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INDEX 



Mundonng tribe {continued) : — 

 Bird-snares {ill.)., 56 

 Bridle (?), 57 

 Loom {ill.), 57 

 Pottery making, 55 

 Carriers from, 35 et seq. 

 Characteristics, 43, 76 

 Dwellings and granaries, 39-40 

 Fishing methods of, 59 

 Lamido of, greeting from, 42, 43 

 Musical instruments of — 

 Flute {ill), 50 

 Guitar, 54 

 Horn {ill), 54 

 Pipes {ill), 54 

 Razors of {ill), 54 

 Recognition of Spirits of the Dead 



by, 55 

 "Women's status in, 46 

 Musgum, walled city, beauty of, 111, 

 116 

 Dirt at, 116-7 

 Dwellings, Wall-i)aintings on, 113-4 



{ill), 114 

 Religion of inhabitants, 115 

 Swamp near, wild life on, 117-8 

 Music and Singing, at Garua, 20 et 

 seq. 

 Humming (vocal) of Buduma, 230-1 

 Pipe-solo, 169 

 Seasonal, Lere, 50 

 Singing at Native Wake, 100 

 Song of Boatman's wife (with music 



and words), 119 

 Wadama tribe, 91 

 Musical Instruments, see Aligata, 

 Clarinet, Drums, Flutes, 

 Guitars, Harps, Horns, 

 Pipes, Tengale, Trom- 

 bones, Trumpets 

 Musical salute, Gauarouga's levee, 

 170-1 



NAFADA, 256 ; journey to, 248 et seq. 

 Naia nigricollis, venom of, effect of, 



on Eyes, 181-2 

 Native Huts {see also Dwellings), 



Niger shores, 4, 6 

 Necklaces, bead, worn by Buduma, 



226-7 

 Ngama village, difficulties at, 185-6 ; 



Punch and Judy show at, 



157 

 Ngarh Moriba, son of Gauaronga, 167 

 Ngassar tribe : — 

 Dance of, 254 



Morning worship of, at Gabai, 249-50 

 Niellim, slaves from, 227 



Niger Company, the, 9, 12 

 Niger river. Bird life of, 1 

 Confluence of Benue with, 7 

 Huts on, shapes of, 4, 6 

 Journey up, to Lokoja, 1-7 ; battle 

 during, 6-7 ; scenes and 

 scenery along, 4, 6 ; vege- 

 tation along, 1 

 Niger-Benue nav-igation rights, 37 

 Nigeria, Cattle-driving in, 239 



Northern, length of day's march in, 

 248 

 Mr Talbot's survey in, 3, 284-5, 

 291 

 Nigeria, steamboat, journey on, 15 

 Night in African travel, " amenities " 



of, 188-9 

 Noah, see Ark 



Nose ornaments, of Women : — 

 Benue tribes, 12 

 Kotoko, 123 

 Mindif, 46 

 Nupe tribe, hoe of {ill.), 15 



OASES, near Tchekna, animal life of, 



154 

 Odysseus, and his float, 231 

 Ornaments, both sexes, various places 

 and tribes, see Anklets, 

 Bracelets, Ear - rings, 



Henna, Lip-discs, Lip- 

 dyeing, Nose ornaments. 

 Tattoo 

 Birni Logone, 123 

 Buduma, 226-7 

 at Kaua Baga, 240 

 Tuburi, 79 

 Wadama, 89 

 Ornithological collections of Talbot, 

 Logone river, fate of, 108 

 Ostrich, where met, 154 

 Ostrich Egg converted into Pot {ill), 



142 

 Ouhame et Nana, Cie. de, 81, 98 

 Owls, Hajer-el-Hamis, 207 

 Oxen, as transport aniinals, 151-2 



PAGENSTECHER, Messrs, 15 ; stay 



in stores of, at Garua, 20 

 Palm trees, 41, 153 



Borassus, 259 



Date, 267 



Dum, 259 

 Papyrus of Lake Chad, 218, 220 



of theShari, 214 

 Papyrus fillets for Oxen, Buduma race 



{ill), 232 

 Parasols of State, 124, 166, 247 



