Woodward, British Museum).

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INTRODUCTION.