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tribes of, 129-30; difficulty in taking 

 measurements of, 132 ; of Bugoie 

 forest, height of, 129 ; of Kwid- 

 schwi, height of, 130 ; of Ruwen- 

 zori, height of, 130 



Baudelet, Captain, chef de zone, at 

 Rutschuru, 169 



Bawira, characteristics of the, 225 ; 

 villages of the, description of, 225 



Bearers, engaging, from the Wassu- 

 kuma, 9 ; mode of payment of, 22 ; 

 recruiting from the Wahaia, 9 ; 

 reprehensible behaviour of, at 

 Kwidschwi, 102 



Bees at Katschuri, 52 



Beni, description of, 196 ; composition 

 of commissariat to, 8 ; forest of, 

 birds and lepidoptera of, 199 ; hail- 

 storm at, 198 ; industries of, 196 ; 

 smuggling prevalent at, 197 ; we 

 arrive at, 196 ; we return to, by a 

 circuitous route, 206 ; we start on 

 a fourteen days' excursion to the 

 forest of, 199 



" Bergfrieden," 76 



Beringe, von, investigations of, in 

 Virunga region, in 



Berlin, my departure from, 10 



Berlin Zoological Museum, advice from 

 authorities of, induces me to visit 

 eastern shores of Lake Victoria, i 



Bernstein, Mr., greets us at Irumu, 231 



Bethe, investigations of, in Virunga 

 region, in 



Biological peculiarities of Congo forest, 

 249 



Bisteau, M., accompanies us from 

 Mogandju, 262 



Boats, description of, on Lake Kiwu, 

 91 ; our fleet of, on Lake Kiwu, 78 



Boehm, Dr. Richard, loi 



Boguma, crocodiles found at, 223 ; de- 

 scription of, 223 ; intense heat at, 

 223 ; we camp at, 222 



Boisac, M., chef de paste, receives us 

 at Kasindi, 183 



Bolero, Lake, description of, 120; pre- 

 parations for trip to, 85 ; we start 

 for, 120 



Boma, arrival at, 274 ; description of, 

 274 ; negro band at, 275 



Bomili, arrival at, 256 



Bosobangi, arrival at, 253 



Botanical apparatus carried by expedi- 

 tion, 5 



Botanical purposes, Mildbraed and Schu- 



botz visit Buddu forest for, 17 

 Botanical results of the expedition, 279 

 Botanical specimens, use of firearms to 

 obtain, 73 



Botanist, Dr. Mildbraed appointed, 3 ; 

 our, breaks into poetry, 109 



Boyton, Lieutenant, joins us at Bunya, 

 226 



Brake ferns on Peak of Ssekera, 67 



Branca crater, the, 157 



Branca, Professor, consultation with, 2 



Brazzaville, a visit to, 272 



Bright, Colonel, welcomes us on our 

 visit to the British Commission, 

 221 



British Commission on the Semliki, we 

 visit the, 221 



Brauer, Professor, consultation with, 2 



Buanja, Dr. Czekanowski rejoins us at, 

 16; cave picture at, 16 



Buddu forest, Mildbraed and Schubotz 

 visit German portion of, for zoolo- 

 gical and botanical purposes, 17 



Buddu territory, we enter, 18 



Buffalo, Batwa knowledge of haunts 

 of, 133 ; Batwa method of captur- 

 ing, 133; of the Congo State, 176; 

 Raven badly injured by, at Ka- 

 sindi, 205 ; Raven successful in 

 killing, 133 ; we hunt the, for five 

 days, 37 ; VVeidemann falls in with 

 a, 38 



Buffaloes, a real El Dorado of, 36 ; 

 we fail to shoot, 18 ; we receive 

 tidings of a herd of, 17 ; Wintgens 

 falls in with a herd of, 38 



Bukoba, benefits of European power 

 in, 47 ; enthusiastic send-off from, 

 14 ; I order indispensable part of 

 our goods to, 7 ; our arrival at, 12 ; 

 our departure from, for the interior, 

 14 ; province, fine roads in, 17 ; we 

 exchange greetings with sultans 



at. 13 



" Bulamatari " (Stanley), recollected by 

 Dedoye, 224 



Bunya, Lieutenant Boyton, joins us at, 

 226 



Biir germeister, we embark on the, 11 



Burunga, we encamp at, 141 



Butagu, Mildbraed reports on the ad- 

 vance through the Valley of the, 

 210; Valley of the, description of, 

 210; flora of, 210 et seq. 



Bush-buck, Mildbraed secures a, 99 ; 

 seen on Wau Island, 98 



Busuenda, altitude of, 168 



Butterflies in the Kwidschwi forest, 107 



Camping quarters on the Irumu-Stan- 

 leyville route, description of, 239 



