INDEX 



Small-pox, 78. 

 Snails, gigantic, 283. 

 Snake, 67, 70, 281. 

 Soraalis, 25. 



As hunters and servants, 60, 

 309. 



Interpreter, 174. 

 Sparrow, H.M.S., 250, 251. 

 Spices, 295. 

 Spiders, 284. 

 Spitting, 80. 

 Sports, 306. 

 Spur-fowl, 150. 

 Stick insects, 145. 

 Stinging nettles, 75. 

 Stony Athi, 41. 

 Stordy, Mr., 62, 148. 

 Sultan bin Ahmed, Imaura of 



Oman, 237- 

 Sultan, the term, 245. 

 Sultana, interviews with, 256. 

 Suwani, 252. 

 Swahili, 24, 25. 



"Boys," 28. 



Characteristics, 30-34. 



Clothing, 34. 



Descent, 30. 



Music and dancing, 36. 



Occupations, 33. 



Relations, 33. 



Religion, 31. 



Women's dress or ornaments, 

 34-36. 

 Swallows, 281. 



Tanaland, 310. 



Tanga, Arab tombs at, 310. 



Tanganyika, Lake, 225. 



Tetanus, 79. 



Tew, Mr., 149, 150. 



Thorn, "wait a bit," 39. 



Thrush, H.M.S., 250, 251. 



Thuwaini, 239. 



Tick fever, 62. 



Ticks, 57, 79, 287. 



Tippoo Tib, Hamed bin Muham- 



med, his career, 225. 

 Tommy, British Central Africa boy, 



61 n., 63, 86. 



Tourmalines, 220. 



Towers of silence, 262. 



Trade with liner passengers, 213. 



Trolleys, 19, 24, 25. 



U 



Uganda Railway, journey on, 38, 



seq. 



Vanilla fruit, 295. 



Vasco da Garaa, 22. 



Vegetables in Zanzibar, 222. 



Vegetation, 38. 



Voi, 40. 



Voyage home, 311. 



Vultures, 165, 211, 262, 263. 



W 



Wahadimu, 292, 293. 



Cattle and goats, 294. 



Fishermen, 294. 



Huts, 292. 



" War drums " and horn, 294. 

 Wakamba tribe, 26, 109. 



"Boys," 71. 



Chicken farmers, 110. 



Customs, 110. 



Food, 112. 



Witchcraft, 111. 

 Wakikuyu, 27, see Kikuyu. 

 Walker, Mrs., 18. 

 Wandarobo game traps, 158. 

 War dance, 88. 

 Ward, Captain, 282. 

 Warsherk, 243. 

 Water in Nairobi, 120. 

 Water-birds, 176. 

 Water carriers, women, 226. 

 Water lilies, blue, 39, 177. 

 Waterbuck, 197, 121, 123, 150, 

 152, 165, 166, 174, 176, 188. 



Good to eat, 160 (impala). 



Tracks, 157. 

 Weapons of war, 82. 

 Weavers' nests, 39. 

 Wedding, Parsi, 265. 

 Wildebeeste (gnu), 41. 



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