INDEX 



Abd Wak tribe, the, 139, 



Abdi Aden, chief, 107, 119. 



Abdul Malik bin Muriani, 31, 41. 



Abdulla tribe, the, 139. 



Abyssinia, raiding parties from, 18, 



Administration, difficulties of, 157. 



Afmadu, 22. 



Agodi, 81. 



Agriculture, impossibility of, 143. 



Ahmed Mugan, chief, 139. 



Albino waterbuck, 216. 



Albino zebra, 216. 



Ambergris, sale of, 42. 



Amu or Lamu, 31. 



Antelopes in Jubaland, 252. 



Arabian or desert camel, 269. 



" Araru" trees, 54. 



Archer, G. F., 18, 128. 



Archer's Post, 279. 



Arnoleh, R. , 25 ; game near, 46. 



Arnoleh district, the, 156. 



Arro dima, swamp near, 263. 



Arroga, 149. 



Arroga, giraffe in, 250. 



Arrola, the, 94, 108, no, 118, 122, 123, 



250. 

 Askaris or police, 65. 

 Athi Plains, the, 116, 255. 

 Aulehan tribe, the, 139. 

 Aylmer, Lieut., 20. 



Baboons, 239. 



Bactrian camel, the, 269. 



Bajun Is., 31. 



" Bal" or feathered head-dress, 151. 



Bath, 290. 



Bearings, taking, 79 ; a novel plan, 128. 



Bedstead, a folding, 289. 



Bhoji, district of, 126. 



Bimaal tribe, the, 140. 



Birds- 

 Duck, 82, 83, 257. 

 Egrets, 203, 215. 



Birds — Francolin, 71, 79, 82, 256. 



Honey-bird, 170. 



Hornbill, 53. 



Marabou storks, 103. 



Teal, 103. 



Vulturine guinea-fowl, 55, 71, 79, 83, 

 256. 



Weaver birds, 133. 

 Bisahu Hamu, the, 25, 164. 

 Biskayia, 138. 

 " Soma," a Somali, 54. 

 Boni tribe, the, 143, 156. 

 Borana boma, a, 227 ; women, 228 ; 

 customs, 228 ; language, 228 ; dress, 

 230 ; ornaments, 231 ; weapons, 

 231 ; cattle-owners, 233. 

 Borana, the, 18. 

 Bow, Borana, 232. 

 Brass horn, history of the, 34. 

 Brava, 28, 42. 



British East Africa, exploration in, 18. 

 Broun, Col., 21, 14, 216. 

 BubalidincB, the, 94. 

 " Buni " or Somali coffee, 74, 152. 

 Burial of a chief, 156. 

 Bush shelters, 209. 

 Bussa Berora, 164. 



Camel, Somali's affection for his, 154. 



Camels, 56, 61 ; duties on, 62 ; crossing 

 the Juba, 63 ; Government allowance, 

 65; "gainda," 120, 174, 177, 268; 

 Arabian or desert, 269 ; Bactrian, 

 269; wild, 270; anatomy, 270; in 

 the U.S.A., 272 ; sickness, 274 ; 

 "firing," 275; baggage and riding 

 C, 275; "aurki" and "Gol" C, 

 275 ; defects, 276 ; characteristics, 

 276. 



Camels, buying, 48. 



Camels, the necessity for, 27. 



Camp scene, a, 66. 



Cana, F. R., 20. 



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