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Index 



Derche, Belgian Commandant of Rus- 

 sisi-Kiwu territory, arrives at 

 Kissenji to greet us, 140; our re- 

 ception by, at Beni, 196 



Devastation of forests, deplorable, 68 



Discipline, need for, in dealing with 

 natives of Africa, 166 



Djamba, arrival at, 257; avoiding the 

 cataracts at, 257 ; description of, 

 257 ; startled by the headman of, 



257 

 Dogs, European, smitten by coastal 



fever, 23 ; I procure native, 23 

 Ducker (small antelope) seen at Katojo, 



19 

 Dufays, Father, visit from, at Niansa, 



62 

 Dynamite, experiments with, for fishing 



purposes, 89, 230 

 Dysentery fatal to many Europeans at 



Basoko, 264 



Eala, arrival at, 270 ; description of, 

 271 



Eland, I bring down an, 24 



Elands, troop of, Wintgens and I ob- 

 serve, 24 



El Dorado of buffaloes, a real, 36 



Elephant, exciting adventure with an, 

 188-9 ; hunt in the volcanic region, 

 124; hunt on the Semliki, 186; 



I kill an, 124 ; I photo an injured, 

 187 ; mountain, perilous adventure 

 with, 134 ; trails, we come across, 

 at great heights, 123 ; Wiese con- 

 tributes a dwarfed variety of, 204 



Elephants, dimensions of, 125 ; killing 



of, forbidden west of Ruwenzori, 



220 ; on the Ituri, 255 

 Engh, Commandant, 232 ; leaves us at 



Bomili, 256 

 Engler, Professor, consultation with, 2 

 English authorities, courtesy of, at 



Mombasa, 11 

 English steam-launch, my journey in, 2 

 Entebbe, I order larger part of our 



goods to, 7 ; our entertainment at, 



II ; the seat of the Government of 

 Uganda, 11 ; value of rice at, 8; 

 we arrive at, 11 



Eruption, Kirschstein obtains photo- 

 graphs of, 151 ; Kirschstein wit- 

 nesses, at Namlagira, 150 

 Etapes, Belgian, comfort of, 141 

 Etiquette, African potentates keen on 

 points of, 14 



Ethnological-anthropological results of 

 the expedition, 281 



Ethnological apparatus carried by ex- 

 pedition, 5 



Ethnologist, Dr. Czekanowski ap- 

 pointed, 3 



Euphorbium steppe seen at Katojo, 19 



Europe, we despatch specimens to, 20 ; 

 work in connection with expedition 

 in, 10 



European hunters, licence from Brussels 

 necessary for, in Congo State, 186 



European lady, our first meeting with, 

 for a twelvemonth, 259 



Europeans, illness of, at Beni, 206 



Expedition, botanical results of the, 279 ; 

 ethnological-anthropological results 

 of the, 281 ; geological results of 

 the, 278 ; results of the, 277 ; 

 topographical results of the, 278 ; 

 zoological results of the, 280 



Farinelli, Father Superior, our reception 

 by, at St. Gustave, 195 



Fatalism of the negro, 161 



Fatality on the Ituri, 254 



Fauna, of Congo, 268 ; of Lake Kiwu, 

 88 ; of Lake Luhondo, 120 ; of Lake 

 Mohasi, Schubotz's report on, 41 ; of 

 Rutschuru Plain, 170; of Semliki 

 Plain, 221 ; on our way to Ruwen- 

 zori, 206 



Fever, Wiese suffers from, 40 



Ficus, fine specimens of, met with in 

 Ruanda, 51 



Fire, driving lions from their lair by, 

 177 ; at Kissenji, 8i 



Firearms, use of, to obtain botanical 

 specimens, 73 



Fireworks, thrilling display of natural, 

 190 



Fishing, experiments with dynamite 

 for, 89, 230 ; mode of, at Banalia, 

 250 



Flandre, the, 263 ; description of, 265 



Floating village of Katanda, 179 



Flora, Dr. Mildbraed's report on, round 

 Lake Mohasi, 42 ; of Congo forest, 

 compared, 249 ; of Ruanda moun- 

 tains, 67 ; on Muhawura, 163 ; on 

 our way to Ruwenzori, 206 



Fogs on Mikeno, 147 



Food, diflFiculty of obtaining through 

 rebellion of Kisliwombo, 20 



Forests, devastation of, 68 



