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INDEX 



baobab tree, 45. 



baraza, 298. 



barber at Mombasa, 243. 



bardo kidogo, 160, 161, 173, 188. 



Bargash, Sheik Sayyid, 25. 



Baringo, Lake, M, 210, 213, 217, 218, 

 219, 220, 227, 237, 267. 



bark cloth, 348. 



barracuda, 31. 



bat-eared foxes, 61, 63, 73, 118, 170. 



Battye, Lieut. Colonel Percy, 430; 

 adventure with elephant, 431, 432; 

 arranges, parade, 431. 



Batwa, 341. 



Bauchi, 412, 428. 



Bay of Biscay, sunset on, 13. 



bazaar in Mombasa, 32. 



bear, Nandi, 203, 204. 



beauty parlor, 418, 419. 



Bedouins, 2. 



beer, honey, 71, 315; beer-drinking 

 contest, 367. 



Beira, 24. 



Belgian administration in Congo, 

 329 330. 



Belgian Congo, M, 9, 329, 361, 375; 

 administration of, 329; agricul- 

 ture in, 330; courtesy of natives, 

 358; ferries, 358, 359; fertility of, 

 355; gold mining in, 330; governor 

 general of, 10; flogging in, 329; 

 roads in, 329. 



Belgians, 9; red tape among, 10. 



Benogi, 89, 259; gorge, 284; hiU, 249. 



Berbers, 2, 415. 



betel nuts, 32. 



Betty, 83. 



Birnin Ytiro, 434. 



black boys, 37, 41, 43, 47, 48, 63, 87, 

 104, 105, 112, 116, 124, 129, 145, 

 283, 297, 355, 394, 401, 411, 412, 

 430, 441; at Bousso, 396; killed 

 by lions, 287, 288. 



black leopard, 358. 



black rhinoceros, 40, 63, 228, 322. 



Blangetti, 145, 249. 



blinds, 74, 156, 250, 251. 



blue, into the, 37, 247. 



boatmen, 18. 



Bogangolo, 372. 



boma, 48, 70, 74, 76, 88, 94, 105, 154, 

 158, 251, 259; a night in, 261-263; 

 author's adventure in, 106; au- 

 thor's and Jones' adventure in, 251. 

 252. 



Bomokandi River, 330. 



Bomu River, 364. 



bonito, 31. 



Border River, 248. 



Borroroje, 416. 



Bostock, Mr., 434. 



Bousso, 392, 395. 



bow, 3. 



bracelets, elephemt's hair, 355. 



breeches buoy, 285. 



bridges, danger in crossing, 313 . 



British policy in Nigeria, 415. 



Bronx, 7. 



Brussels, 9. 



buck, 47, 169, 249, 321. 



Bud (Cottar), 55, 56, 60, 63, 72, 82, 



110, 111, 113, 115, 117, 129, 136. 



286, 287, 288. 

 buffalos, 63, 317, 319, 321. 

 bug in ear, 434; bugs, 118. 

 Buganda, 300, 305. 

 buggy ride for Ifi chiefs, 353. 

 Buhot-Launay, Governor, 403, 406, 



408. 

 buildings in Mombeisa, 34. 

 bull-fighting season, 14, 16. 

 bullfrogs, 113. 

 bungalow, 22, 34. 

 bush country, 38. 

 Bushmen: distribution in Africa, 338; 



Heikum, 194; of Kalahari Desert, 



compared with Ifi, 338; of South 



Africa, 341. 

 bush veldt, 288. 

 Busia, 298. 



bustsird, greater, 89, 91. 

 Buta, M, 361, 363; mission at, 361. 

 Butiaba, M, 300, 303. 

 butter, 113, 117. 

 butterflies, 331, 361, 367. 

 Bwana Chi, 191, 210, 213. 



cactus, 130. 



Calabar, 430. 



camel, 27, 33, 398. 



camel's thorn, 90. 



camera, broken, 158. 



Cameroons, 431. 



Camp Miserable, 399. 



Camp Simba, M, 59, 60, 62, 90, 117, 



164, 170, 247, 249, 282, 283. 

 Canal, Suez, 18; hippopotamus, 221. 

 Cannes, 16. 

 Cape: Guardafui, 20. 

 Cape of Good Hope, 24. 

 Capetown, 163. 

 caravan, 36. 

 carpets, 31. 



