INDEX 



Pariah dogs, 278. 



Paroquets, 281. 



Parrots, 150. 



Parsis in Zanzibar, 259, 261, seq. 



Characteristics, 264. 



Marriages, 269, 274. 



Origin, 261. 



Priests' dress, 266. 



Professions, barristers' dress, 

 263. 



Religion, 268. 



Tea-party with, 271. 



Towers of silence, 262. 



Wedding, 265. 



Women's and children's dress, 

 264. 

 Pears, avocardo, 223. 

 Pelicans, 177. 



Pemba Island, 243, 245, 309. 

 Persians in Eiast Africa, 292. 

 Pets, 61, 86, 114, 202, 280. 

 Philomel, H.M.S., 250. 

 Photography in Nairobi, 74. 

 Pig, wild, 59, 200, 281. 

 Pig-sticking. 210. 

 Pigeons, 150. 

 Pineapples, 224. 

 Plague at Nairobi, 51, 89. 

 Plague, story of, 234. 

 Plains, 97. 



Poison for arrows, 179. 

 Portal, Sir Gerald, 246. 

 Porters, 200. 



Lack of, 149,157, 161, 186. 



Troublesome, 152, 156, 159, 

 167. See also Kikuyu por- 

 ters. 

 Prickly heat, 233. 

 Prison Island, 288, 303. 

 PuflF adders, 142. 

 "Pups," fox-terrier, 114. 



Death, 148. 

 Python, 281. 



Race meetings, 97, 98. 

 Racoon, H.M.S., 251. 

 Raikes, Brigadier-General A. 

 246. 



S., 



Rains, 68. 



Tropical, 153. 

 Ramathan, 65, 298. 

 Rats, 291. 



Rhino-bird, 190, 193. 

 Rhinos, 134. 



Adventure with, 210. 



Chase, 189, 191, 193. 



Shooting, 168, 192, seq. 



Tracks, 125. 

 Rickshaws, 44. 

 Rinderpest, 78. 

 Rogers, A. S., 246. 



Regent, 253. 

 Roses, 215. 



Safari fare, 127. 

 Said, Seyyid, 238. 



Brought Court to Zanzibar, 



23, 293. 

 Possessions divided, 239. 

 Saidi, native orderly, 117, 121, 



123, 149, 152, 154, 157, 165, 



171, 174. 

 St. George, H. M.S., 251. 

 Salim, Seyyid, 238, 248. 

 Salme, princess, her romance, 



240. 

 Samburn, 39. 

 Sanjan, 262. 

 Sapphires, 220. 

 Scent, 36. 

 Sea-serpent, 177. 

 Settima Hills, 118, 155, 189. 

 Seyyid, the term, 245. 

 Shaddocks, 223. 

 Sheep and goats, 79. 

 Shells, 291. 

 Sherif Ishak, 310. 

 Sherif Msa, Zanzibar, 217. 

 Shimba Hills, 38. 

 Shops, 25. 



"SikuKuu," 65, 298. 

 "Silly bird," 39. 

 Simba Station, 41. 

 Slave trade, abolition of, 241. 



Efforts to suppress, 244, 247. 

 , Slaves, freed, 248. 

 I Slaves, not claiming freedom, 247. 



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