Mangoche Mountain, old home of Yaos, 58; tribe, 258. Manis. _See_ Ant-eater. Mankala game, 113, 146. Mankokwe, Rundo of the Upper Shiré, 255. Mapira (_Sorghum vulgare_), 182, 183. Maples, Bishop, quoted, 253. Mapondera, pounder of the _mwavi_, 171, 175. Maravi, 25. _See_ Anyanja. Marriage, 128 _et seq._ ceremony, 131, 134. Masea, Makololo chief, 37. Mashona, 25. Masked dancers at mysteries, 98. Matope, Yao chief, 53, 165. Mats, 199. Mausoleum, 164. Mazitu. _See_ Angoni. Mbasi, spirit of evil believed in by Wankonde, 62. Mbona, 60, 61. Mbudzi, Chigunda’s sister, leads prayers for rain, 56. _Mchombwa._ _See_ Mankala. Meals, 139. Medicines (herbs and charms), 80 _et seq._ shown to people by Chiruwi, 59. Men’s work, 134-5, 197. Metamorphosis, 84, 85-7, 240. Migrations of Angoni, 278 _et seq._ Minerals, 7-8. _Mlandu_, 262. Mlanje Mountain, 6. Mlauri, Makololo chief, 37. Moa. _See_ Beer. Modelling, 117, 120. Moffat, Rev. Robert, quoted, 36. Moir, Mr. John, interrupts _mwavi_ trial, 174. Monkeys, 17. Mombera, Zulu (Ngoni) chief, 33, 279, 290. his funeral, 163. Morality, connection between religion and, 67-8. Morambala Mountain, 1, 6. Alolo living there, 32. witch living there, 61. Mourning, 156 _et seq._ Mpambe = Mulungu, 55, 56, 57, 185. Mpende, Nyanja chief, 26, 255. Mpezeni, Angoni chief, 281. _Mphiyu_, medicine eaten in order to turn into an animal, 85-6. Mtanga, Yao spirit, 58, 70. Mulungu, 48, 53 _et seq._ name applied to spirits of dead when worshipped, 54, 62. impersonal conception, 55. as creator, 70-74. driven from earth, 74. sought by woman in Yao tale, 245-6. Mummification of corpse among Awemba, 163. Murchison Cataracts, 5. Murder, 264. of relation or dependent, how avenged, 67. Music, 216-17. Musical instruments, 221 _et seq._ Mvai Mountain, 7. _Mwavi_ poison, 168, 171, 263, 265. Mweru, Lake, salt swamps, 207. _Mwiko_, prohibition, 94-6. Mysteries, 123-8. dances at, 97-8, 127-8. Names, 103-4. changed at mysteries, 126. witches call dead person by his childish name, 88, 169. Namzuruwa, Nyanja chief, 66. Nchomokela, sacred hill of Batonga, 175. Ndirande Mountain, near Blantyre, 8. villagers of, 32. tree with offerings on, 51. haunted by spirit, 48, 51. Neck-rests (pillows), 204. Needles, 196. Net-fishing, 193. Nose-scrapers, 203. Ntumbi, village of Upper Shiré district, 99, 133, 172. forge at, 202. head-men relate traditions, 280. Nyambadwe Mountain, 7, 88. Nyanja, language, 25, 210 _et seq._ Nyasa, Lake, 2, 3, 5. changes in level, 5-6. origin of, 75. Angoni pass round north end, 281. Offerings to spirits, 52. at graves, 159, 164. eaten by undertakers, 159. Omens, 94, 187.