Index 



291 



we receive a present of fresh 

 vegetables at, 62 



Niawarongo, delay in crossing the, 

 76; Mildbraed's description of 

 scenery to the south of, 65 ; we 

 encamp on the banks of the, 77 ; 

 we reach, 54 



Nile, source of the, abandoning my 

 intention of reaching, from Lake 

 Tschad, 2 



Ninagongo, Mount, 112; a shower of 

 hail on, 116; considered by natives 

 to be bewitched, 116; description 

 and history of spirits of, 117; 

 difficulties of travelling on, 118; 

 flora of, 113; vengeance of, 116; 

 we encamp on, 115 



Nirahindi, River, description of scenery 

 around, 75 



Njama Kasana, Schubotz and I under- 

 take an excursion to, 191 



Njerubanga, Mount, we observe Wiese's 

 caravan on summit of, 29 



Nouvelle Anvers, arrival at, 270 ; 

 sleeping sickness prevalent at, 270 



Nsambura, Grawert returns to, 121 



Nsoga, consumption of, 48 



Oarsmen, drowning of, in Lake Kiwu. 

 03 ; recruited from Wabudu and 

 Wangilima tribes, 252 



Okapi, little known of the habits of, 

 203 ; Sir Harry Johnston and the, 

 202 ; Major Powell Cotton, and 

 his chase of the, 202 ; skins and 

 skeletons obtained at Irumu, Sin- 

 dano and Songola, 203 ; zone of 

 the, 201 



Oppression of Congo forest, 241 



Orangi and Boledi, Rivers, our wander- 

 ings through the districts watered 

 by the, 2 



Ornithological wealth of I^ake Albert 

 Edward, 178 



Otter skins used as tobacco pouches, 95 



Otters in Lake Kiwu, 94 



Panga, arrival at, 258 ; imposing catar- 

 act at, 258 



Parisch, von, investigations of, in 

 Virunga region, 11 1 



Patalongo, liane plantation at, 261 



Payment of bearers, mode of, 22 



Peak of Ssekera, 67 



Personal material, list of, carried by 

 expedition, 7 



Pfeil, Count Giinther, 2 



Photographic plates, loss of, at Yam- 

 buya, 260 



Photographs, of crocodiles secured at 

 Boguma, 223 ; of eruptions of 

 Namlagira, 151 



Photo-theodolite, first time of using, in 

 Africa, 22 



Plankton, Schubotz discovers an abund- 

 ance of, 41 



Plantation at Barumbu, 267 



Podocarpus seen in the valley of the 

 Schampf, 74 



" Pointing the teeth," a sign of canni- 

 balism, 182 



Pombe, guide rendered incapable bv, 

 84 



Power of Germany, manifestation of, 

 12 



Preparation for the journey, i 



Punishment for unfaithful women, 83 



Pygmy hunters, Batwa, famous, 104 



Quadingo, we pass the station of, 226 



Rains, torrential, at Mikeno, 142 



Rainy season, Wambutti hunt the okapi 

 in the, 203 



Raven, Dr. von, appointed bacteriolo- 

 gist and doctor, 3 ; badly injured by 

 buffalo at Kasindi, 205 ; compelled 

 to swim the Rutschuru River, 175 ; 

 meets with accident at Kasindi, 

 184 ; meets with unpleasant ex- 

 perience, 121 ; returns to Europe, 

 206 ; sets out with Mildbraed to 

 study flora and examine hai^matosis 

 of inhabitants round Lake Mohasi, 

 23 ; successful in killing a buffalo, 

 133 ; undertakes special work in 

 Wasongora, 193 



" Rebecca," 244 ; we procure a husband 

 for, 244 



Reed-buck, 174 



Report of Mildbraed's expedition to 

 Rugege forest, 64 



Researches in volcanic region, results 

 of Kirschstein's, 155 



" Rest days " in camp, 21 



Results of the expedition, 277 ; surprise 



