Words:
Words:
The names Loanda and Zambesi are given in most modern texts as Luanda and Zambezi.
In three cases, the spelling used in the original was distracting enough that it has been changed: musquito > mosquito, hachshish > hashish, and nomade > nomad.
In three other cases, two variant spellings of a word were used in the text. These were made uniform in accordance with the modern standard. They were: water-buck > waterbuck, Mosambique > Mozambique, and imbody > embody.
Other notes on terms: Livingstone often refers to ground-nuts—this is the British term for a peanut. Mutokwane ('Cannabis sativa') must be some variety of marijuana.
Symbols:
As the symbols for the British Pound (a crossed L), Degrees (small circle, in the upper half of the line of text), and fractions cannot be represented in ASCII, the following standards have been used:
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 383 Pounds: written out, and capitalized, AFTER the number of pounds, rather than before it. Hence "L20" becomes 20 Pounds. (where L represents the Pound symbol.)
Degrees, Minutes, Seconds: "Degrees", when used alone, is either spelled out or abbreviated "Deg."—but is always capitalized where it replaces the symbol. When a location is given with a combination of degrees and minutes, or degrees, minutes, and seconds, [d] is used to denote the symbol for degrees, ['] represents minutes, and ["] represents seconds—these latter two are the common symbols, or at least as similar as ASCII can represent. For an example, lat. 9d 37' 30" S. would be latitude 9 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds south. All temperatures given are in Fahrenheit.
Fractions: Where whole numbers and fractions are combined, the whole number is separated from the fraction with a dash. For example, in Chapter 21: 16 ounces and 2-19/20 drams would translate as 16 ounces and two-and-nineteen-twentieths drams. Incidentally, Livingstone uses British measurements, which sometimes differ from the American.
Corrected Errors:
Errors in the original text were corrected when the context presented compelling evidence that there was in fact an error. When possible, proper names were checked against the index for extra surety.
Chapter 2, "All around Scroti the country is perfectly flat" changed to "All around Serotli".
Chapter 2, "one species of plants" changed to "one species of plant".
Chapter 3, "a fire specimen of arboreal beauty" changed to "a fine specimen".
Chapter 12, "till a stranger, happening to come to visit Santaru" changed to "to visit Santuru".
Chapter 14, "the orders of Sekeletu as as to our companions" changed to "the orders of Sekeletu as to our companions".
Chapter 14, "while Mashuana plants the poles" changed to "while Mashauana".
Chapter 15, "In other cases I have known them turn back" changed to "In other cases I have known them to turn back".
Chapter 20, p. 438, "to make a canal from Calumbo to Loando" changed to "from Calumbo to Loanda". (Loando, while correct, is otherwise only given in the full Portuguese name.)
Chapter 26, "we saw the Batoko" changed to "we saw the Batoka".
Chapter 28, "with whom Lekwebu had lived" changed to "with whom Sekwebu".
Accented Characters in Words:
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 384 To maintain an easily searchable text, accented or special characters have been discarded. The following is a pretty complete list of the words in the text which were originally accented. They appear more or less in the order in which they first appeared with the accent—often the accents were dropped in the original. In each case, the accent follows the appropriate letter, the "ae" and "oe" combinations are represented as (ae) and (oe), [\], [/], [~], [^] and [-] represent the accent that looks like them which would appear above the preceding letter. [=] represents an accent that looks like the bottom half of a circle, also appearing above the letter, ["] is an umlaut, and [,] represents a cedilla.
Athen(ae)um > Athenaeum
Bakwa/in > Bakwain
Mabo/tsa > Mabotsa
Bechua/na > Bechuana
Seche/le > Sechele
Chonua/ne > Chonuane
Bakalaha/ri > Bakalahari
hy(ae)na > hyaena
tse/tse > tsetse
Banajo/a > Banajoa
man(oe)uvre > manoeuvre
Bato-ka > Batoka
Loye/lo > Loyelo
Mamba/ri > Mambari
mopane/ > mopane
Balo=nda > Balonda
Sekele/nke > Sekelenke
Mane/nko > Manenko
Sheako/ndo > Sheakondo
Nyamoa/na > Nyamoana
Kolimbo/ta > Kolimbota
Samba/nza > Sambanza
N~uana Loke/ > Nyuana Loke
larv(ae) > larvae
de/tour > detour
cicad(ae) > cicadae
Korwe/ > Korwe
Moni/na > Monina
Bonya/i > Bonyai
Conge/ > Conge
Bua/ze > Buaze
Leche/ > Leche
Bakue/na > Bakuena
Shokua/ne > Shokuane
Lepelo/le > Lepelole
Litubaru/ba > Litubaruba
Baka/a > Bakaa
Bamangwa/to > Bamangwato
Makala/ka > Makalaka
Letlo/che > Letloche
n~ami > nyami
n~aka > nyaka
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 385
Matebe/le > Matebele
Seko/mi > Sekomi
Baka/tla > Bakatla
Meba/lwe > Mebalwe
Batla/pi > Batlapi
Bata/u > Batau
Bano/ga > Banoga
Mokwa/in > Mokwain
Leko/a > Lekoa
Mako/a > Makoa
Mochoase/le > Mochoasele Limpo/po > Limpopo Bangwake/tse > Bangwaketse Sebitua/ne > Sebituane Makolo/lo > Makololo Kalaha/ri > Kalahari mimos(ae) > mimosae vertebr(ae) > vertebrae thoae/la > thoaela tsesse/be > tsessebe Mosilika/tze > Mosilikatze Batlo/kua > Batlokua Bahu/keng > Bahukeng Bamose/tla > Bamosetla Manta/tees > Mantatees Ka-ke > Kake Matlame/tlo > Matlametlo (Ae)sop > Aesop cucurbitace(ae) > cucurbitaceae Leroshu/a > Leroshua
Ke-me > Keme
simi(ae) > simiae
du"iker > duiker
Mona/to > Monato
Boatlana/ma > Boatlanama Lope/pe > Lopepe Mashu"e > Mashue Lobota/ni > Lobotani leguminos(ae) > leguminosae Ramoto/bi > Ramotobi Mohotlua/ni > Mohotluani "Kia itume/la" > "Kia itumela" "Kia time/la" > "Kia timela" "Ki time/tse" > "Ki timetse" Moko/ko > Mokoko Mathulua/ni > Mathuluani Mokokonya/ni > Mokokonyani Lotlaka/ni > Lotlakani Ngabisa/ne > Ngabisane Bako/ba > Bakoba Tzo- > Tzo
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 386 Bataua/na > Batauana Lechulate/be > Lechulatebe More/mi > Moremi moheto/lo > mohetolo kuabao-ba > kuabaoba tumo-go > tumogo ife/ > ife Bakuru/tse > Bakurutse Ntwe/twe > Ntwetwe Matlomagan-ya/na > Matlomagan-yana Sichua/na > Sichuana Maha/be > Mahabe aroid(oe)a > aroidoea Maja/ne > Majane
Moro/a > Moroa
Baro/tse > Barotse
Nalie/le > Naliele
Seshe/ke > Sesheke
e- e- e- > ee ee ee (ae) (ae) (ae) > ae ae ae Maha/le > Mahale Namaga/ri > Namagari Basu/tu > Basutu Sikonye/le > Sikonyele Maka/be > Makabe Damara/s > Damaras Bashubi/a > Bashubia C(ae)sar > Caesar Kafu/e > Kafue Tlapa/ne > Tlapane Ramosi/nii/ > Ramosinii Baloia/na > Baloiana Bihe/ > Bihe tse/pe > tsepe acme/ > acme lamell(ae) > lamellae ngotuane/ > ngotuane diarrh(oe)a > diarrhoea natur(ae) > naturae herni(ae) > herniae Serina/ne > Serinane Lesho/nya > Leshonya ka/ma > kama ta-ri > tari formul(ae) > formulae prote/ge/es > protegees prim(ae)val > primaeval lamin(ae) > laminae lopane/ > lopane Kandeha/i > Kandehai Mamochisa/ne > Mamochisane
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 387 Mpe/pe > Mpepe Nokua/ne > Nokuane "Nsepi/sa" > "Nsepisa" Banye/ti > Banyeti
boya/loa > boyaloa
o-a/lo > o-alo
bu/za > buza
minuti(ae) > minutiae Moti/be > Motibe hypog(oe)a > hypogoea Bapa/lleng > Bapalleng Cho- > Cho Tso- > Tso "Ho-o-!" > "Ho-o!"
Mako-a > Makoa Seko-a > Sekoa Makolo/kue > Makolokue Bape-ri > Baperi Bapo- > Bapo Narie/le > Nariele giraff(ae) > giraffae lechwe/s > lechwes Luambe/ji > Luambeji Luambe/si > Luambesi Ambe/zi > Ambezi Ojimbe/si > Ojimbesi Zambe/si > Zambesi Tianya/ne > Tianyane Lebeo/le > Lebeole Sisinya/ne > Sisinyane Molo=iana > Moloiana "tau e to=na" > "tau e tona" "Sau e to=na" > "Sau e tona" Lo=nda > Londa
Ambo=nda > Ambonda
n~ake > nyake
"Kua-!" > "Kua!"
moshe/ba > mosheba
Name/ta > Nameta
Masi/ko > Masiko
Pitsa/ne > Pitsane
Sekobinya/ne > Sekobinyane Mashaua/na > Mashauana mogame/tsa > mogametsa mamo/sho > mamosho moshomo/sho > moshomosho Babi/mpe > Babimpe Mosa/ntu > Mosantu Mosioatu/nya > Mosioatunya Sima/h > Simah Bo=nda > Bonda
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 388
Lonko/nye > Lonkonye
leko/to > lekoto
Shinte/ > Shinte
Kabo/mpo > Kabompo
Samoa/na > Samoana
Baloba/le > Balobale
hakite/nwe > hakitenwe polu/ma > poluma Matia/mvo > Matiamvo Monaka/dzi > Monakadzi Inteme/se > Intemese Saloi/sho > Saloisho Scottice\ > Scottice Mokwa/nkwa > Mokwankwa "Moka/la a Ma/ma" > "Mokala a Mama" n~uana Kalueje > nyuana Kalueje typhoi"deum > typhoideum loke/sh > lokesh Soa/na Molo/po > Soana Molopo Mozi/nkwa > Mozinkwa Livo/a > Livoa Chifuma/dze > Chifumadze Shakatwa/la > Shakatwala Quende/nde > Quendende Muata ya/nvo > Muata yanvo mua/ta > muata
Kange/nke > Kangenke
Moe/ne > Moene
Lo=lo= > Lolo
Lishi/sh > Lishish
Li/ss > Liss
Kalile/me > Kalileme
Ishidi/sh > Ishidish
Molo/ng > Molong
sela/li > selali
Mone/nga > Monenga
Moso/go > Mosogo
Monenga-wo-o- > Monenga-wo-o Kasimaka/te > Kasimakate ilo/lo > ilolo
Kate/nde > Katende
Loke/ > Loke
Kalo/mba > Kalomba
Tote/lo > Totelo
Averie/ > Averie
Loze/ze > Lozeze
Kasa/bi > Kasabi
Kalu/ze > Kaluze
Chihune/ > Chihune
Chiho/mbo > Chihombo
Banga/la > Bangala
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 389
Chika/pa > Chikapa
Loya/nke > Loyanke
Sakanda/la > Sakandala
Bashinje/ > Bashinje
Babinde/le > Babindele
Kamboe/la > Kamboela
Caba/ngo > Cabango
Qua/ngo > Quango
Sansa/we/ > Sansawe
cyclop(ae)dia > cyclopaedia
Kassanje/ > Kassanje
Catende/ > Catende
via^ > via
Laurence Jose/ Marquis > Laurence Jose Marquis El(ae)is > Elaeis Salvador Correa de Sa/ Benevides > Salvador Correa de Sa Benevides Algoda~o Americana > Algodao Americana Cercopid(ae) > Cercopidae graminace(ae) > graminaceae Pedro Joa~o Baptista > Pedro Joao Baptista Antonio Jose/ > Antonio Jose
Senhor Grac,a > Senhor Graca
al(ae) > alae
Kama/ue > Kamaue
Sylviad(ae) > Sylviadae
Muanza/nza > Muanzanza
Zaire/ > Zaire
Zere/zere/ > Zerezere
alg(ae) > algae
Tanganye/nka > Tanganyenka
ae"rial > aerial
arac,a > araca
Limbo-a > Limboa
Lofuje/ > Lofuje
Boie/ > Boie
hygie\ne > hygiene
Sekwe/bu > Sekwebu
Ntlarie/ > Ntlarie
Nkwatle/le > Nkwatlele
Moriantsa/ne > Moriantsane
Nampe/ne > Nampene
Leko/ne > Lekone
Seko/te > Sekote
Kala/i > Kalai
"motse/ oa barimo" > "motse oa barimo" Loye/la > Loyela
Mokwine/ > Mokwine
mane/ko > maneko
motsintse/la > motsintsela
pup(ae) > pupae
Pelop(ae)us > Pelopaeus
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 390 Mburu/ma > Mburuma Nyungwe/ > Nyungwe Sindese Oale/a > Sindese Oalea ae"rolites > aerolites
Chowe/ > Chowe
Banya/i > Banyai
Moho/hu > Mohohu
Cho/be > Chobe
Boro/ma > Boroma
Nyampu/ngo > Nyampungo
Katolo/sa > Katolosa
Monomota/pa > Monomotapa Su/sa > Susa Nyate/we > Nyatewe More/na > Morena Monomoi/zes > Monomoizes Monemui/ges > Monemuiges Monomui/zes > Monomuizes Monomota/pistas > Monomotapistas Mota/pe > Motape
Babi/sa > Babisa
Bazizu/lu > Bazizulu
Masho/na > Mashona
Moruru/rus > Morururus
Boro/mo > Boromo
Nyako/ba > Nyakoba
moku/ri > mokuri
shekabaka/dzi > shekabakadzi Loko/le > Lokole
Mazo/e > Mazoe
Te/te > Tete
Te/tte > Tette
hom(oe)opathic > homoeopathic chrysomelid(ae) > chrysomelidae Lofu/bu > Lofubu Revu/bu > Revubu Morongo/zi > Morongozi Nyamboro/nda > Nyamboronda brac,a > braca
Mashi/nga > Mashinga
Shindu/ndo > Shindundo
Missa/la > Missala
Kapa/ta > Kapata
Ma/no > Mano
Ja/wa > Jawa
Panya/me > Panyame
Dambara/ri > Dambarari
Abu/tua > Abutua
Mani/ca > Manica
hypog(ae)a > hypogaea
Kansa/la > Kansala
Appendix.—Notes to etext. 391
Luapu/ra > Luapura
Luame/ji > Luameji
Muro/mbo > Murombo
shitakote/ko > shitakoteko
Mpa/mbe > Mpambe
Nya/mpi > Nyampi
Za/mbi > Zambi
e/clat > eclat
pharmacop(oe)ia > pharmacopoeia
Goo- > Go-o
amenorrh(oe)a > amenorrhoea
Inya/kanya/nya > Inyakanyanya
Morumba/la > Morumbala
Nyamo/nga > Nyamonga
Gorongo/zo > Gorongozo
Sofa/la > Sofala
Sabi/a > Sabia
Senhor Ferra~o > Senhor Ferrao
Nje/fu > Njefu
Maza/ro > Mazaro
Baro/ro > Baroro
Lu/abo > Luabo
Muse/lo > Muselo
Nyangu/e > Nyangue
Sen~or > Senor
Aseve/do > Asevedo
Mu/tu > Mutu
Panga/zi > Pangazi
Lua/re > Luare
Likua/re > Likuare
Maiu"do > Maiudo