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" Mecklenburg Creek," 86 



Medicines carried by expedition, 6 



Mhoro Falls, we rest at, 79 



Mhungo, Mount, flora of the country 

 round, 128 ; we encamp at, 128 



Mikeno, ascent of, promises to be diffi- 

 cult, 14? ; description of summit of, 

 146 ; difficulties of camping on, 142 ; 

 flora on, 144; fogs on, 147; Kirsch- 

 stein to ascend, 141 ; night tem- 

 perature on, 143 ; our ascent of, 

 145 ; we encounter a storm on, 145 



Mildbraed, Dr., appointed botanist, 3 ; 

 determines to visit the forest of 

 Rugege, 63 ; greets us at Irumu, 

 231 ; leaves Rukarara camp, 73 ; 

 observations of, on formation of 

 Muhawura, 163 ; reports on the 

 flora of Karissimbi, 158-9; returns 

 to Beni, 218; runs short of water 

 in Rugege forest, 75 ; secures a 

 bush-buck, 99 



Milies, Madame, wife of the chef de 

 secteur, 259 



Mogandju, attempt to grow cotton trees 

 at, 262 ; description of, 261 ; we 

 anchor at, 261 ; we leave, 262 



Mohasi, Lake, Dr. Mildbraed's report 

 on flora of district round, 42 ; 

 hippopotami seen in, 42 ; personnel 

 of cornmissariat caravan to, 8 ; 

 Schubotz's report on the fauna of, 

 41 ; study of swamp flora of, 23 ; 

 we arrive at, 39 ; we set out for 

 the west end of, 40 ; we start for, 



38 



Mohasi, West, we send tidings of our 

 arrival to, 40 



Mombasa, courtesy of English authori- 

 ties at, 1 1 ; I journey to, via Naples, 

 2 ; we reach, 11 



Monkey, Batwa bring in a live, 107 ; 

 hunting difficult in Africa, 104 



Monkeys, Batwa method of catching, 

 107 ; specimens of, obtained in 

 Congo forest, 204 



Mountain elephant, perilous adventure 

 with, 134 



Mountains of Ruanda, description of, 

 66 



Mpororo, personnel of commissariat 

 caravan to, 8 : Weiss and Kirsch- 

 stein march off to, 18 



Mposo, River, we catch sight of, 273 



Mpungu, Mount, Weiss and von Wiese 

 determine to construct signalling 

 station on, 30 



Msinga of Ruanda, Sultan, 20 ; am- 

 bassadors from, visit us, 53 ; as a 

 stage manager, 61 ; delivers his 

 presents, 57 ; efforts of, at shoot- 



i ing, 62 ; I receive an invitation to 



visit, 37 ; list of presents of, 58 ; 



my conversation with, 57 ; my 



j presents to, and the interest they 



excited, 59 ; my return visit to, 58 ; 



j we indulge in shooting to please, 



62 ; we take leave of, 63 

 j Mtagata, hot springs at, 18 ; rhino- 

 ceroses seen at, 18 

 , Mtashe, River, we follow the course of 

 the, 128 

 Muansa, journey of Wiese to, 9 

 Muera joins our expedition, 199 

 Mugarura Island, description of, 96 ; 

 we pitch our camp at, 95 ; we 

 rest on, 79 

 Muhawura, flora on, 163 ; Kirschstein's 

 observations on, 163 ; Mildbraed's 

 observations on, 163 

 Mules as mounts, 9 

 Murder, secret, practised in Ruanda, 



48 

 Mutahangarua of Kisiba, Sultan, 14 ; 

 as a beginner in the German lan- 

 guage, 15 ; displays an interest in 

 European matters, 15 



N 



Names, meaning of, among the Batwa, 



133 



Namlagira, breakfast on, 149 ; crater 

 of, 82 ; description of, 147 ; elephant 

 trails discovered on, 149 ; Kirsch- 

 stein descends the crater of, 152 ; 

 Kirschstein keeps meteorological 

 observations of, 154 ; Kirschstein 

 witnesses eruption of, 150; scheitani 

 (devil) supposed to dwell on, 148 ; 

 we start on our ascent of, 147 



Naples, embarkation for Mombasa at, 

 II 



Native dogs, 23 



Ndama, Mount, we explore region 

 round, 32 ; we take up quarters 

 opposite, 29 ; Weiss reports on posi- 

 tion at, 31 



Negro, fatalism of the, 161 



Ngoma, description of, 81 ; we visit, 81 



Ngombe Njama, Dr. Mildbraed goes to, 



233 

 Ngono, River, we reach and cross the, 



Niansa, diverting scene at, 56 ; our 

 arrival at, 55 ; our reception at, 

 55 ; reason for interest of inhabit- 

 ants in our arrival, 55 ; we leave, 

 for eastern bay of Lake Kiwu, 63 ; 



