Hare in African folk-lore, 231 _et seq._ Harems of Makololo and Angoni chiefs, 132, 269. Harvest, 183. Head-band (_lisanda_) worn by Yao chiefs, 260. Henry, Dr., treats Chekusi’s mother for rheumatism, 170. Herd-boys, 119. Hetherwick, Rev. A., quoted, 55, 69, 175. Hippopotamus, 16, 183, 190-1. Hoes, 180. Honey, 191. Horns buried by witches, 82. by witch-detective, 89. Hot springs, 6. House of deceased abandoned or destroyed, 165. Houses, square, 100, 144. Hunters, customs observed by, 187. Hunting, 185 _et seq._ parties, 186. Husbands, native, 149. Huts described, 100. construction of, 141-2. interior arrangement, 143. Hyena, 18. witches turn into, 84-5, 87. in folk-lore, 236, 240, 244. Hynde, Mr. R. S., quoted, 252. Idols, 68. Infants, burial of, 160. Initiation—boys, 124; girls, 126. Insects, 21-23. Interior of huts, 143-4. Iron ore, 7. Iron, workers in, 201. Johnson, Ven. W. B. (Archdeacon of Likoma), quoted, 257. Johnston, Sir Harry, quoted, 3, 16, 19, 20, 24, 28, 33, 34, 42, 66, 79, 86, 196, 223. Junod, M. Henri A., quoted, 66, 78, 201, 223. Kaboa, one of Ntumbi elders, 173. Kambwiri, H., teacher of Blantyre Mission, 234, 280. Kangomba, 48, 51. Kankomba (Kangomba), Nyanja chief, 255. Kapeni, Yao chief, 253, 258. Kapirimtiya, starting-point of human race, 70. Katunga’s, 5. Keloids, 38-9. Kidnapping, 275. Kintu, Baganda myth of, 75. Kirk Mountains, 7. Klipspringer (_gwapi_), 17. Knives, 201, 203. Kumtaja, Yao chief, calls in Angoni, 260. Land inalienable, 271. Leopard, 18. Levirate, 133, 167. Leza = Mulungu, also = lightning, 58. Lezi. _See_ Leza. Lightning personified, 57. Lindsay, Mr. J., quoted, 97, 125. Lions, 18, 62, 64, 86-7. Lipepete Mountain, 7. Livingstone quoted, 4, 6, 25, 36, 37, 56, 64, 174, 201-2, 256, 267. Local head-men, 255, 270. Locusts, 23, 46. Lomwe, 32. _See_ Alolo. Loom, 155-6. Luangwa River, 4, 25, 26, 42. Luasi hills, 33. Luchereng’anga = Mulungu, 71. Lujenda valley, old home of Yaos, 257. Lustration, after funeral, 162. Lycanthropy, 86-7. Lyke-wake, 157-8. Mabisalila, witch-detective, 89 _et seq._, 263. MacAlpine, Rev. A. G., quoted, 68, 85, 161, 166. Macdonald, Rev. Duff, quoted, 48 _et seq._, 60, 65, 133, 227, 236, 240, 245, 247, 254, 266, 268. Machinga (Yaos), 95, 258, 275, 284. Madzimavi, son of Mpezeni, 281. Magic defined, 76. Magomero, 280. Magwangwara (Zulus), 283. Maize, 177; how sown, 188. Makalanga, 25, 277. Makololo, 24, 36, 37. chiefs, their harems, 132. wholesale _mwavi_-drinkings, 170. their despotism, 268-9. Makua, 24, 39. teeth filed, 42. Malabvi Mountain, witch living on, 61. Malemya, Yao chief at Zomba, 259-60. Mandala, brother of Chekusi, 35, 172, 219. Mang’anja. _See_ Anyanja.
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