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Virgin forest, in the shade of the, 238 



Virunga, region of, worlc of German 



Congo Boundary Commission in, 



III ; volcanic group, description of, 



hi; volcanoes, 82 



Visitors' book on Ulimbi, 216 



Visit to the sultan's mother at Gera, 



\ isits to grand sultans, 14 



" Volcanic embryos," Kirschstein dis- 

 covers, 154 



Volcanic group, the Virunga, hi 



Volcanic region, 11 1 ; elephant hunt 

 in, 124 ; Kirschstein completes bis 

 labours in, 164 ; lava caverns in, 

 119; result of Kirschstein's re- 

 searches in, 155 



Volcanoes in Virunga region, 112 



VV 



Wabundu and Wangilima tribes, our 

 oarsmen recruited from, 252 



Wahaia, comparison of, with Wassu- 

 kuma, as bearers, 9 ; recruiting 

 bearers from the, 9 



Wahaia carriers, we dismiss our, 80 



Wahutu, the, accept friendly overtures, 

 84 ; adopt warlike attitude to 

 Weiss 's party, 84 ; primitive in- 

 habitants of Ruanda, 47 



Waldener, Professor, consultation with, 

 2 



Wall, we embark on the, 275 



Wambutti, a nomadic tribe, 201 ; de- 

 scription of dance of, 230 ; general 

 characteristics of, 200 ; large camp 

 of, at Salambongo, 229 ; poisoned 

 arrows of, 200 ; ugliness of the 

 women of, 200; we get in touch 

 with pygmies of, 200 ; we secure 

 photographs and measurements of, 

 230 ; we watch the dancing of the, 

 230 



Wangilima, dress of the, 257 ; oarsmen 

 recruited from, 252 



Wangwana, or Arabises, description of, 

 240 



Wanjaruanda, clans of, and their 

 totems, 49 



Waronda and Wasongora, shyness of 

 people of, 182 



Wasongora, Raven undertakes special 

 work in, 193 



Wassukuma bearers, comparison of, with 

 Wahaia, 9 ; engaging, 9 



Water, peculiar qualities of, at Rut- 

 schuru, 169 



Watuales, descent of, 48 ; effects of a 

 gramophone performance on the, 

 bi 



Watussi, the, high degree of civilisation 

 among, 50 ; immigration of, 47 ; 

 laughter not "good form" among, 

 61 ; physique of, 48 ; pictures taken 

 of sports of, 59 ; remarkable high 

 jumping of, 59 ; remarkable skill 

 of, in javelin throwing, 61 ; take 

 best advantage of climatic condi- 

 tions, 50 ; we encounter, 38 ; we 

 witness dances of, 60 



Wau Island, description of, 97 ; fauna 

 of, 98 ; flora of, 97 ; our departure 

 from, 100 ; we visit, 97 



Weber, Lieutenant, we meet, at Kio- 

 god6, 221 



Weidemann, appointed to the expedition, 

 3 ; conducts caravan to Kissenji, 

 178 ; falls in with a buffalo, 38 ; 

 I hunt crocodiles with, 223 ; secures 

 a bull elephant, 125 



Weiss, Lieutenant, appointed to the 

 post of topographer and mathema- 

 tician, 3 ; desires to go to Kan- 

 jousa, 22 ; determines to construct 

 signally station on Mount Mpungu, 

 30 ; falls ill in Congo forest, 205 ; 

 joins us at Kissenji, 83 ; meets with 

 an adventure, 29 ; remains behind 

 to adjust the scientific instruments, 

 16; reports an adventure, 29; re- 

 ports on his journey from Mohasi 

 to Kissenji, 83 ; returns to Euro{>e, 

 206 ; sees rhinoceroses at Mtagata 

 and Karagwe, 18; starts off on 

 surveying and geological pursuits, 

 85 ; starts to continue topography 

 of volcanic region, 140 



White ants, or termites,, strange 

 erections of the, 245 



White Fathers of the Marienberg 

 Station, greeting the, 13 



" White Spot," surveying the, 31 



Wiese and Kaiserwaldau, Lieutenant 

 von, bags two baboons, 244 ; 

 brings down three rhinoceroses, 18 ; 

 excellent plan of, for detecting 

 loafers, 15 ; first European to climb 

 Mount Sabinjo, 126 ; health of, 

 affected by change of temperature, 

 221 ; leaves Daressalam for Mom- 

 basa, 4 ; meeting with, at Lake 

 Mohasi, 39 ; my first meeting 

 with, 2 ; planning my expedition in 

 conjunction with, 2 ; suffers from 

 fever, 40 



Winifred, journey of Wiese in, 9 



Wintgens, Lieutenant, falls in with a 

 herd of buffaloes, 38 ; kills a lion. 



