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INDEX 



Upoto language, 897, 902 

 Usnea lichen. 174, 176 

 Uyoma, 38 



Vale, Wallis, 161, 182, 248 



Vandeleur, Colonel (once Lieutenant), 236 



Victoria Nyanza, 30, 37, 43, 68, 70, 71 et seq. 

 area of, 78, 84 ; unknown parts of, 79 

 depth of, 80; length and breadth of, 84 

 discovery of, 216, 222, 722 ; map of, 222 

 within British sphere, 231 ; commerce of. 

 railway to, 264 ; variations of level, 302 



Victoria, Queen, 219, 248 



Victor/a, SS , 242 



Violet plantain-eater, gee Plantain-cater 



Violets, 28, 168, 319, 330 



Vipers, 409 



Volcanoes, volcanic activity, 6, 177, 189 



Vultures, 192, 397, 402, 828 



Wadelai, 236, 244 



Wailing for the dead, 749 " 



Wakefield, Rev. Mr., 227, 722, 893 



Walled villages, Kavirondo, 209 



Wamala, Lake, 116 



Wanga. Awa-, Lu-, 746, 902 



Ward, Lieutenant, 161 



Ward, Mr. Rowland, 380 



Ware, Awa-, 746 



Wart-hog, 26. 375, 787 



Wasps, 412 



Water in native religious ceremonies, 590 



Waterbuck, 25, 192, 388 



Waterfowl, 128, 129 



Waterhouse, C. 0., 459 



Waterlilies, 81 ; yellow, 81 



Waterspouts, 84 



Wax, 289 



Weapons, sre Spears, Swords, Bows and arrows, 



etc. 

 Weasel (Pfecilogale), 368 



Weaver birds and widow finches, 397, 398, 692 

 Weiwei River, 23 

 Wellby, late Captain. 22, 23, 841 

 Wells, H. G. ("The Time Machine'), 88 



West African flora, 317, 318; Negro, 480, 482, 



546, 636, 899 ; phonology, 886, 888, 899 

 Whale-headed stork, see Balceniceps 

 Wheat, 290 



White ants, see Termites 

 White Fathers, the, 223, 274, 275 

 White man, the, 281 

 " White man's country (colony)," the, 2, 30, 125, 



270, 299 

 Wl itehouse, Commander, see Map No. 3, p. 222 

 Whitehouse, Mr. George, 260 

 AVliyte, Mr. Alexander, 118, 256, 291,292,329, 



364 

 Williams, Colonel (Captain), 233 

 Wilson, Mr. George, 239, 252, 304, 584, 590, 



592, 594, 602. 

 Wilson, Rev. C. T., 329, 682 

 Winton. de, Mr., 237 

 Witch hazels (Tricliocladus), 31, 318 

 Witchcraft, 676, 750, 792 

 Witches, 589; tee also Sorcerer 

 Women, condition of, customs concerning, 



670,691, 728, 737, 778, 7S2, 787, 822, 824, 



878 

 Work of other nations in Africa, 281 

 Worms, 414, 453, 646, 829 

 Wright, Mr., of Kew Herbarium, 329 

 Wylde, Mr. E., 161. 



Xylophone (" amadinda "), 666 



Yala River, 746 



"Yaws," the (Frambcesia), 644 



Yew-trees (Podocarjnis), 24, 31, 318 



Zambezi River, Zambezia, 2, 486 

 Zanzibaris, 197, 215 

 Zanzibar, 197, 224, 231, 269, 270 

 Zebra, 26, 288, 353, 371 ; Grevy's, 19, 288, 353 

 Zlwjxberacece, 100, 2C0, 202 

 Zoological gardens turned loose, a, 26 

 Zulus, Zululand, Zulu language, 213, 278, 486, 

 611, 625, 821 



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