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INDEX 



Dances : — 



Bagirimi tribe, 176 

 Banana tribe, War dance, 101-2 

 Bornuese peoples, by Women, 169 

 Fika tribe, at Wedding, 277 



with Blood - flow - preventing 

 charm, 278-9 

 Madjagodia tribe, to hummed 



music, 230-1 

 Ngassar tribe, at Gabai, 254 

 Tuburi tribe, at Harvest feast, 81-2 

 Various tribes, at Tchekna, 169, 



174, 175 

 Wadai people, 176 

 Daniski, old Fika capital, 265, 272 

 Darfur, Slave-trade in, 130 

 Dar Massalit, 129, 130 

 "Dash," 31, 41, 44, 200 



for a Bride, Fika tribe, 281-2 

 Dates from Gauaronga's, problem of, 

 183,188-9; results of ana- 

 lysis of, 190-1 

 Dead, spirits of, Mundonng custom 



concerning, 55 

 Death and Burial Customs of the 



Buduma, 229 

 D^d, Feast of, 150, 160 

 Demons (see Djinns, and Ju-ju) of 



Mao Kabi falls, 62 

 Denham's journey, 115 

 Dikoa, Rabeh's headquarters, in 



Bornu, 144 

 Dikoa, Sultan and sultanate of, 150, 



195 ; Bornuese in, 272 

 Divorce, among the Buduma, 229 

 Djinns connected with Baobab 

 trees, 26 

 with Water, 62, 152, 231, 259-60 

 Dogs, forbidden food to Fikans, 282 



Wild, 154 

 Dolls (ill.), 246, 270 

 Donkeys, at Kaua Baga, 238 

 Doors, Wadama tribe {ill.), 88 

 Doorways, Buduma, 224-6 

 Dorote, French reverse at, 129 ; re- 

 trieved, 137 n. 1 

 Dress : — 



Banana tribe, 110 

 Tuburi tribe, male, 86 

 of Warriors, 79 

 Drewitt, Mr, 15 

 Drum- messages, 203 

 Drums, at Gauaronga's, 174 

 Kotoko, 200 



Mode of beating at Garua, 21 

 Mundonng, 50 



Various, at Birni Logone, 123 

 War, of Fika (z7^.). 277 



Due, Mundonng village and people 



described, 53-5 

 Dugu tribe, Potash-trade of, 215-6 

 Duiker, from Fika, 276 

 Duno Maisha, Fikan chief and his- 

 torian, 260, 273 

 Dusi, rock-ridges at, 294 

 Dwellings : — 



Banana tribe, 105 



Contents, 105-7 (ill.), ib. 

 Wall-paintings, 113-4 (ill.), 144 

 Buduma tribe (ill.), 224, 225-6 

 Fika tribe, 269-70 

 at Gabai, 250 et seq. 



Interiors (ill.), 251, 253 

 Kerri - Kerri tribe, Bachelors' 

 Huts, Lewe, 289 (ill.), 

 290 

 Kokoto tribe, 194 

 Mundonng tribe, 39 

 Native and other, at Fort Lamy, 131 

 iS'iger banks, round and square, 4, 6 

 Tuburi tribe, 85-6 

 Two-storied, at Birni Logone, 125, 

 126 

 Dyes used by Kotoko tribe, 121 



EAR-RINGS, Buduma, 226 



Women's, at Kaua Baga, 240 

 Eating, essentialness of, during African 



travel, 140 

 Ebony trees, 248 



Egerton, Sir Walter and Lady, hospi- 

 tality of, 297 

 Egg-shell superstitions, 88 

 Egrets, 1, 107, 154, 234 

 Ekoi tribe, Talbot's promised book 



on, 299 

 Electricity at Tchekna, 179 

 Elephants, 62, 65 



Bornu, sanctuary for, 241 

 Elliot, Mr, 7 

 Enamelled iron-ware, distastefulness 



of, 139-40 

 Endogamy, Buduma race, 227 

 Endurance - test of Cow - Fulani 



"braves," 257 

 English used by Germans in drilling 



Natives, Kamerun, 23 

 Entrance Hall, Gabai, 250-2 (ill.), 



251 

 European prestige and the Horse, 



159; salutations to enforce, 



221-2 

 Eye-disease, prevalent among the 



Munchi, 12 

 Eyes, effect on, of Cobra venom 



ejected into, 181-2 



