- 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.
V
- Vegetables, growth of, at Bembe, i. 225.
- Vegetation of Angola, from Ambriz to Bembe, i. 29;
- from River Congo to Mossamedes, 43.
- Viuva, or long-tailed whydah-finch (Vidua paradisea), ii. [205].
- Voandzeia subterranea, ii. [111].
- Volcanic rocks, ii. [69], [220].
W