INDEX 



311 



Bridle (?), Mundonng, 57 

 Buduma race, Lake Chad, aspect and 

 ornaments of, 226-7 {ill.), 

 227 

 Beds, 213, 215, 224 {ill.\ 213 

 Birth customs, 230 

 Camp of, near Lake Chad, shared by 

 author's party, 215 e^ seq. 

 Canoes, models purchased, 240 

 Cattle, 232, 238 

 Death and burial customs, 229 

 Divorce among, 229 

 Dwellings, Jimtilo, 213-4 



and Compounds {ill), 224, 225-7 

 Exclusiveness of, 198 

 Fishing appliances, 213, 215 

 Floats of, 231 



Friendliness shown by, 216 

 Guria branch, 227 



Friendliness of, 230 

 Humming (vocal) sole music of, 



230-1 

 Inheritance among, 229 

 at Kumu, 223 

 Madjagodia branch, 227 

 Dance by, and hospitality from, 

 230 

 Marriage customs, 227, 229-30 

 Origin of, legend of, 235-6 

 Religion, 228-9 



Slaves and slave-trade of, 227-8 

 Sub-divisions of, 227 

 Tree sacred to, 223-4 

 Bulariga, Madjagodia dance at, 230 

 Bull-baiting of the Cow-Fulani, 257-8 

 Bulu, and the origin of the Buduma, 



235-6 

 Burnouses, made by Gauaronga's 



wives, use made of, 166 

 Burr grass, pest of, 209, 223 cfcn.l, 243 

 Bush-buck, 154 

 Bush-cow, 65, 119 

 Bush-fowl, 256 

 Butter, at Gania, 24 

 Byfield, Mr, 7 



CAIRN on Hajer-el-Hamis, 210 

 Calabash Drums, Fika, 277 



Horn {ill), 283 ; stopped against 

 the Leg, ih. 



Rattles, Kotoko, 201 

 Camp near Lake Chad, with the 



Buduma, 213 e^ seq. 

 Canoeing on the Benue, 26 

 Canoes, Kotoko, 193-4, 198 {ill), 212 



Lake Chad, 236-7 {ill), 237 



Niger river, 4-5 

 Carlyle, Mr, at Nafada, 256 



Carrier-pigeons veisus telegraph, 120 

 Carrier-work, Native dislike of, 79, 98 

 Carriers, tributes to, 264, 286-7 

 Cassia trees, near Fika, 285 

 Casts, Native, of Ostrich, Horseman, 

 and Giraffe ("Josephine") 

 {ill), 134 

 Cattle, Buduma, 232 



seen at Kaua Baga, 238-40 

 Cavalry charge as greeting, 42 

 Centipedes, 5 



Ceremonial Throwing-weapons, Mun- 

 donng (?7Z.), 60 

 Chad territories. Cattle-transport in, 

 239 

 Shortage of doctors in, 44-5 

 Chain-mail, bought from Gauaronga, 



168, 180 

 Charms {see also Love-philtres, Medi- 

 cines, and Witchcraft), 279 

 Chauvelot, Captain, 130 

 Cherijamm, 75 

 Chickens, African, 40 



Native Brass-cast of {ill), 138 

 Chiefs, compounds of, Bipare, 40 

 Female, in French Ubangi, &c., 46 

 at Gauaronga's court, 171-3 

 Chiu-oma, the son of Gauaronga, 165, 



167 

 Chutes MacLeod, les, 71 

 Clarinet, from Tchekna, 182 ; others 

 resembling, 200 {ill), 174-5 

 Clay Pipe for roof drainage {ill), 267 



Toys {ill), 259, 270 

 Cloth, Wadama use of, 89 

 Clubs, Banana, 101 



Mundonng, Ceremonial {ill), 60 

 Cobra, in a kitchen, 10 

 Venom spat by, into Mr Talbot's 

 eyes, 181-2 

 Coiffui-es, Bornuese and "Wadaian 



{ill), 175 

 Compounds, Buduma {ill), 224, 225 

 Convolvulus, where seen, 33, 41 

 Corselet, Banana tribe, 114-5 {ill), 115 

 Court officials and chiefs, Bagirimi, 



169-73 

 Cowardice (?), penalties for, 171 

 Cow-Fulani, see under Fulani 

 Crane, Crowned, 78, 107, 154 

 Creation legend, Buduma, 228-9 

 Crocodiles, 55, 63, 75, 117-8, 199, 214, 



231 

 Cuirass, Iron, Native-made {ill), 269 



DAHOMEY, Floats on sacred lake 



of, 231 

 Dakar, s.s., 2, 297 



