SUBJECT INDEX 



Abyssinians, i6, 40, 41, 359-361 

 Alpine flora — 



methods of distribution of, 241-242, 

 245. 246 



of Elgon, 240 



of Kenya, 169, 241, 291 



of Kilima Njaro, 240 



of Ruwenzori, 240 

 Alpine zone, 291 

 Antelope, sable, 67 



Madoqua, 116 



shooting, 139 

 Anthropology of British East Africa — 



Bantu races, 356-351 



circumcision, 351. 352 



classification of African races, 322 



colonisation, 337 



influence of climatic and geological con- 

 ditions, 316-320 



literature, note on, 316 



migrations in East Africa, 362-369 



miscegenation and hybrid races, 319 



Negrillo races, 325-334 



Negro races, 334-351 



Negroid races, 351-356 



prehistoric races, 322-325 



stone implement-using people, 322-325 



See also Abyssinians, Galla, Kikuyu, 

 Masai, Njempsians, Pygmy races, 

 Somali, Suahili, Wa-giriama, Wa- 

 kamba, Wanderobbo, Wa-pokomo, 

 Wa-taita 

 Arabs, wish to buy cartridges, 122 



introduce fruit-trees, 286 



their sense of truth, 123-124 



train Zanzibari, 296 



suffer by suppression of slavery, 379 



Bamboo zone, 290 



jungles of, on Kenya, 167 

 Bantu, distribution of, 335 



group based on language, 336 

 Barometer, a useful, 92 

 Beheading of river valleys, 250, 253-254 

 Belezoni Canal, 31-32 



Birds, of mountain summits, 241, 276 

 of Tana Valley, 276 

 destroyed by drought, 276 

 Borabini, Methodist mission at, 31 ; alarm 



at, 34 

 Botany — 



collections of plants, list of, 389-405 

 flora of British East Africa, 280-295 ; 

 general characters of, 281-282 ; de- 

 fences adopted by, 292-293 

 general distribution, 283-292 

 influence of geology on, 294-295 

 literature of, 230 

 of coast plains, 281, 283-285 

 of foot-hills, 286 

 of mountain forest zone, 290 

 of Nyika, 286-289, 295 

 See also Alpine flora. Bamboo, Bracken, 

 Casuarina, Dragon-tree, Euphorbias, 

 Groundsels, Lobelias, Mangroves, 

 Palms 

 Bracken on Mt. Ndi, 71 

 Bridge built, 115 



British East Africa, exploration of, 7-9 

 British East African Company, 54, 55 

 British East African Association, 54 

 Brussels Convention, 122 

 Buffalo, former abundance of, 265 

 destroyed by disease, 266 

 seen by author, 265 

 Bushmen, affinities of, 333-334 



drawing of Burchell's rhinoceros by, 

 267 



Cairns, ancient, 325 

 Camels, character of, 37 

 Camp regulations at night, 75 

 Casuarina (she-oak), 237, 2B5 

 Cattle-plague, 139, 266 

 Clicks, 328, 331 

 Climate, 370-372 



changes in African, 242, 244 - 246, 

 318 



death-rate, 370-371 



of East Africa, 62 



