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INDEX 



Gaiya, Room in Fiilani House at 



(ill.), 294 

 Game, see Animals, and under Names 

 Game sanctuary, Bornu, 241 

 Games, see Basin and Nut game 

 Gandauwu, heir to Fikan chief, story 



of, 275-6 

 Garua, arrival and stay at, 15, 16 e< seq. 

 Country, &c., near, 19 

 Gold found near, 19 

 Insect pests at, 18 

 Market at, 24 

 Pigeon -post to, 120 

 Gashegeur, country near, devastated 



by Rabeb, 144-5 

 Gauaronga, Sultan of the Bagirimi : — 

 Aspect of, at home, 163 

 in state, 160-1 



" Benevolences " extorted by, 149- 

 50, 162, 166 

 Chain-armour, &c., of, 168, 180 

 Court of, customs of, 161-2 

 Levee at, 168 et seq. 

 Music at, 169, 170 

 Dangers anticipated from, 180 ; 

 last audience of, and after 

 events, 183 et seq. 

 Emissary of, 184, 187 

 Palace of, position of, 177 

 Queen and other wives of, visits to, 



163 et seq. 

 Sons-in-law of, position of, 177-8 

 Vicissitudes of, 143 et seq. 

 Visit to, 162-8 ; solecism of the 

 English ladies, 162-3 ; 

 visit to the Queen, 164-5 ; 

 other wives, life of, 166-7 

 Welcome from, to Mrs Talbot, 

 156-7 

 Gazelles, 99, 117, 199, 233, 241, 266 

 Geese and Duck, Musgum swamp, 117 

 Gentil, M., explorations of, 132, 145, 



146 



German Carrier-pigeon department, 



meeting with head of, 120 



German Kamerun, as modified by 



recent French cessions, 36 



Giraffe (see also " Josephine "), 65 ; at 



close quarters, 154 

 Girls, Fika marriage "dash" for, 

 281-2 

 Tuburi, marriage price of, 82 

 Gnvan nui, fish, 122 

 Gold, near Garua, 19 

 Golombe, country near, 33 



Journey to, 30-4, and dress diffi- 

 culties at, 35 

 Lamido of, 34 



Gongola river, game near, 256 

 Granaries : — 



Kerri-Kerri, 288-9 

 Mundonng, 39-40. 

 Granite rocks, near Lewe, 291 

 Grasses, author's collection of, 5 



Great height of, near Golombe, 33 

 Grass - woven pots, Buduma, uses 



of, 226 

 Guinea-fowl, 256 

 Guitars : — 

 Fikan, 281 



Kotoko, of Snake-skin {ill.), 201 

 Mundonng [ill.), 54 

 Gujiba, Resident at. Cattle-examining 



duties of, 240 

 Gulfei, forests near, 192-3 



Queen's abode in, ornaments of, 197 

 Sultanate of, 150 

 Gumsu, the. Queen-wife of Gau- 

 aronga, a visit to, 164 et 

 seq. 

 Gumun, Banana village, inhabitants 



of, 97, 98 

 Guria Buduma, the, 227 ; friendliness 

 of, 230 



HAIR of author, African interest in, 

 166, 178, 179, 198 

 and Nails, Buduma beliefs as to, 

 229 

 Hajer-el-Hamis visited, 202 et seq. 

 Legends of, 205-6 

 Rocks and cave at, 207-8 

 Ham, on the Logone, illness of Mr 

 Talbot at, 99-100 

 Natives of, as slaves, 227 

 Hammock-travel, hints on, 155-6 

 Handshaking, British and German 

 customs with, 34 

 Extraordinary, 42, 43 

 Hangings, Queen's abode, Gulfei, 197 

 Harmattan wind, encountered, 214 

 Harnessed antelope as pet, 140 

 Harps, horse - hair and wire - strung 



(ill.), 128 

 Harvest festival dance of the Tuburi, 



81-2 

 Helling, M., 81, 93 



Helmet, Banana tribe, 114-5 (ill.), 115 

 Persian, bought from Gauaronga, 

 168 

 Hendrich, Mr, 15, 20 

 Henna, use of, by Benue tribes, 12 

 Herri hills, 34 



Hill-tribes near Garua, menace of, 19 

 Hippopotami, Lake Chad district, 21 7 ; 

 encounters with, 205, 221 



