- “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
- 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