INDEX 



Abdul Aziz, 239. 



Aberdare Range, 75, 155, 156. 



Acacia tree, 39. 



Flowering, 215. 

 African fever, 288, 311. 



Protectorates, dangers of liv- 

 ing in, 17. 



See East Africa, British. 

 Aga Khan, action against, 260, 

 274. 



At Nairobi, 276. 



Descent, 273. 

 Aga Khan's cousin in Zanzibar, 



271, 272, 274. 

 AliC'boy"), 45, 203, 284. 



As interpreter, 49, 68, 112. 



Catching insects, 61. 



Dismissed, 308, 309. 



Greeting, 65. 



History, 49. 

 Ali bin Hamoud, present Sultan, 

 275. 



Children, educated in Eng- 

 land, 253. 



Coverings for carriage, 258. 



Stables, 258. 



Sultana, 253, seq. 

 Ali Seyyid, 244, 245, 246. 



Death, 248. 

 Alijah Kasam Damani, 275. 

 Amedavats, 281. 

 Animals, carved ebony and ivory, 



221. 

 Ants, 143, 284, 290, 291. 



Eaten in Uganda, 145. 



Siafu, 192. 

 Arab-Swahilis, 73. 

 Arabic grammars, 27. 



Arabs, 25. 



Characteristics, 296, seq., 301. 

 Burial, 297, 310. 

 "Dasturi" "he8hima,"297. 



Chiefs, 245. 



Curios, 299, seq. 



Daggers, 298. 



Silver work, 299, 300. 



Two parties in Mombasa, 23. 

 Ashes, uses of, 81. 



B 



Baboon, 58, 136. 



Bamboo forest, 128, 154, 158, 216. 

 Bananas, 38, 39, 224. 

 Bantu language, 103. 

 Baobab trees, 289. 

 Barawa, 243. 



Barghash Seyyid, 23, 239, 240, 

 241. 



Death, 244. 



Visit to England, 242. 

 Baringo, Lake, 210. 

 Baruku (Mbaruku), type of a good 

 SwahiU servant, 28-30, 152, 

 161, 186, 203, 291, 299, 309. 



Costume, 45. 



Elastic religion, 60, 174. 



Wives, 53. 

 Bats, 291. 

 Bedr bin Self, 238. 

 Bees, wild, 87. 

 Beetles, 291. 

 Blackwater fever, 294. 

 Boer encampment, 178. 

 Bombay, fire temples, 268. 



Parsis in, 269, 261, 262. 

 Bowie (Turtle) Island, 304. 

 Boyce, Mr., 271. 



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