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Kotoko race {continued): — 

 Height of, 196 



Musical instruments of, 200-1 

 Religion of, 120 

 Slave raids and trade of, 227 

 Kouno, Bagirimi flight to, 145 

 Kukaua, gun-boy, \A et alibi; care- 

 lessness of, 107 ; at the 

 Falls, 71 

 Kukaua, old capital of Bornu, 245 

 Kumbra pagans, visitors, Lere, 46 

 Kumu, Island of. Lake Chad, Buduma 

 of, 222 et seq. 

 French visit to, 230 

 Kusseri, defeat and death of Rabeh 

 at, 147 

 German hospitality at, 128 et seq. 

 Pigeon-post to, 120 

 " Kusseri," pet lion-cub, 137-9, 242 



LADIES of the party, menaced by 



Banana natives, 102-4 

 Lagos, journey to, described, 284 ; 



farewells at, 297 

 Lake Chad, Alexander and Talbot's 

 voyage on, 2 

 Dangers feared on, by Buduma, 231 

 Fish of, 218-9 

 Flowers of, 236 



Journey to, from Fort Lamy, 192 et 

 seq. ; first sight of, 204 ; 

 seen from summit of 

 Hajer-el- Hamis, 210; 

 first day's boating on, 219 ; 

 first camp, 221 ; Buduma 

 islands visited, 222 et seq. ; 

 objects of author's party 

 in regard to, 219 

 Mystery of, 204 

 Refugees on, 228, 235 

 Rivers feeding two halves of, 219 

 Water of, 234 

 Lake Lere, animal life in and on, 55-6, 

 58 

 Brightness of, 41, 51 

 Canoe journey on, 51 et seq. 

 Depth of, 51 



Fish and fishing at, 59, 111 

 Lake Trene, 63 



Lamina, Maiarami, a visit to, 178-9 

 Lamp, Mundonng, in Spirit woi-ship,55 

 Lamy, Commandant, and the fate of 



Rabeh, 147 

 "Lamy," jjet lion-cub, 137-8, 242-3, 



292-3 et alibi 

 Lancrenon, Captain, kindness from, 



25-6, 29, 45 

 Langwua, Fikan chief, 275-6 



Lazy-tongs, from Fika, 271 {ill.), 270 

 Leg-armour, 105 {ill.), 106 



Banana tribe, 115 

 Lelis, secondary wives of Gauaronga, 



a visit to, 165 et seq. 

 Leopards, 65, 189, 193, 217 

 Forbidden as food, Fika, 282 

 Near camps, 27, 154 

 Lere, agriculture near, 39 

 Land and water routes to, 37 

 Visit to Lamido's palace at, 47-50 ; 



plan of palace, 46 

 "Visitors at, 46-7 

 Water-journey to, 16 

 Lewe hill and village visited, 287 et seq. 



Bachelors' huts at, 289 (ill), 290 

 Life, female. Banana belief as to, 107 

 Lion-cubs as pets, 137-9, 182, 190-2 

 "en voyage," 192-3, 200, 

 201, 214, 242 et seq., 291 : 

 on Lake Chad, 222-3 

 first train journey, 295 

 mischief of, 216, 217 et 

 alibi; popularity of, 296-7 ; 

 the last journey, 297-8 ; 

 " at Home " in the " Zoo," 

 298 

 Lions, 27, 62, 65, 119, 154, 188, 212 



Forbidden food to Fikans, 282 

 Lip-discs or Plugs of 



Banana women, 98, 115-6 

 Tuburi women, 79, 86 

 Lip-dyeing of Women, Birni Logons, 



123 

 Lobb, Dr, 263 



Locusts, fried, as delicacy, 158 

 Logone river, author's too close 

 acquaintance with, 110 

 Banana War - dance and other 

 excitements at, 101 et 

 seq. 

 Bird-hfe along, 107-8 

 as Boundary, 36 

 Confluence with, of Shari, 131 

 Game along, 99 

 Hippo on, risks from, 108-10 

 Journey down, 97 et seq. 

 Slave-trade along, 227 

 Lokoja, arrival and stay at, 7-11 ; 

 feminine dress - difiiculties 

 at, 8-9 

 Lonchocarpus la.vijlortis, near Gabai, 



255 <& n. 1 

 Loom, Mundonng {ill.), 57 

 Love-philtres : — 

 Buduma, 229 

 Fikan, 273-5 

 Loyer, M., 44 



