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INDEX 



Banana race {continued) : — 

 Corselet, 114-5 {ill.\ 115 

 Dwellings, 97, 105, 111-2 

 Contents, 105-6 

 Doorways, 105 {ill), 106 

 Fireplaces, 112, 113 {ill.), 97, 113 

 Wall-paintings, 113-4 {ill), 114 

 Guide from, 110 

 Helmet of, 114-5 {ill), 115 

 Linguistic affinities of, 149 

 Logone river, alarm from, 102-4 

 Religion (at Musgum), 115 

 Unclothedness of, 98, 110 

 Village of, 97 

 War-dance, 101-2 

 Water-jars or Pots of {ill), 97, 113 

 Women, aspect and ornaments of, 

 98, 115-6 

 Baobab trees, 13, 33, 87, 248 ; Djinns 



of, 260 

 Bariwa (an animal), 234 

 Barth and Overweg, an old companion 



of, 9 

 Basin and Nut game, Birni Logone, 



126-7 

 Bata Kuji, the, Tchekna, 169-71 

 Beads, ornamental uses of, 46, 83, 123 

 Beds and Bedsteads : — 



Buduma, 213, 215, 224 {ill), 213 



Curious, at Gulfei, 197 



and Goat-pens combined, 105 [ill), 



106 

 Mud, at Fika, heating of, 270 

 Vast, at Jimtilo {ill), 213 

 Wadama tribe, 88 

 Bees at Fianga, 87 



and Hornets at Rest-house, Yola, 13 

 Benue river, affluents of, 52 

 Animal life in and along, 26-8 

 Confluence of, with Niger, 7 

 Journey xip, 11, 12, 15 

 Benue - Mao - Kabi route, free trade 



along, 38 

 Bertaut, M., of Lere, friendly kind- 

 ness of, 39, 43 et seq., 66 

 Generosity of, concerning Mao 

 Falls, 62, 71 

 Bipare, Mundonng town, features of, 

 39, 44 ; country beyond, 41 

 Bird-life near and at : — 

 Fort Lamy, 153 

 Gabai, 255 

 Hajer-el-Hamis, 207 

 Zuka Island, 234 

 Lagone river, 107-8 

 Lake L(5re, 53 

 Maiashe, 187 

 Mao Kabi river, 70 



Musgum swamp, 117 

 Niger shores, 1 

 Shari river, 214 

 Tikem swamp, 78 

 Bird-skinning, joys of, 28-9 

 Bird-snare, Mundonng {ill), 56 

 Birds, see Bush-fowl, Crane, Egrets, 

 Fish-eagles, Geese, Guinea- 

 fowl, Ibis, Jabirus, Owls, 

 Paroquets, Pelicans, 



Pigeons, Plovers, Waders 

 Birni Logone, 101 ; arrival and stay 

 at, 122 et seq. 

 Band of the Sultan at, 123 

 Birth customs : — 

 Buduma, 230 

 Fika, 282 

 Black man as bearer over streams, 65-6 

 Blackwater fever, white sufferers from, 



Garua, 23 

 Blinding of brothers, by Sultans, 143 

 Blood -preventing charm, exhibition 



of powers of, 278-9 

 Boar, wild, 118, 119, 199 

 Bogolo, hunting from and view near, 



26-8 

 Bokkoiyu, pool of, 187 

 Bolewa tribe, customs adopted by 



Fikans, 273 

 Bongor, German fort at, visit to, 



104-6 

 Boots, long, utility of, 5 

 Bornu, cattle of, 238 

 Game reserve in, 241 

 Natives, characteristics of, 256 

 Coiffure of (ill), 175 

 Origin of, 272 

 Royal representatives at, 171 

 Shchu of, daughter of, a visit to, 



197 

 Slave-raids from, 115 

 Torrents across roads in, 255-6 

 Vegetation in, 241 

 Bornu-Bur-Noah, 206 

 Bouhaben, M., 45, 62 

 Bowls, wooden, ornamented with tin- 

 foil, Fika, 270 

 " Boys " {see also Carriers), and their 



methods, 140 

 Bracelets, Buduma, 226 {ill), 227 



Ivory, at Garua, 24 

 Brass-casts, Native, of Ostrich, Horse- 

 man, and Giraffe ("Jose- 

 phine") {ill), 134; of 

 Chicken {ill), 138; of 

 French officials {ill), 139 

 Bretonnet, M., aid of, to Gauaronga, 

 146 ; death of, 171 



