Anyanja, 24 _et seq._, 277. subject to Angoni, 29, 35, 272. conquered by Makololo, 37, 268-9. their worship, 63. their chiefs, ‘old gods of the land,’ 51, 58. villages, 99 _et seq._ betrothal and marriage customs, 130 _et seq._ burial, 156, and Ch. VII. _passim_. tales, 231, 233, 238 _et seq._ system of kinship, 253. tribal organisation, 255-6. raided by Angoni, 283-4. Apodzo, hippo-hunters, 190-1. Arrows, 187. Astræa, myth of, 75. Atonga, 33. their beliefs, 56, 58. burial customs, 157 _et seq._ conquered by Angoni, 280. Awankonde, 22, 34. their beliefs, 62. prayers, 63. marriage ceremonies, 131. Awemba (Babemba), 25, 71. human sacrifices, 160. corpses of chiefs mummified, 163. Babemba. _See_ Awemba. Babies, 102 _et seq._ Baboons, 17, 121, 183. Bachelors’ house, 122. Ball-game, 113. Bantu race, 3, 27; kingdoms founded by, 256, 259. language-family, 27, 208 _et seq._ folk-tales, 230 _et seq._ Bark-cloth, 200. Barnes, Rev. H. B., quoted, 92, 207. Baskets, 197-9. used in salt-making, 206. Batonga (Batoka), 25, 42, 175. Batumbuka, 24, 33; their history, 285-6. Beads, 44, 108, 153. Beer (_moa_), mode of making, 138. offered to spirits, 47, 52. used for divination, 53. brewed after funerals, 166. supplied by chief during hoeing, 184. to canoe-makers, 194. Bees, wild, 23, 191. Bemba. _See_ Awemba. Birds, 19, 20. Blacksmiths, 145, 201. Blood-guiltiness, curse of (_chirope_), 67-8, 265. Boys, 119 _et seq._; sent to herd for Angoni chiefs, 35, 128; their initiation ceremonies, 124-6. Bows, 186. Bread (native), 140. Buffalo, 16-17. Burial, 156 _et seq._ Bush, character of, 8-9. _Bwalo_ (‘forum’ or village green), 139, 145-6. (young men’s dormitory), 122. _Bwebweta_ (raving), 63, 65. Calabar tale of tortoise, 239. Calico worn by natives, 48, 107. offered to spirits, 52. sewn by men, 135, 153, 197. draped over dead man’s house, 165. Cannibalism, 85, 169. Canoes, 194. Canoe-songs, 217, 218. Cassava, 177. Chameleon, 72-4. Champiti, head-man of Ntumbi, his narrative of the Angoni migrations, 282. Charms, 79 _et seq._ Chekusi, the Angoni chief, 35, 170, 284. Chekusi II. (Chatantumba or Gomani), 35, 172, 219. Chesinka, his dream, 46. Chevalier, M. Aug., quoted, 63 (note). Chibisa, Nyanja chief, 82, 258. Chief, paramount, 255; his powers, 261. performs religious ceremonies, 56, 271. owns land, but cannot alienate, 271. installation of, 260. Chiefs, women, 256. of Batumbuka, anointed with lions’ fat, 285. of Awemba, mummified after death, 163. of Atonga buried above ground, 160. Chieftainship, succession to, 258-9. Chigamuka, Tumbuka chief, defeated Angoni, 286. Chigunda, Nyanja chief, takes part in prayers for rain, 56, 76.