INDEX 



333 



KidiuiKc {continual) 



Polygamy among ... ... 158 



Recognition marks ... .. 160 



Vipcra i-iixscUii, Venom-ejection by 198 



Vipers, sec At/tcris, Atrnelaiqns liitis, Cmisus, 

 Echis, Indian Saw-scaled, and 

 Russell's 

 Viscosimeter, Ostwald's, used at Taiara by Edie 78 



W 



Wad Medaui, Rainfall and Cotton Culture in... 48 

 Soils near, nature of ... ... ... ... 50 



Wadi Atika (now AUagi), early Mines in ... 208 

 Wall, P. (JIajor, i.m.s.). Letter by, on Spitting- 

 snakes 198-9 



Wall-paintings, Shilluk, at Shrines of, Nyakang, 



Penikang ... 226; Figs. 55-G, 236 

 Walsh, Mr., Samples of Sobat River Water, 



collected by 32 



Wassermau tests ... 17, 22 



Water 



Sobat River, Investigation of ... ... 32 



Results of ... "... ■ Tabic, 33 



Waste, Disposal of, Khartoum, 298-300; 



Figs. 92-5, 295, 297 

 Water-supply of Khartoum, Chemical Notes on, 



by W. Beam (teifcs) 26 



Corrosion of pipes, causes and consequence of 31 

 ('renothrix ■polys2mra in the pipes... 26, 27, 28 



McLean & Hunt on 19, 294 



Physical characters ... ... 27 



Plumbo-solvency of ... ... 32 



Storage of, improvement due to 30-1 



Storage reservoir, Sediment in, analysis of, 



by Thompson 31-2 



Well-sources of, Todd and AbeVs advice on 30 

 for Tropical Cities, 294 ct scq. ; 



Figs. 92, 94-C, 295, 297 



Waxbills 158,159,161,169 



Weaver Birds 158-9, 162, 168, 171-6 



Abundant, A.E. Sudan, damage done by, 



to Crops 157 



Sub-families of ... .. ... 159 et seq. 



Weevils, sec Melon Weevil, ami Rigla Gall 



Weevil 

 Wellcome, H. S., help from ... ... ... 17 



Visit to Laboratories .21 



-Visit to Panama ... 21 



Wellcome Tropical Research Lalioratories, 

 addition of word "Tropical" to 



the title 18 



Well-waters, Khartoum Water-supply, Chemical 



Notes on by W. Beam ... 26 ct seq. 



Figures in darker type indicate 



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Wells, Depth in relation to Purity of Water 



from, Khartoum ... ... ... ;iU 



Private, risks from, in Tropics 296 



Werner, Professor Franz, Scorpions and Allied 

 Annulated Siiidcrs of the A. E. 

 Sudan, 19, 179; Pis. XIV., XV., 

 178, 189; Figs. 20-35, 179, 183, 190, 192 

 West Afi-ica, Cobras of, and other Snakes of 199, 200 

 West Indies, Fatalities in, from Scorpion-sting 182 

 Wheat, benefit to, of Gypsum in Soils ... ... 63 



Whistle Charms and Whistling Cure, Nyam-nyam, 



252, 257; PI. XVII. (2, 3), 249 

 White Ants, damage done by, Transvaal ex- 

 periments in prevention of... 140-2 

 White Nile, Entomological journey on, of King 95 



Floods of, Khartoum 284 



Mosquitoes on, New species found, by 



King 99 



Water of, Alkalinity of ... 48 



Effect of, on Gezira Soil 48 



Whydahs or Widow Finches, 158, 159, 160, 161, 



165, 106 

 Willcocks, Sir W., and Mr. Hughes, Analyses by, 



of Gezira Soil ... 48 



Wings, Primaries of, definitions of ... ... 158 



Wood, S. A., Research Work of, on Talli. Gum, 



68 el seq. 

 Wounds and Ulcers, Nyam-nyam, &c., treatment 



of 272 



Xaiithop/uliis yalliula, Riipp. 



157, 162, 175 



Yellow Hammer, English, a typical Bunting ... 158 



Yur Adodit, Shilluk King: — 



Animal form taken by ... ... ... 230 



Grave Shrine of ... 221, 230; Fig. 60, 238 



Zandeh tribes, sec Tribal Customs 



Mutilation among 243-6; Pigs. 63-6, 244, 245 



Zeidab, Pish at, used in Mosquito Control 95, 111 



Grahhama vnllcocksii, Theob., found at ... 99 



Malaria outbreak at 95 



Zoornabat, Anti-Rinderpest Station at. Cattle 



and other Ticks from 97 



Zubeir, Dem, Tabanid from, unnamed 112 



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