SUBJECT INDEX 



419 



Colobus monkey, 166 ; use of its colora- 

 tion, 272 



Coloration, influence of specific heat, 273 

 protective, of Colobus monkey, 272 ; of 

 zebra, 272; of insects, 272-275 



Concord in Suahili, 340 



Cony [Hyrax or Procavia), 168 



Coral rocks of Mombasa Island, 55 



Cost of expeditions, 57 



Crabs, land, 155 



Crocodile, 115, 126, 133, 263; danger 

 and power of, 277-279 ; size of, 278 



Crocodile River (Palestine), 252 



Dagoreti, history of fort, 'j^, 91 

 Darwin's comparison of African and South 



American mammals, 264 

 Dead Sea, former outlet from, 256-262 

 Deserter found, 69 

 Disease, animals destroyed by, 266 

 Distribution, Biological — 



Abyssinian moUuscan fauna, 260 

 apparently contradictory evidence of 

 different groups, 238 ; explanation 

 thereof, 238-239 

 Cameroonian sub-region, 241 

 Dead Sea birds and butterflies, 260-261 ; 



plants, 261 

 Ethiopian fish fauna, its remarkable 

 distribution, 248-251 ; explanation of, 

 255-262 

 importance of fresh-water fish, 248-249 

 influence of glacial climates, 242-246 

 mountain floras, two types of, 247 

 problems of distribution, 237-262, 294, 



295 

 Red Sea and Mediterranean faunas, re- 

 lations of, 251-253 ; explanation of 

 differences, 252-255 

 Sinai flora, Ethiopian affinities of, 262 

 Wallace and Haacke's theory of northern 

 origin of life, 245-247 

 Doko. See Pygmy tribes 

 Dragon-tree [Draccvna), 196, 289 

 Drill, Zanzibari, 74 

 Drought, animals destroyed by, 268 



East Africa, economic products of, 373- 



374 



economic prospects of, 373-383 



Scottish Mission, 76-78, 205-206 

 Eclipse of sun, a hidden, and its conse- 

 quences, 84 

 Eggs, the native view of, 82 

 Elephants, a long chase after, 264 



damage done by, 271 



migrations of, 264 



paths on Kenya, 167 



tracks of, 157 

 El Satt^, ridge of, 257-258 

 Erythrean River assumed, 257-262 

 Esdraelon Gap, its origin, 253-255 



Euphorbias, two types of, 288 

 Expedition to Lake Rudolf — 



advance guard sent to N'gatana, 26 



aims of, 15-17 



change of plan, 13 



conference at Witu, 32 



equipment, 16-17 



first march, 18 



lands at Lamu, 14 



leader leaves it, 38 



returns to Mombasa, 43-46 



troubles at Witu and Fungozambo, 

 22-25 



warned not to approach Juba, 43 



watched by Fumo Omari, 30, 42 



Famine at Njemps, 117-122, 139 



dear food, 144 



plans considered in consequence, 143- 

 144 

 Faults, referred to, 93 



defined, 409 

 Fire camp, attempt to, 202 

 Fire-sticks, competition with, 201 

 Fish fauna, the Ethiopian — 



explanation suggested, 255-259 



Gunther's theory of its origin, 249-250 



its distribution and occurrence in Pales- 

 tine, 248-251 

 Fish of Kibwezi, 78 

 Flamingoes, 108, 276 

 Flata, colonial habit, 273-276 

 Foot-hills, flora of, 286 



of Kamasia, march across, 137 



of Laikipia, 149 



zone of, 222 

 Foot plateau, 224 

 Ford, an awkward, 85 



of Athi, 90 



of Karati, ig6 



of Malewa, 105-106 



of Tana, ig8 



of Thika-thika, 201 



of Voi, 69 • 

 Forest belt of Kenya, 166-168 

 Fossils in East Africa, 60 



accumulations of bones, 268 



Galla, 356 



history of, 367-369 



numbers of, 368 

 Geology — 



Archean series, 227 



Block Mountains, 220-221 



Carboniferous series, 64, 65, 228 



comparative sequence, 225, 226 



Deccan Traps, 216 



Doenyan series, 231, 235 



earth-movements, recent date of, 221 ; 

 influence of. on the people, 318 



eruj^tions, three types of, 2x9 



fissure eruptions, 215-219 



