INDEX 



" Boys," oddities, 61, 139. See 

 also under names of tribes, 

 etc. 

 Bridges, 153. 

 Buffaloes, water, 258. 

 Bunda Abbas, 297. 

 Bungalows, 18, 20. 

 Burglars, 63. 

 Bushbuck, 163, 188, 216. 



Bark, 197. 

 Bustard, 68. 

 Bustard (greater), 1 72. 

 Butterflies, 143. 

 Bweni, 293. 



Camels, 286. 



Caterpillars, 92, 142. 



Cats, 286. 



Cattle,, 79, 258. 



Cave, Basil, Consul-General, 250, 



255, 258, 275. 

 Cave, Mrs., 229, 250, 255. 

 Centipede, 282. 

 Chickens, 145, 202. 



In Zanzibar, 222. 

 Christmas presents, 69, 184. 

 Chukwani, palace at, 243, 285. 

 Chumbi Island, 303, 304. 

 Chwaka, health resort, 217, 288, 

 seq., 302. 



Bathing, 290. 



Bay, 290. 



Fishing, 290, 291. 

 Chwani, Sultan's palaces at, 217. 

 Cingalese jewellers, 220. 

 Cinnamon, 295. 

 Civet cat, 279. 



Clove picking, 293, 296, 309. 

 Cloves, woods of, 217. 

 Cockroaches, 144, 283. 

 Cocoanut palms, 38, 39, 212, 301. 



Salad, 222. 

 Connaught, Duke and Duchess of, 



visit Nairobi, 88. 

 Coolies, 68. 



Kikuzu, 139. 

 Cowries, 291. 

 Crabs, 283, 291. 

 Crescent Island, 175. 



Crows, 282. 



As scavengers, 219. 

 Curios, 299, seq. 



Dances, native, 259. 

 Dar-es-Salaam, 311. 

 Deaths and burial, 232. 

 Dhobie's itch, 231. 

 Din, India, 261. 

 Dinner-party difficulties, 54. 

 Divers, boy, 213. 

 Dogs, 31, 287. 



Wild, 41, 165. 

 Donkeys, Muscat, 285. 

 Donyo Sabuk, 96. 

 Dressmaker, a native, 59. 

 Duck, 177. 

 Dunga, 289, 292. 



Experimeatal garden, 294. 



Haunted house, 292, 293. 

 Dust storms, 59. 



East- Africa, British : — 



Beauty of highlands, 215. 



Books on, 17. 



Government bungalows, 18, 



20. 

 Not a country for white 



women, 312. 

 Settlers in, 312. 

 Eland, 199. 

 Elephants : — 

 Chase, 130. 



Officer's escape from. 137. 

 Tracks, 119, 124, 127, 157, 

 158, 167. 

 Elephantiasis, 230. 

 Elgunoni tribe, 83. 

 Elliot, Sir Charles, on Zanzibar, 



215. 

 Exercise and games, 99. 



Famines, 78, 103, 104. 



Figs, 289. 



Fire-worshippers, 268. 

 Fleas, plague of, 67. 



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