INDEX 



317 



Lucas, Captain, French Resident at 

 Tchekna, 148, 158, 183, 

 184, 189 



MAAISHE, Arab village, 156, 188 ; 

 false news about, 185-6 ; 

 region beyond, 187, 188 

 Madjagodia (Buduma), the, 227 



Dance by, and hospitality from, 230 

 Magira, the, 169, 173, 174 ; duties of, 



160 

 Mahdi, the, and Rabeh, 144 

 Maiarami, the, at Tchekna, mar- 

 riage customs of, 177-8 ; 

 visit to, 177 et seq. 

 Maibula (Buduma), the, 227 

 Maiduguri, arrival and stay at, 244 

 et seq. 

 House-rent at, 245 

 Market, excellence of, 245-6 

 Maifoni, route to, froni Kaua, 242 ; 

 ungracious natives at, 244 

 Mail from Home, delights of, a wise 



word on, 156 

 Maillard, Commandant, gift of Giraffe 

 to author, 133 

 and the Naming of the Falls, 71 

 Wadai expedition of, and its suc- 

 cess, 131-7 (i- n. 1 

 Mallamai, at Fika, 268-9 

 Mambas, met with, 5 

 Manatees, Lake Lere, 55, 58 

 Manes and manelessness in Lions, 299 

 Manhood test of Kerri-Kerri "braves," 



289 

 Mani, sport en route to, 179 

 Manjafl'a, siege of, by Rabeh, 144 

 Mao Bulo [river], 16 

 Mao Kabi River : — 



Crocodiles and hippo in, 63 

 Crossing of, 63-4 



Falls of, animal life near, and 

 scenery around, 61, 62, 65 

 Demon of, 62 



Search for, discovery, and naming 

 of, 61-71 

 Infall and outfall from Lake Ler^, 



52 

 Navigation on, French right to, re- 

 served, 37 

 Mao Lui, boundai-y river, 39 

 Maragi race, raids of, 249 

 Marea plant, Lake Chad {ill), 220-1 



Floats of, 231 

 Mareguba, water difficulty at, 249 

 Marriage customs : — 



Bagirimi, for Sultan's daughters, 

 177 



Buduma, 227, 229-30 

 Fika race, 277 

 Kanembu race, 235 

 Tuburi tribe, 82 

 Massenia, Bagii-imi chief city, vicissi- 

 tudes of, 143-5, 158 

 Mastaba, headman, 13 et passim; as 



bearer, 73-4 

 M'burao, camp at, 80 

 Mecklenburg, Grand Duke of, African 

 travels of, 186 

 Gifts to, of the Jeggara, 195 

 Medicine Man, Maiduguri, attire of, 



246 ; state post of, 247 

 " Medicines," Buduma, 223-4, 229 

 to produce Lunar nimbus, 100 

 Melfi, mountain city of, and the 



Bagirimi, 149 

 Military use of English in German 



W. Africa, 23 

 Millepedes, Lake Lure islands, 52-3 

 Mimosa trees, 153, 241 ; forests of, 



193, 203-4 ; scrub of, 41 

 Mindif tribe, Women's ornaments, 46 

 Miramiza, a Wadai princess, 170 ; 



visit to, 179 

 Mohmaduba, interpreter, 150 ; delin- 

 quencies of, 151, 185 

 Mohmaduba, Mrs, 151 ; as interpret- 

 ress, 163, 164 

 Moll, Colonel, death of, 129 

 Monkeys {see also Baboons), 65, 128 

 Forbidden food to Fikans, 282 

 Long-tailed, Benue banks, 15 

 Moon, nimbus round, native customs- 

 concerning, 100 

 Mosque of sacred Fire, Fika, 267 

 Mosquitos, of 



Hajer-el-Hamis, 211, 218 

 Kebbia river, 95 



Lake Chad, 204-5, ferocity of, 218 

 Lakes Tuburi and Tikem, some com- 

 ments on, 77-8 

 Protective measures against, 5, 213, 

 214, 215, 224 

 Moude Mourra, 130, 137 n. 1 

 Mount Patti, Baboons of, 7, 8 

 Mouth-protection, a possible origin of, 



261 

 Mud-coloured Snake, escape of, 57 

 Mud-pillars, Sultan's palace, Birni 



Logone, 124 {ill.), 125 

 Munchi tribe, pagans, origin of 

 name, 11 

 Eye-affections prevalent among, 12 

 Mundonng tribe : — 



Absence of clotliing of, 55 

 Arts and Crafts of, 55 



