INDEX 



Aberdare ranges, 231, 319. 



Abutilon, a flowering shrub on which 

 elephant feed, 262. 



Africa, British East, i; English rule in, 

 103, 104; healthy climate of, 126; fut- 

 ure of, 145; spring in, 233; preserva- 

 tion of elephant in, 242; missionary 

 work in, 374, 375. 



Africa, East, growth and development 

 f> 34, 35; natives of, 36, 37. 



Africa, German East, 39. 



Akeley, Carl, 58, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350. 



Akeley, Mrs., 346, 350. 



Ali, the tent boy, 277, 278, 337. 



Allen, Mr., 351. 



American flag, 17, 83, 375. 



American Mission Stations, 102, 104; 

 Industrial, 146, 147, 369; Mission at 

 Sobat, visit to, 463. 



Antelope, 47, 126, 275; roan antelope, 



3 2 9 33, 33 2 > 442. 

 Ants, 367, 390; damage done by, 435; 



driver ants, 435. 

 Arabs, 277, 278. 



Ardwolf (a miniature hyena), 286. 

 Askaris, or native soldiers, 18, 85. 

 Asser, Colonel, 444. 

 Athi Plains, 42. 

 Attenborough, Messrs., 210. 



Baboons, 218, 219. 

 Bahima herdsmen, 380, 381. 

 Bahr el Ghazal, 460. 

 Bahr el Zeraf, 461. 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, 63. 

 Bakhari, a gun-bearer, 276; ostriches de- 

 scribed by, 278; 337. 

 Banana plantation, 261. 

 Bateleur eagle, the, 382. 

 Bats, 306, 398, 399. 

 Beetles, Goliath, 390. 



Belgian Government, courtesy of, 396. 



Belgian troops, soldiers of, 445, 446. 



Birds, 32, 33; honey bird, 108, 196, 197; 

 extraordinary habit of, 340, 341, 344; 

 whydah finches, 132, 133, 144, 158; 

 "lily trotters," 211; wealth of bird 

 life, 211, 216, 220, 221; water birds, 

 224, 225, 228, 289, 341, 382, 389, 390, 

 39i, 397, 4S, 46, 434, 435; wagtails, 

 443, 464, 468. 



Bishops in Africa. See Hanlon, Streicher, 

 Tucker. 



Black water fever, 453. 



Boar, 205. 



Boers, the, 37, 38, 39, 40; identity of 

 interest between Britons and, 41, 114, 



352, 353- 

 Bondoni, 37, 81. 

 Bongo, 364, 365, 366. 

 Borani caravan, a, 283. 

 Botha, Mr., 352. 

 Boyle, Mr., 371. 



Brandy, moderate use of, 464, 465. 

 Brooks, Mr., 351. 

 Browne, Mr., District Commissioner, 



234- 



Buffalo, 58, 128, 133, 134, 135; et seq., 

 244; bulls, 287; disease wiped out 

 herds of, 288, 289, 307, 308, 309, 429, 

 430; great muscular power of, 431. 



Bulpett, Mr., 108. 



Burroughs, John, 340. 



Bushbuck, 230, 275, 339, 343, 383, 419, 

 420. 



Bustard, 191, 285, 419; great bustard, 



139, J 9S- 

 Butiaba, 392. 

 Butler Bey, 444. 

 Buxton, Edward North, 3; books on 



sport of, 327, 328. 

 "Bwana," Swahili title of, 102, 438. 



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