- Baba Bay, abundance of fish at, ii. 216.
- Babies, treatment of, i. [71].
- Bagre fish, i. [50].
- Bagrus, “Bagre” fish, ii. 134.
- Baobab-tree—Adansonia digitata, i. [24], [29].
- —— bark, its application to paper-making (discovered by author in 1858), i. [75];
- baobabs at Boma, [84].
- —— or Adansonia digitata, as a substance for paper-making, i. [118];
- description of the tree, and use of the trunk, [120].;
- mode of taking off the bark, [122];
- its fruit, and mode of climbing it, [128].
- Banana, trading factories at, i. [81].
- Bananas, or plantains, i. [294];
- as food, [295].
- Barra da Corimba, ii. [21].
- Basalt, ii. 220.
- Bats, abundance of in churches, ii. 129.
- Bed-clothing of the natives, i. [266].
- Beer, native, manufacture of, i. [301].
- Bees—mode of getting honey, ii. 165.
- Bellows, native, ii. 93.
- Bembe, vegetation of, i. [31];
- description of, [109].
- —— Fort, i. [190]; soil about, [225].
- Bengo river, ii. 16.
- Bengo to Loanda, vegetation, ii. 18.
- Benguella, i. [28];
- mining operations at, [43];
- country south of, [45];
- fertility of its soil, trade, &c., ii. 181;
- slave-trade at, 184.
- —— and Mossamedes, country between, ii. 212.
- Berenjela, egg plant, i. [296].
- Bigode, or moustache-bird (Crithagra ictera), ii. 205.
- Bimba tree (Herminiera Elaphroxylon), ii. 195.
- Bimbas, birds at, ii. 206.
- Birds of Boma, i. [86];
- habits of various kinds, ib.
- Bitumen, ii. 11.
- Bleeding, fondness of the natives for, ii. 262.
- Boma, as centre for slave-trade, i. [56];
- cultivation of, [85];
- birds of, [86];
- distrust of natives at, [90].
- Bombó, preparation, i. [287].
- Bonny, landing at, i. [114].
- Brachytrypes achatinus (king cricket), i. [299].
- Brandy, use of in Africa, ii. 245.
- Bronchitis, &c., native treatment of, ii. 258.
- Bruto, plantation at, ii. 119.
- Bucorax Abyssinicus (hornbill), ii. 71.
- Bunda-speaking natives, indolence of, ii. 100.
- Burial among the natives, i. [276].
- —— and burial-places, ii. 275.
- Bustards, ii. 5.
- Bustards at Benguella, ii. 201.
- Butterflies, species of, ii. 295.
C
- Cabeça da Cobra to Ambriz—description of coast-line, i. [102];
- vegetation, [103].
- Cajanus indicus, shrub, i. [296].
- Calumbo, scenery, vegetation, &c., ii. 116.
- Cambambe, high grass at, i. [38];
- water at, [47];
- cataracts at, ii. 133.
- Camoensia maxima, plant, i. [177].
- Cannibalism, ii. 157.
- Capatas, or captains of the carriers, i. [196], [203].
- Cardozo, Feo, on the “History of the Governors of Angola,” i. [1].
- Casca, preparation of, i. [63];
- effect by poisoning from, [127].
- Cashew-tree, i. [44].
- Cassão, dogfish, ii. 207.
- Cassanza, country about, ii. 153.
- Cassytha—(C. Guineensis?), i. [45];
- at Luache, ii. 198.
- Castor-oil plant in Novo Redondo and Benguella, i. [51].
- Catinga, or odour of the natives, i. [30].
- Cattle, cause for absence of, i. [46].
- —— and other animals, mortality of, i. [207].
- Catumbella, scenery and vegetation, ii. 178.
- Cazengo, abundance of food at, ii. 84-88.
- Celis country, ii. 105.
- Chameleons, ii. 109.
- Circumcision among the natives, i. [278].
- Civilization of the negro, i. [113].
- Climate of Angola, effect on Europeans, ii. 237.
- Coffee-trade, i. [134].
- Coffee plantations, ii. 87;
- wild, about Golungo Alto and the Dembos, ii. 92.
- Cola fruit, ii. 37.
- Commerce, i. [117].
- Congo River, i. [26];
- a boundary, i. [53];
- mouth of, i. [81].
- ——, probable sources of, i. [54], ii. 69.
- —— to Ambriz, the country from, i. [100].
- —— River and Ambriz, system of trading, i. [105].
- Congo, king of, i. [213];
- customs of, [221].
- Cookery of Angola natives, ii. 239.
- Copper at Benguella, ii. 179;
- at Quileba, [191].
- Copper ore at Cuio Bay, ii. 198.
- Coracias caudata, manner of flying, &c., i. [172], ii. 19.
- Corythaix Paulina, plantain-eaters, superstitious dread of by the natives, ii. 74.
- Corythornis cyanostigma, kingfisher, ii. 121.
- Cotton growth at Cazengo, ii. 105.
- Creepers, description of, i. [31], [45].
- Crime, punishment for in Angola, ii. 46.
- Crows (Corvus scapulatus), ii. 215.
- Cuacra, cannibalism at, ii. 155.
- Cuio Bay, ii. 198.
- Cursorius Senegalensis, ii. 19.
- Customs of natives of the interior, ii. 99.
- Cynocephalus sp. of dog-faced monkey, ii. 194.
D
- Dances of the natives, ii. 137.
- Dande River, ii. 15.
- Dead, “drying” of the, i. [275].
- Decamera Jovis-tonantis, hard-wood shrub, preservative against lightning, ii. 99.
- Diamba, hemp for smoking, ii. 26, 257.
- Dias, Captain, governor of Barra do Bengo, i. [80].
- Dirty habits of the natives, ii. 259.
- Dish, Angola native, i. [305].
- Dog’s sense of smell when nearing a negro, i. [36].
- Dombe Grande, rush of water down the Luache, i. [49].
- ——, district of, ii. 196.
- Dondo town, ii. 130.
- Dress of the kings, i. [260].
- —— natives, i. [263].
- Drunkenness of Englishmen, ii. 243.
- Dyes and paints, ii. 299.
- Dysentery, native treatment of, ii. 252.
E
- Egg-trade, i. [209].
- Egito river, ii. 169.
- Eland steak, a breakfast of, ii. 224.
- Engongui signal-bells, i. [203].
- Entuchi, shrub, used for curing headache, ii. 251.
- Epsom-salts, ii. 262.
- Eriodendron anfractuosum, cottonwood tree, ii. 86.
- Erythrophlœum Guineense, action of poison extracted from, i. [61].
- Euphorbia tree, i. [24];
- abundance of, from River Congo to Mossamedes, [27];
- in Ambriz, [29].
- Eusemia ochracea, moth, i. [158].
F
- Fairs, i. [209].
- Falls of Cambambe, ii. 133.
- Farofa, preparation, i. [291].
- Farinha de pao, preparation, i. [290].
- Fedegozo (Cassia occidentalis) as a substitute for quinine, ii. 249.
- Fetish, as a punishment to drunkards, i. [117].
- “Fetishes” of the negro, fetish men, &c., i. [243]-[253].
- Fetish-house, ii. 7.
- Fever, its prevention and cure, ii. 246;
- native treatment of, 249.
- Fevers at Bembe, i. [227].
- Fish, mode of cooking at Loanda, ii. 30.
- —— caught at Loanda, ii. 31.
- —— and fisheries between Benguella and Mossamedes, ii. 206.
- Food, abundant growth at Cazengo, ii. 105.
- Frogs as food, i. [298].
- Fruits, ii. 297.
- Furniture of the natives, i. [282].
G