- Quanza River, i. [47], ii. 113.
- “Queimada,” burning grass, description of, i. [39].
- Quiavo, or Quingombó, i. [297].
- Quiballa, i. [30];
- description of country, [171].
- —— to Bembe, i. [181]-[187].
- Quifandongo, ii. 19.
- Quileba, copper at, ii. 191.
- Quilumbo, i. [185].
- Quinbundo natives, ii. 146.
- Quincollo, i. [236].
- Quindas or baskets, i. [301].
- Quingombe, i. [235].
- Quinine—fedegozo used as a substitute by Portuguese, ii. 249.
- Quioco bird, ii. 79.
- Quipupa, spring of ferruginous water at, ii. 196.
- Quiquanga, preparation, i. [289].
- Quirandas, shell-bead ornaments, ii. 169.
- Quissama country, ii. 144.
- —— ladies, fashions of the, ii. 147.
R
- Rain, fall of, i. [42].
- Rat-catching, i. [298].
- Rats, as food, i. [298];
- at Libongo, ii. 8.
- Root parasite, i. [198], ii. 207.
S
- Salalé, or white ant, i. [299], ii. 277.
- Salt, i. [147].
- San Francisco River, ii. 196.
- San Salvador, i. [225].
- Sand-grouse—Pterocles namaquus, ii. 201.
- Sangue-sangue, tall grass, ii. [250].
- Sanseviera plant, i. [29], [45].
- Santa Maria Cape, ii. 214.
- Sarna, a kind of itch common among blacks, ii. 259.
- Scents, ii. 299.
- Scorpions, effects of their sting, ii. 170, 171.
- Scopus umbretta, heron-like bird, ii. 73.
- Senhor Chaves, i. [83];
- organizes a picnic, [87].
- Sesamum indicum seed, i. [134].
- Sesbania punctata, Pers., shrub common in marshes, ii. 176.
- Sharks, absence of south of River Congo, i. [51].
- Silva, Mr. Augustus Archer, accompanies author to Quanza, ii. [112].
- Silver in Cambambe, ii. 62.
- Skin-disease, treatment of, ii. 261.
- Slave, author buys a, i. [77].
- Slaves shipped in Angola, statistics of, i. [67];
- treatment of in case of famine, [69];
- native laws regarding, [76];
- cost of, [205].
- Slave-trade, i. [56];
- explanation of in Angola, [58].
- —— at Benguella, ii. 185.
- Slavery, i. [56];
- observance of laws, [59];
- witchcraft in, [61];
- ordeal by poison, ib.;
- in Loanda, ii. 39;
- author’s views on abolition of, 41.
- Sleep-disease, i. [143];
- description of, [144].
- Snakes, ii. 300.
- Soba, a, visits the author, ii. 173.
- —— Dumbo, formerly a powerful king, ii. 67.
- Solanum saponaceum, fruit of the, used as soap, ii. 111.
- Solé, bird, ii. 166.
- Sounds of birds, &c., i. [304].
- Sphynx moths, ii. 304.
- Spit-frog, the, ii. 108.
- Spring-bok, near Mossamedes, ii. 213.
- Sterculia tomentosa, i. [29].
- Sulphate of magnesia, ii. 220.
- Sulphur at Dombe Grande, ii. 197.
- Suspension-bridge at Novo Redondo, ii. 159.
T
- “Tangandando,” india-rubber, i. [137].
- Tobacco, its efficacy for inflammation of bowels, ii. 263;
- its use by natives, 269.
- Toilet of the negro, i. [263].
- Trading between River Congo and Ambriz, i. [105].
- Traps to catch “inhabitants” of the head, i. [269].
- Travelling, mode of, i. [165].
- Treron calva, pigeon, ii. 164.
- Trial of a man for bewitching the spirit of his dead wife, i. [66].
- Trionyx nilotica, tortoise, ii. 125.
- Turacus cristatus, plantain-eater, ii. 86.
U
- Uallua, drink, i. [300].
- Ulcers, native remedies for, ii. 253.
- Uzanzos, baskets or sieves, i. [304].
- Uzus, or mortars, i. [304].
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