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SUBJECT INDEX 



Snow-craft, notes on, 185 

 Snow-fields, 291 

 Snow-storm, first, 169 

 Somali, character of, 357-359 



first experience of, 10 



history of, 357 



one runs amuck, 92-93 



raids and encroachment of, 363-366, 369 



the escort prove troublesome, 20, 22, 

 23, 29, 40, 46-47 

 Songs and verses, native, quoted, 51, 107 

 Specific heat and insect coloration, 275-276 

 Spirits, native legends of, 71, 188, 197-198 

 Stone implements, 322-325, Fig. 19 

 Suahili, conflict with Portuguese, 338 



introductions of Arab influence, 337 



language, 339-342 



origin of, 336-337 



religion, 338-339 



supposed sterility in intermarriage, 339 



Taita hill-paths, 70 



Tana, canoeing on, 30, 34-35 



the water turns red, 36 

 Tanganyika, discussion as to outlet from, 



249 

 Temborari or coastal plain, 222 



flora of, 283-285 

 Temperature on Kenya, 176, 182 

 Thika-thika, exploration of, 199-201 

 Topography of Kenya, 171-173 

 Transpiration, methods of reducing, in 



African desert plants, 288 

 Trees, shapes moulded by wind, 293 

 Tsetse-fly, 21, 25 

 Turtle, a water-, 202 

 Tzavo station, 73 



Uganda railway, 63 



necessity for, 365 

 Uganda road, 62, 67, 207 



Volcanic chain, the main, 222, 224 



Wa-daicho, 351 

 Wa-giriama, 351 

 Wa-kamba, arts, 349 



attempt to fire camp, 203 



distribution, 347 



importance of the tribe, 351 



language, 350 



of Iveti, 205 



of Kibwezi, 77 



Wa-kamba, original home, 347, 363 



political system, 348 



religion, 351 



their watch-hill, 81 



useful servants, 376 



wars, 347 

 Wa-kauvi or Wa-kwafi. See Njempsians 

 Wanderobbo, 151, 155 



interest of the tribe, 328, 331 

 Wa-nyika, 351 

 Wa-pokomo, 28 



arts of, 345-346 



character of, 343 



cowardice of, 344 



former greater range, 346 



politics of, 345 



religion of, 344 



songs of, 345 



women, 343 

 Wa-taita, 70, 351, 377 

 Wind, influence on trees, 293 

 Witu, history of, 19 



Somali, mutiny at, 22 



Zanzibar, relations with England, and 



Lord Canning's award, 54 

 Zanzibari, attitude to Somali, 299 



dasturi, respect for, 305-306, 308 



devotion of, 303, 307, 309 



failings of, 304-305 



first experience of, 299-300 



heroes of African exploration, the, 315 



humour of, 309, 311-313 



loads, 170, 308 



mixed race, a, 302-303 



origin of, 296 



proverbs, 11, 17, 237 



psychology of, 314 



record, man with a bad, 312-314 



religion of, 170, 306 



reputation of, 297-299 



tribute to, 209 



uncertainty as sentries, 89, 145 

 Zebras, 139, 140, 199 



use of coloration of, 272 

 Zoology. See chap. xiv. pp. 263 - 279 ; 

 App. C, p. 406 



See also Birds, Buffalo, Camel, Colora- 

 tion, Cony, Crocodile, Distribution, 

 Elephant, Fish, Giraffe, Hippopota- 

 mus, Hyena, Lions, Mammals, 

 Rhinoceros, Snakes 



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