INDEX 



313 



FACIAL painting, Benue tribes, 12 

 Facon, Captain, 131, 133, 139 ; kind- 

 ness of, 150 ; presents 

 from, 139, 140 

 Falls of the Mao Kabi, 61; search for, 

 61-70 ; discovery of, and 

 naming of, 71 

 Fantasias at Birni Logone, 127 ; at 

 feast of Dee, 173 ; acces- 

 sory displays, 174-6 ; at 

 Fikan wedding, accident 

 during, 280-1 

 Fatcha, the, at Gauaronga's Court, 



172 

 Feasts, see 1)66, Harvest, Marriage, 



and New Moon 

 Ferry-methods, Boi-nu, 255-6 

 Fetish worship, see Ju-ju Houses 

 Fianga, Tuburi village, 81 ; cultiva- 

 tion near, and thorn zareba 

 at, 85 ; hostile chief at, 84 

 Fika, animal life at, 266 

 Chief of, welcome from, 260 



Wedding of his son, 277 et seq. 

 Dwellings at, 269-70 

 Fortifications of, 267 

 Guitars at, 281 



Journey to, and stay at, 259 et seq. 

 River near, 264-5 

 Street corner at {ill.), 262 

 Taxation at, 282-3 

 Fika tribe : — 



Birth customs, 282 

 History, &c., of, 272 et seq. 

 Love-philtres of, 273-5 

 Marriage customs of, 277 et seq. 

 Religious ideas, &c., of, 273 

 Fire, sacred, in Mosque at Fika, 267 

 Fire-ovens (and Fish-ovens), Wadama 



tribe {ill), 88 

 Fireplaces : — 



Banana tribe, 112, 113 {ill.\ 112 

 at Bongor, 105 {ill), 106 

 Fires as Mosquito-preventive, 213, 



214, 215, 224 

 Fish of Lake Chad, 218-9 



Plentiful in Lake Lere, 59 

 Fish-curing, Kotoko tribe, 122 

 Fish -eagles, 1, 70 

 Fishing appurtenances, Buduma race, 



213, 215 

 Fishing industry, Kotoko tribe, 122, 



193-4 

 Fishing methods : — 

 Kebbia river, 93-4 

 Lake Lere, 111 

 Logone river. 111 

 Tackle, Mundonng(i7^.), 59 



Flies at Garua, 18 



Floats used by Buduma, 231 



Flooring of Potsherds, Gabai, 252 (i7/.), 



253 

 Flowers, see Vegetation, and under 



Names 

 Flutes :— 



Bagirimi {ill.), 174 

 Mundonng (ill.), 50 

 Wadama {ill.), 91 

 Food, Bagirimi region. Locusts, fried, 



as delicacy, 158 

 Food taboos, Fikan tribe, 282 

 Forgados, journey from, up Niger, 3 



et seq. 

 Fort Archambault, 16 ; exiled Sultan 



of, 136, 137 

 Fort Lamy, 25, 187 

 Description of, 131-3 

 Prison life at, 132-3 

 Stay at, and events of, 129 et seq., 



192 

 Tribes ai-ound, 272 

 Fort Lamy - Bangui, telegraph line 



between, 16 



Franco-German boundaries in Central 



Africa, as lately modified, 



36 



French militarv and civil doings in 



C. Africa, 129-37 d:n. 1, 171 



Ofi&cers in Africa, choice by, of own 



subordinates, 148 

 Relations with the Bagirimi ruler, 



145-9 

 Rule, Bagirimi region, 149, 150 

 French Ubangi, 38, 39 ; races of, 240 



et prcevi 

 Frogs in a tent, 27 

 Frum - frums (trumpets), at Birni 



Logone (;7^.)) 1^3 

 Fulani, cattle, 19 



Conquest, some consequences of, 19 

 Exempt from enslavement, 227 

 House, Gaiya, Room in {ill.), 294 

 Race : — 



Cow-Fulani — 



Bull-baiting of, 257-8 

 Endurance tests for young 

 men, 257 

 Salutations of, 291-2 

 Fuli, village, 63 



GABAI, Chief's hospitality at, 250 et 



seq. 

 Country beyond, features of, 255-6 

 Fortifications at, 250 

 Inhabitants, dwellings, &c., at, 249 



et seq. 



