GLOSSARY OF NATIVE WORDS AND 

 TECHNICAL TERMS 



[Those which are explained in the context are excluded. The following abbreviations 

 are used: Bot. = Botany ; Geol. = Geology ; Hind. = Hindustani ; Mt. = Mountain- 

 eering ; Suah. = Kisuahili] 



Agglomerate (GeoL), a volcanic rock com- 

 posed of coarse blocks of lava and tuff 



Alluvium (GeoL), a muddy deposit of 

 recent age, such as that which forms 

 river deltas and plains of rivers 



Andesite (Geol. ), a lava, intermediate in 

 character between basalt and trachyte. 

 There are many varieties. The name was 

 given to them owing to their abundance 

 in the Andes 



Arete (Mt. ), the ridge leading to the sum- 

 mit of a peak 



Askari (Suah.), a sergeant in a caravan of 

 Zanzibari 



Barra (Suah. ), open grass-covered country, 

 in contradistinction to cultivated areas 

 and forests 



Basalt (Geol.), a lava, dark in colour 

 (generally black), heavy in weight, and 

 containing a small percentage of silica 



Bergschrund (Mt.), a great crevasse across 

 a glacier, generally occurring between 

 the unconsolidated snow (or x\€\€) of the 

 collecting fields, and the solid ice of the 

 lower course 



Boma (Suah.), a stockade or zeriba, gener- 

 ally made of thorn bush 



Bwana (Suah.), master 



C^?7(Hind.), a paper, generally meaning 

 a cheque or promissory note 



Col (Mt. ), a high mountain pass 



Corrie glacier (Geo!.), a small glacier rest- 

 ing on a ledge on a mountain face 



Cw7n (Mt.). a type of valley 



Domo (Suah.), a door, used also liy Zanzi- 

 bari for a mountain pass 



Exosmosis (Bot.), the escape of water from 

 a cell by gradual passage through its 

 walls 



Fault (GeoL), a break in the continuity of 

 a bed of rock by downward movement 

 on one side of a fracture 



Ghee (Hind.), a native butter 



Gneiss (Geol. ), a rock composed of the 

 same minerals as granite (viz. quartz, 

 felspar, and mica), but in which these are 

 arranged in regular layers 



Gopo (Masai), open grass steppes 



Hongo (Suah.), tax levied by a tribe for 

 right of passage through their country 



Hornblende (GeoL), a dark - greenish or 

 brown mineral, the commonest of the 

 amphibole group. It is a constituent of 

 syenite, hornblende-schist, etc. 



Igneous (GeoL ), a class of rocks formed at 

 high temperature, whether underground, 

 such as granite, or on the surface, such 

 as lavas 



Jemadar (Hind.), native officer acting as 

 adjutant or sergeant-major to Indian 

 troops 



Kanzu (Suah.), the long robe worn by 



Arabs and better-class Suahili 

 Kiringozi (Suah.), the guide of a caravan 

 Kiroboto (Suah.), the name of the Arab 



and Beluchi soldiers in the army of the 



Sultan of Zanzibar 



Masika (Suah.), a rainy season 



