INDEX 



319 



Paroquets, near Gabai, 255 

 Pelicans, 107-8 



Peppermints as ammunition, 28 

 Personnel of the expedition, Yola to 



Garua, 13-5 

 Pets at Fort Lamy, 133-4, 137-9, 140-3 

 Pigeons, Blue, Hajer-el-Hamis, 207 

 Pincers and Sheath {ill.\ 243 

 Pipe, of Clay, for Roof-drainage {ill.), 

 267 

 Musical : — 

 Banana, 99 

 Mundonng {ill), 54 

 Tuburi, 82 

 Pistols, from Gabai, 254 

 Pi to. Native liquor, 128 

 Plovers, Logone river, 107 

 Pogo, river joiu-ney to, 93-6 

 Poison ? 183 et seq. 

 Poker, iron, bought as curio, 56 

 Poll-tax collection at Gulfei, 195 

 Polygamy, Buduma tribe, 230 

 Potash, trade in, near Lake Chad, 



215-6, 238, 241 

 Pots and Pottery, various places and 

 tribes, &c. : — 

 Buduma, 226 

 Fika, 269-71 

 - at Gulfei, 197 

 Kotoko, 121 

 Mundonng, 55 

 Ngassar, 249-50 

 Ostrich Egg as (ill), 142 

 Tuburi {ill), 96 

 Princess Roj^al, of Tchekna, visit to, 



177-9 

 Prison life. Fort Lamy, 132-3 

 " Punch and Judy" in Central Africa, 

 157 



QUERNS {ill), 96, 105, 106 

 Quinine-taking, German system, 23 



RABEH, Emir of Bornu, the African 

 Napoleon, 33, 213 ; attack 

 of, on the Bagirimi, 143, 

 144 ; conflicts of, with the 

 French, 146-7 ; defeat and 

 death of, at Kusseri, 147, 

 195; devastations and raids 

 of, 136, 144-5 ; relations of, 

 with Gauai'onga, 145-7 ; 

 with the Mahdi, 144 ; ex- 

 tent of his rule, 144 



Raben, Commandant Herr von, of 

 Kusseri, 132, 182 ; welcome 

 from, 128 ; gift from, of 

 Lion-cubs, 138 



Rainfall, Kerri-Kerri hills, 291 

 Ramadan, fo.st of, delays due to, 26 

 Ranke, Herr von, fly-killing Toads of, 



18 

 Rats {Cricetomys gambiamis olivice), 



new species, secured at 



Fika, 276 

 Rattles of Calabashes, Kotoko, 201 

 Razor, Mimdonng {ill), 54 

 Refugees on Islands of Lake Chad, 



228, 235 

 Religion and superstition, various 



tribes : — 

 Banana (at Musgum), 115 

 Buduma, 228-9 

 Fika, 273 et seq. 

 Kotoko, 120 



Ngassar tribe at Gabai, 249-50 

 Representatives of Royalty, Bagirimi 



and Bornu, 171 

 Reptiles, see Cobra, Crocodiles, 



Iguanas, Mambas, Snakes 

 Respect, methods of ensuring, 159, 



291-2 

 Rhinoceros, 65, 154 

 Riding, importance of, 159 

 Rifle, author's lessons in using, 10, 11 

 Right arm, baring of, as badge of 



ofiice, Bagirimi, 173 

 Rings, in Ears, Buduma use of, 226 



round Ears, Senegalese women, 46 

 Roan antelope, Logone shores, 117 

 Rock-dwellers, or "little people," near 



Fika, 265-7 

 Room in Chiefs House, Gabai {ill), 253 



in Fulani House, Gaiya {ill.), 294 

 Rorquals, a sight of, 3 

 Rose, Major, 10, 11, 247 

 Rushes on Lake Chad, 236-7 

 Ruxton, Mrs, at Ibi, 11 



SAIORUM, legend associated with, 

 234-6 ; scene near, 236 



Salt and Anthropology ! 89-90 



Salt plant, the, 212 



Salutations, Fulani, 291-2 



Salute of Chiefs to French Command- 

 ant, 137 



Sand-dune, lofty, Kumu Island, 223 



Sand-flies, torment of, 18 



Sara, slaves from, 227 



Scent bottle (ill), 9 



Scheffer, Lieut, von, 23 ; on German 

 and British methods con- 

 ti-asted, 19 



Schwartz, Captain, 18, 23, 24 



Scorpions, at Fika, 276 ; pain from 

 sting of, 199 



