SUBJECT INDEX 



421 



Masai, tracks of war-parties, 75-79 



unfriendly behaviour of, at Naivasha, 

 98-105 



war dances, 102 



Wilson attacked by, 72 

 Melanism, a case of, 78 

 Methods of distribution, 257 

 Mimicry, insect, 273-275 

 Mineral resources and predictions, 374- 



376 

 Mohammedanism, Somali, 40, 368 



Suahili form of, 338-339 

 Mombasa, arrival at, 43-46 



departure from, 60 



fort built, 53 



history of, 52-55 



position and scenery, 51-52, 55 



preparations at, 56-59 



return to, 208-209 

 Moraines of Kenya, 168, 177 

 Mountain ascents — 



Etwa, 83 



Givoni, 85 



Kenya, 162-188 



Longonot, 97 



Mbololo or Ndi, 71 



Meza, Kilima, 108 



Mt. Hohnel, 174 



Mwaru, Doenyo lol, 149 



Nyuki, Doenyo, 95 



South arete of Kenya, 179 



Tututha, 85 



Voroni, 200 



West arete of Kenya, 181 

 Mountain forest zone, 290 

 Mountain sickness, 175, 178, 185-188 



National migrations, 333, 337, 346, 347, 



362 

 Negrillo races, 325, 334 

 Negro races, 334-351 



meanings of the term Negro, 335 

 Negroid races, 351-356 

 Ngao, Lutheran mission at, 30, 34 

 Ngurunga or water-holes, 66 

 Nile, former sources of, 259 

 Njemps, arrival at, 117 



famine at, 117-122, 139 



stay at, 11 

 Njempsians, Wa-kauvi or Wa-kwafi, Tig, 



125 



affinities, 355 

 theory of origin, 354 

 Nyika, 222, 223, 224 

 entered, 64 

 flora of, 286-289, 295 

 scenery described, 65 

 See Wa-nyika 



Omo River, problem of, 258 

 Ostriches, 116 



Palms, coco-nut, 284 



date, 285 



Hyphaene, 242, 284 



Palmyra, 284 

 Place-names, native, 87 

 Pokomo. See Wa-pokomo 

 Porter lost, 152 

 Porters, collapse, 169, 183-184, 189 



quarrel with, at Voi, 69 



some of them mutiny, 128-130 



sulk at Bwinzau, 79 

 Portuguese in East Africa, 52-55, 337-338 

 Primitive mountain axis, 222, 223 

 Problems of African exploration, difficulty 



of, 1-2 

 Pronunciation of native names, rule for, x. 

 Proverbs, native, quoted, 11, 17, 47, 88, 



155, 189, 237, 362 

 Puff-adder, 69 

 Pygmy tribes — 



Akka, 332 



ancient reports of, 325-326 



Doko representatives of this group, 

 account of, 329-334 



Negrillo or Negrito? 332-334 



possibly related to Bushmen, 333-334 



reported in British East Africa, 326-328 



Wanderobbo, 328, 331 



wide distribution of, 326 



Rangatan, 222, 224, 225 



flora of, 289 

 Return to Machakos, 204 

 Rhinoceros, two-horned {R. hicornis), no, 

 202 

 adventures with, 113, 270 

 character of, 266, 267 

 habits of, 269 



square-mouthed or Burchell's {R. sirmts), 

 266 ; Bushman drawing of, 267 ; 

 allied species on Laikipia (/?. hohn- 

 7voodi), 267 

 Rift Valley, first view of, 93 



formation of, 220, 231, 233-234 

 history of exploration of, 7-9 

 interest of, 5-6 

 march along, 93-147 

 topography of, 2-6 

 Rills of moon, 6 

 River systems, changes in African, 248- 



262 

 Rudolf, Lake, nearest point reached, 131 

 See Expedition to Lake Rudolf 



Serval, 27 



Settima and Aberdare Mts. , their structure, 



152-155 

 She-oak (Casuarina), 237, 285 

 Siyu, origin of people of, 338 

 Slavery in East Africa, 277-2,^2 

 Snakes, puff-adder collected, 69 

 rash capture of a Dendraspis, 80 



