- Landolphia, florida? the tree-creeper that produces indiarubber, i. [31], [137].
- Language of the different races, ii. 96.
- Lead ore, ii. 199.
- Leeches, abundance of, ii. 266.
- Lemur, Galago Monteiri, ii. 306.
- Libollo country, ii. 145.
- Libongo, ii. 9.
- Lions at Carunjamba, ii. 209.
- Lissochilus giganteus, found at Porto da Lenha, i. [82].
- Little Fish Bay, i. [23].
- Lizards, ii. 109.
- Loanda, cause for change of vegetation, i. [28];
- baptizing slaves at, [68].
- ——, death of a boy in market-place at, i. [72].
- ——, vegetation, ii. 18.
- ——, city of St. Paul de, ii. 20;
- population, 22;
- style of building, ib.;
- market of, 25;
- custom of the ladies of, 33;
- dress of the people, 35;
- slavery in, 39;
- vegetation, 44;
- police of, 48;
- lighting of the city, ib.;
- theatre at, ib.;
- morals, ib.
- Loangos or Loandos’ mats, i, [302].
- Lobato, Senhor, ii. 63.
- Lobito Bay, ii. 176.
- Loranthus, seed of, used as bird-lime, ii. 205.
- Luache river at Dombe Grande, i. [49].
- ——, quicksands at, ii. 197.
M
- “Macotas,” or the council, i. [255].
- Maculo, a disease peculiar to blacks, its treatment, ii. 252.
- Malachite, ii. 161, 191.
- ——, how and where found, i. [191]-[195].
- Malagueta pepper, i. [294].
- Manatee, or woman-fish, ii. 17, 125.
- Mandioca plant, cultivation of, i. [287];
- preparation, [291], ii. 197.
- Mangrove tree, ii. 117.
- Manis multiscutata, ant-eating animal, ii. 278.
- Manoel Vacca, notorious pirate, i. [92].
- Maquata, the red gum-copal, i. [134].
- Maracachão bird (Pytelia elegans), ii. 205.
- Marble column at Santa Maria Cape, commemorating its discovery, ii. 216.
- Marriage law of the natives, i. [264].
- Massangano town, ii. 128.
- Mateba palm, abundance of, from River Congo to Ambrizzette, i. [44].
- Matuta, change of scenery and vegetation, i. [29].
- ——, visit to, i. [199].
- Mineral pitch, i. [150].
- Mirage at Mossamedes, ii. 231.
- Mossamedes, i. [23], [27], [28].
- —— (Little Fish Bay), ii. 217.
- ——, climate, society, &c., ii. 232.
- Mosquitoes, i. [167].
- Mourning of the natives, i. [277].
- Mucelis, i. [28].
- Mucoandos tribe, ii. 226.
- Mucozo river, i. [47], ii. 66.
- Mundombes, the inhabitants of Benguella, their clothing, vegetation, mode of eating meat, &c., ii. 186;
- their arms, [188].
- Muinzus or pestles, i. [304].
- Mule, dislike to being harnessed by a negro, i. [37].
- Muqueca, its ingredients, ii. 239.
- Muquices tribe, ii. 227.
- Mus Gambianus, ii. 168.
- Mushicongo negroes, customs of, i. [280];
- mode of building their huts, [284];
- furniture of the, ib.
- Musical instruments of the natives, ii. 139.
- Mussera, town, i. [143].
- Mussurougo tribe, pirates, i. [92];
- ankle-rings worn by, [93];
- customs of, [280].
- Muxima town, ii. 122.
- Muxixe tree, i. [29].
N
- Native remedies for diseases, ii. 263.
- Natives, custom of, in case of death, after the administration of medicine, or after the performance of an operation, i. [73];
- objection of to work for wages, [75];
- fear of at sight of a steamer, [125];
- customs of the, [257];
- bed-clothing, [266].
- Navigation of Rivers Dande, Bengo, &c., i. [47].
- Nborotuto shrub, ii. 70.
- Ncombo, or goat-root, used to flavour tobacco, ii. 270.
- Nectariniæ, i. [99].
- Negro cook making forcemeat balls, i. [36].
- Negro, insensibility of the, i. [69]-[75];
- ingratitude of the, [77];
- character of the, [238];
- absence of affection in the, [242];
- social laws of the, [242];
- absence of sympathy in the, [243];
- absence of cruelty in the, [245];
- “fetishes” of the, [246], [247];
- toilet of, [263];
- mode of shaving the head, [269].
- Negroes, odour of, i. [36];
- ankle-rings worn by, [94];
- customs of, [181].
- Ngilló, vegetable, i. [296].
- Novo Redondo, i. [28].
- —— natives of, ii. 155-159.
- Nymphœa dentata and stellata, water-lily, ii. 121.
O
- Oil, dog-fish, ii. 207.
- Oil-palm at Bembe, i. [32].
- Ophthalmia, its rarity, ii. 258.
- Orange River, i. [27].
- Orchilla-weed, ii. 184.
- Ordeal by poison, i. [61].
- Ornaments of kings’ and macotas’ wives, i. [268].
- Ox-bird (Buphaga Africana), ii. 204.
- Oxen trained for riding, ii. 218.
P
- Palm-chop, i. [97].
- —— tree, mode of climbing, i. [97].
- —— wine, i. [97].
- Panda or wattled crane (Grus carunculata), ii. 203.
- Paper-making, baobab-tree in its application to, i. [118].
- Papyrus, growth of, i. [302].
- Pedra grande, or “big stone,” ii. 221.
- Pentalobus barbatus, beetle, i. [146].
- Pepper, Chili, &c., i. [293].
- Picnic at Boma, visit of the nine kings, i. [87].
- Pirão, preparation, i. [291].
- Pitch, mineral, ii. 9.
- Plants used by natives for cure of dysentery or diarrhœa, ii. 252.
- Plaster-of-paris, manufactured by author from gypsum-rock, ii. 200.
- Polygamy among the natives, i. [263].
- Porcupines, ii. 297.
- Porto da Lenha, description of, i. [83].
- —— Domingos, ii. 66.
- Potato, sweet, i. [296].
- Productions of Cazengo, ii. 105.
- Products from River Congo to Ambriz, i. [119]-[141].
- Ptyelus olivaceus, or spit-frog, ii. 108.
- Pungo Andongo range, description of scenery, i. [31].
- ——, natives of, ii. 102.
- Pungo fish, i. [142].
- Purgatives used by the natives, ii. 262.
Q