Makobi’s kraal, 129 Malabars, skulls of, 281 Malays, skulls of, 281 Mandy, Mr., of Inchlangin, 69, 93, 105 Manéko, wild fruit, 90 Mangwe River, 123 _Manticora latipennis_, 359 Manyami, 51–53, 55, 121, 207 Marabastadt gold-fields, the, 10 Marsh-harrier, South African, 297 Marshall, Professor John, reference to, 280 Marula, wild fruit, 131 Mashonas, their dress and demeanour, 119 their gradual absorption by the Matabele, 152 Matabele raids against, 59, 79 Matabele, the, 45, 49, 54, 79, 111 best articles for trade with, 45, 53 kingdom, extent and products of, 36, 62 their ruthless treatment of Bushmen, 222 the Mashonas and Makalakas in bondage under them, 79, 152 warriors, Mr. Oates threatened by, 192, 214 Matchin, Bamangwato attacked by, 155 Matengwe River, 235, 236, 238, 242 _Melierax canorus_, 298 _gabar_, 298 _Melolonthidæ_, 360 Menon, Makalaka headman, 235 Meriko River, 37 _Meropidæ_, 301 _Merops apiaster_, 301 _bullockoides_, 301 _nubicoides_, 301 _pusillus_, 301 _superciliosus_, 301 Metse-a-tunya, 143, 248, 250, 259. _See also_ Victoria Falls. Mimosas, 33 _Milvus ægyptius_, 298 _Mirafra africana_, 317 _sabota_, 318 Mohr, Edward, reference to, 254 _Mohrib caffrorum_, 369 _Moluris albipes_, 361 _gibbosa_, 361 _Perretii_, 361 _Monticola explorator_, 308 Moon, eclipse of, 84 Moor-hen, South African, 324 Mopani Pan, 229 veldt, 176 Mosilikatze, 49, 62 his wives, at the Great Dance, 98 _Motacilla aguimp_, 317 _capensis_, 317 _Motacillidæ_, 317 Motloutsi River, 26–28, 162 Mozanga, native servant, grief of, 182 Müller, F., reference to, 291 Murie, Dr. James, reference to, 286, 288, _note_ _Muscicapidæ_, 311 Musician, native, at the Semokwe, 143 _Musophagidæ_, 304 _Mycalesis Victorina_, 350 _Myrmecocichla formicivora_, 307 _Myrmeleon Libelluloides_, 363 Nata River, 242 _Nectarina famosa_, 310 _Nectariniidæ_, 310 Negro skulls, 274, 275, 278, 279, 281 Nelson, Mr., experiences of, 75–82 Nelson, Mr., of Tati, 29, 33, 35, 139 _Neophron pileatus_, 297 _Nephrodium molle_, 369 (_Lastrea_), sp., 369 _Nephrolepis cordifolia_, 369 _exaltata_, 369 _Nettapus auritus_, 327 New Year’s Day at Hope Fountain, 93 Newcastle, 6, 7 Ngami, Lake, fever at, 157 _Nidorella auriculata_, 367 Night-hawk, call of the, 24 Nightjar, European, 300 Mozambique, 300 Rufous-cheeked, 300 Standard-winged, 301 Nina, sister of Lobengula, 97, 111–113 Nose-bleeding, native cure for, 78 Notuani River, 15 _Nymphalidæ_, 349