Angola and the River Congo, vol. 1

INDEX.

Abuses by authorities of Angola, i. 54.
Adansonias, abundance of, from River Congo to Mossamedes, i. 27.
African fevers, facts and observations about, ii. 236.
Agave, i. 29.
Alligators, i. 65, ii. 123.
Ambaca, natives of, ii. 103.
Ambaquistas, natives of Ambaca, ii. 103.
Ambriz, description of town, i. 153;
trade of, ib.;
iron pier at, 157;
author’s return to, 233;
negroes, customs of the, 281.
——, vegetation of, i. 30;
exports from in 1874, 111.
—— to Mossamedes, i. 23.
—— to Loanda country, ii. 1.
Ambrizzette, witchcraft at, i. 65;
treatment of a black for forgery, 115.
Amydrus fulvipennis, ii. 164.
Andrade, on board the, to Quanza, ii. 113.
Angola, discovery and early history, i. 1;
Portuguese possessions of, 23;
physical geography of, ib.;
description of coastline, ib.;
character of landscape, 25;
change of landscape at 13° S. lat., 26;
vegetation of from Ambriz to Bembe, 29;
slave trade in, 59;
statistics of slaves shipped in, 67;
division of, ii. 51;
pay of governor and army officers, 52;
abuses by authorities of, 54;
climate of, 223;
effect of climate on Europeans, ii. 237;
customs of the natives, ii. 268.
Angolœa fluitans, ii. 133.
Anha River, ii. 173.
Animal food of the natives, i. 297.
Arachis hypogœa, native name of, “mpinda,” or “ginguba,” i. 129;
description of, 130;
its cultivation, ib.;
preparation of the nut and Chili pepper, 132.
Arms and war, i. 261.
Atacamite, where found, i 192.
Athletic sports at Sierra Leone, account of, ii. 315.
Author buys a slave, i. 77;
the slave’s ingratitude to, ib.;
reception of by Senhor Chaves at Boma, i. 83;
at a picnic organized by Senhor Chaves, 87;
catches four new species of fish at Boma, 95;
discoverer of the baobab fibre as a substance for paper-making, 118;
manages a malachite mine, 161;
accompanies Mr. Augustus Archer Silva to Quanza, ii. 112.
——, mining explorations of, at Benguella, i. 43, ii. 191, 199.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gamboa, General, ii. 3.
Garapa, drink, i. 300.
Garlic as a food for hot climate, ii. 240.
Gigantic grasses, i. 33.
Giraul river, ii. 218.
Gold at Lombige, ii. 90.
Golungo Alto, ii. 85.
Gorilla and Chimpanzee, where found, i. 53.
Gourds of Cazengo and Pungo Andongo, ii. 104.
Grandy, Lieut., i. 162.
Grass, “Capim de faca” or knife-grass, i. 33;
description of burning, 39.
Ground-nut, analysis, ii. 110.
Gum-arabic at Mossamedes, ii. 218.
Gum Elemi, called “mubafo,” i. 206.
Gun-loading by the natives, i. 141.
Gypsum, ii. 16.

Habits and customs of natives in Angola, ii. 268.
Hammock, description of, i. 163.
Haricot-bean, i. 97.
Head, mode of shaving the, i. 269.
——, “inhabitants” of the, trap for catching, and professional catchers, i. 269.
Herva Santa Maria (Chenopodium ambrosioides), ii. 250.
Hippopotami in the River Quanza, ii. 124.
Hornbill, the, ii. 73.
—— (Toccus elegans and Toccus Monteiri), at Benguella, ii. 201.
Hot-spring at Dongo, ii. 162.
Hydnora, a Rafflesiaceous plant, ii. 207.
Hydraulic-press for baleing the baobab fibre, i. 125.
Hyenas steal the author’s sheep, ii. 81;
attacked by wolf-hounds, 225.

Import-duties, ii. 61.
India-rubber creeper, description of, i. 31, 137.
Indian-corn, i. 296.
Indolence of the Bunda-speaking natives, ii. 100.
Infundi, preparation, i. 288.
Ink, ingredients of native, ii. 98.
Insanity among the natives, i. 279.
Iron-smelting at Cazengo, ii. 95.
Ivory, i. 139.

Jasmine at Benguella, ii. 192.
Jasminum auriculatum, ii. 5.
—— multipartitum, ii. 5.

Kew Gardens, author’s collection of plants in the herbarium at, i. 178.
Kimpoaca, aversion of natives to the landing of hydraulic press, i. 126.
King Parrot, where found, i. 53,
Kingfishers, ii. 121.
Kinsao, mineral pitch at, i. 150.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Rain, fall of, i. 42.
Rat-catching, i. 298.
Rats, as food, i. 298;
at Libongo, ii. 8.
Root parasite, i. 198, ii. 207.

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.

“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.

Uallua, drink, i. 300.
Ulcers, native remedies for, ii. 253.
Uzanzos, baskets or sieves, i. 304.
Uzus, or mortars, i. 304.

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.

Wages of Englishmen in Africa, ii. 243.
Water, mode of getting, in dry season, i. 43;
finding of at Cambambe, 47;
curious deposits of ii. 221.
Watercress, ii. 93.
Wasps, ii. 287, 291.
Welwitschia, mirabilis, plant, ii. 229.
White men, reception of, by king, i. 257.
Wild-hemp smoking, ii. 257.
Witchcraft at Ambrizzette, i. 65.
Women’s work, i. 285.
Writing, style of employed by natives, ii. 315.

Zebras at Benguella, ii. 194.
Zombo tribe, mode of dressing the hair, &c., i. 271.

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