Chikulamayembe, Tumbuka chief, 285. Chikumbu, Yao chief, supposed invulnerable, 82. Children, care and treatment of, 104 _et seq._ Chilwa, Lake (Shirwa), 5, 283; salt-pits, 207. _Chimbwi_, chief undertaker among Atonga, 162. Chinsunzi, Nyanja chief, 255. Chiperone, Mount, 7. Chipetas. _See_ Achipeta. Chipoka, Nyanja chief at Mlanje, 47, 66. Chiradzulo, Mount, 7. Chirobwe, Mount, 7, 281. Chiromo, 2, 5. _Chirope._ _See_ Blood-guiltiness. Chiruwi (or Chitowe), 59, 60, 245. Chiuta = Mulungu, 56-8, 72. Chiuta, Lake, 5. Clans among Yaos, 252. Anyanja, 253. Colenso, Bishop, quoted, 222. Cooking, 136-7. Copper, 8. ‘Coronation’ of chiefs, 260-1. Corpses suspended on trees, 155-6, 159. Creation myths, 70 _et seq._ Criminal charges, 263. Crocodiles, 20, 206, 244. Crops, 176 _et seq._ Cross, Dr. Kerr, quoted, 38. Dances, 96-8, 116, 226 _et seq._ Dancing-man, 221, 226. Darning, 196. Dead ‘go to Mulungu,’ 55-6. Debtors, 267. Dennett, Mr. R. E., quoted, 242, 249. Digging-stick, 181. Divination by flour or beer, 53, 64-5. by moving sticks, 90, 92. by lot, 93. by knife, or three sticks, 94. Division of labour between men and women, 134-5. Divorce, 152-3. Dogs, used for hunting by Angoni, 188. wild (_Lycaon pictus_), 18. Dolls, 69, 113. Dreams, 46, 64, 187. Dress of children, 105-7. Drums, 224-6. Duff, Mr. H.L., quoted, 115. Dzonze, Mount, 7. Ear Ornaments, 41. Earthquakes, theory of, 56. Eland, 17. Elephants, 16, 186, 188. in folk-lore, 233 _et seq._ Elton, the late F. J., 16. ‘Empires,’ Bantu, 259. Evil spirits, 61-2. Family Affection, 146-8. Fauna, 16-23. Feast at end of mourning, 166-7. Fences leading to game-pits, 189. Ferns, 14. Fire made by rubbing two sticks, 74, 167. ‘forbidden,’ 166. due to witches, 88, 169. First-fruits, 271. Fish-spears, 192. traps, 192. Fishing-hooks, 193. nets, 193 Flowers, 15. worn as ornaments, 41, 108, 121. Flute, 120, 222-3. Food of infants, 105. of older children, 108. in general, 136 _et seq._ how stored, 141. Forge, 145, 202. Fowls, 101; eaten at wedding, 131. Fruits, wild, 15. Game-pits, 189. fences leading to, 189. Games, 111 _et seq._ Gardens, 137, 177 _et seq._ new marked out, 179. Ghosts, 66. Girls, their games, 113, 121. their work, 119. initiation, 126. betrothed in infancy, 129-30. Goats, 101, 119. Gold, 8. _Gori_ (slave-stick), 267. Government, 255. Grain-store (_nkokwe_), 181, 182. Graphite, 7. Grass, 6, 7, 9. bands of plaited, used in mourning, 157. fired near lake, a criminal act, 267. Grass-fires, 9-11. Graves not visited, 154. Groves used for burial, 99, 154. Gun-medicine, 81-2. Guns, 187. fired at funerals, 158. Hæmatite, 7. Hairdressing, 43, 105, 107.