INDEX 



Aberdare ranges, 277, 373. 



Abutilon, a flowering shrub on which 

 elephant feed, 312. 



Africa, British East, i; English rule in, 

 120, 121 ; healthy climate of, 148; fut- 

 ure of, 173; spring in, 278; preserva- 

 tion of elephant in, 288; missionary 

 work in, 432, 433. 



Africa, East, growth and development 

 of, 42; natives of, 44. 



Africa, German East, 48. 



Akeley, Carl, 67, 399, 400, 401, 403, 404. 



Akeley, Mrs., 399, 404. 



Ali, the tent boy, 332, 390. 



Allen, Mr., 404. 



American flag, 22, 95, 433. 



American Mission Stations, 119, 121; 

 Industrial, 174, 426; Mission at Sobat, 

 visit to, 527. 



Antelope, 57, 148, 330; roan antelope, 



3 8 3> 385, S7- 

 Ants, 423, 448; damage done by, 501; 



driver ants, 501. 

 Arabs, 332. 



Ardwolf (a miniature hyena), 341. 

 Askaris, or native soldiers, 22, 98. 

 Asser, Colonel, 509. 

 Athi Plains, 52. 

 Attenborough, Messrs., 248. 



Baboons, 261. 



Bahima herdsmen, 439. 



B?hr el Ghazal, 525. 



Bahr el Zeraf, 526. 



Baker, Sir Samuel, 72. 



Bakhari, a gun-bearer, 330; ostriches de- 

 scribed by, 332, 390. 



Banana plantation, 311. 



Bateleur eagle, the, 441. 



Bats, 360, 462. 



Beetles, Goliath, 449. 



Belgian Government, courtesy of, 458. 



Belgian troops, soldiers of, 511. 



Birds, 41; honey bird, 125, 236; extraor- 

 dinary habit of, 393, 397; whydah 

 finches, 155, 170, 189; "lily trotters," 



251; wealth of bird life, 251, 260, 264; 

 water birds, 269, 273, 344, 394, 441, 

 448, 449, 460, 470; wagtails, 508, 529, 



533- 



Bishops in Africa. Sec Hanlon, Strcichcr, 

 Tucker. 



Black water fever, 518. 



Boar, 244. 



Boers, the, 47, 48, 50; identity of in- 

 terest between Britons and, 51, 131, 

 405, 406. 



Bondoni, 46, 94. 



Bongo, 420, 422, 423. 



Borani caravan, a, 338. 



Botha, Mr., 405. 



Boyle, Mr., 429. 



Brandy, moderate use of, 531. 



Brooks, Mr., 404. 



Browne, Mr., district commissioner, 

 280. 



Buffalo, 67, 150, 157, el seq., 290; 

 bulls, 341; disease wiped out herds of, 

 342; 361; 496; great muscular power 

 of, 497. 



Bulpett, Mr., 124. 



Burroughs, John, 393. 



Bushbuck, 275, 330, 393, 396, 443, 483. 



Bustard, 228; 340; 483; great bustard, 



164; 2J4. 



Butiaba, 451. 



Butler Bey, 509. 



Buxton, Edward North, 3; books on 



sport of, 380. 

 "B.vana," Swahili title of, 119, 504. 



Cambridge Museum, 404. 



Camp, pitching, 98; at Kilimakiu, 102; 



fires in, 467. 

 Caravan, a, 338. 



Carnegie, Andrew. Appendix A. 

 Champagne, case of, 518, 530. 

 Chapman, Abel, 73. 

 Chapman, Captain, 406. 

 Cheetah, 90, 146, 340. 

 Christians, 333. 

 Christmas Day, march on, 442. 



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