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INDEX 



Sable, the, 423-425- 



"Safari," 20, 94, 186; peace-offering to 

 the "safari ants," 325; attraction for 

 natives of work of, 384; good by to 

 the, 414; conduct of the, 414; "wood 

 safari," 505. 



Sahara, 430. 



Saises, or horse boys, 22, 333. 



Salt marsh, a, 242. 



Samburu,the, cattle-owning nomads, 364. 



Sanderson, Captain, town clerk, 379. 



Sandiford, Mr., 70. 



Scale for weighing game, 30, 366. 



Schilling, Carl G., "Flashlight and 

 Rifle." Appendix E. 



Scientific expedition, difficulty of trans- 

 porting supplies on a, 347. 



Scotch settlers, engaged to take charge of 

 the safari, 323. 



Selous, Frederick Courteney, 3, 5, 52, 72, 

 218, 271. 



Serval cat, 340, 518. 



"Shambas," 282. 



"Shenzis," wild natives, 312, 330, 438; 

 gifts to the, 517. 



Situtunga, 437. 



Skally, Mr., 406, 407. 



Skins, difficulty in preparing, 164, 173, 

 510. 



Slatin Pasha, 509. 



Slatter, Captain Arthur, 47, 48, 112, 114. 



Sleeping sickness, ravages of, 48, 68, 428; 

 preventive of, 428; sleeping-sickness 

 fly, bite of, 470. 



Smith hopelessly crippled by a lion, 156. 



Smith, Captain, 186. 



Smith, William Lord, 404. 



Smithsonian, 3. 



Snakes, 235, 291; man bitten by a, 



385, 448. 



Soldiers, Sikh, 436; Egyptian and Sou- 

 danese, 518. 



Solve, M., 525. 



Somalis, 124, 273. 



Songs, native: victory song, 88, 93, 260; 

 on death of elephant, 307; Kikuyu 

 savages' songs, 324, 410, 505. 



Sotik, 174, 237. 



Soudan, success of English rule in the, 



5i9- 



Southern Cross, 38. 

 Spearmen, Nandi, 409. 



Spirillum tick, 440. 



Springhaas, 260, 269; "shining" spring- 

 haas by night, 274. 



"Star-spangled Banner, The," 433, 435. 



Stations, condition of railroad, 18. 



Steinbuck, 53, 234, 326; conspicuous coat 

 f the, 335, 414. 



Stevenson, 399, 404. 



Stigand, 72. 



Stork, saddle-billed, or jabiru, 276. 



Stork, the whale-billed, 522, 525. 



Storms, majesty of the, 331; thunder- 

 storms, 437. 



Straus, Oscar. Appendix A. 



Streicher, Bishop, 435. 



Suavi River, 184. 



Sud, the, 520. 



Supplies, naturalists', 20. 



Sururu, kraal of Chief, 489, 490; camp 

 outside village of, 494, 496. 



Swahili, the coast men, 23, 274, 384. 



Swahili (a kind of African chinook), 312, 

 332- 



Tana, 281. 



Tarlton, Leslie, 3, 26, 186, 197, 199, 226, 

 231, 290, 302, 308, 338, 341, 374, 

 385, 388, 392, 395, et seg., 425, 

 appendix A. 



"Teddy bears," 420. 



Tent boys, 332, 390-392. 



Terriers, wart-hog killed by, 262. 



Thayer, Gerald H., book on "Conceal- 

 ing Coloration." Appendix E. 



"Thirst, The," 178, 179. 



Throwing-sticks, 65. 



Ticks, 37, 129. 



Topi, 188, 192, 193, 208, 214. 



Trails, Africa a country of, 101, 102. 



Tranquillity, the horse, 26, 115, 388. 



"Transport riding," 178. 



Traps, beasts caught in, 260, 261. 



Trees, 278, 295; many kinds of strange, 

 337, 348; "sausage-tree," 398; baobab- 

 tree, 423, 436, 446. 



Tsetse fly, 415, 470. 



Tucker, Bishop, 433, 434- 



Uasin Gishu, 382, 390. 



Uganda, 68, 425; explorers of, people of, 



429; government of, 431, 432; houses 



in, 436. 



