INDEX 



321 



Tea, offer of, efiect of, on the Jeggara, 



196 

 Teeth, filing of, Wadama tribe, 89 

 Temple, C. A., help of, acknowledged, 



300 

 Temple, Mr, acting-governor at Zuu- 



geru, 297 

 Tengale Musical Instrument {ill.), 258 

 Thomas, Mr Oldfield, Rat named by, 



after author, 276 

 Thorns, poisonous, in zariba fence, 



85 

 Throwing-weapons, Bagirimi district 

 (ill.), 157 

 Ceremonial, Mundonng {ill.\ 60 

 Tiger-cat, 154; as pet, 141 

 Tikem Lake (see also Tuburi Lakes), 



37, 76-7 

 Tin gates, Gauaronga's palace, 163, 

 164 

 Plates, &c., as mural decorations, 

 197 

 Toads, to kill flies, von Ranke's, 18 

 Tobacco-growing, Buduma, 232 



at Ham, 99 

 Togbau hills, battle of, 146, 171 

 Tom-tom (dance), at Tchekna, 174-5 

 Toucan's head, wooden, used in Game- 

 stalking, 266 

 Toys of Clay (ill.), 259, 270 

 Treasure chests of Gauaronga, eti- 

 quette of, 174 

 Trene, lake and village, 63 

 Treppe, Dr, of Kusseri, kindness of, 



128 

 Trombones, 170, 174 

 Trumpets or Frum-frums {ill.), 123 

 Tsetse-fly regions : — 



Mao Falls district, 62, 64 

 Tuburi district, 91 

 Tuburi Lakes, and Lake district, 36, 

 37 

 Hippo in, 92 

 Mergence of, into Tikem Lake, 



beauties of, 76-7 

 Tsetse-fly in, 91 

 Visit to, 72 et seq. 

 Tuburi tribe, aspect of, 78 

 Characteristics, 76 

 Dance of, 81-2 

 Dislike of, for whites, 81, 84 

 Huts of, 85-6 

 Pipe (musical) of {ill.), 76 

 Pleasure of, in Beads, 83 

 Pot {iJl), 96 

 Quern {ill), 96 

 Twins, customs concerning, Buduma 

 race, 230 



UBANGI, see French Ubangi 

 Umbrellas of State, 124, 160, 247 

 Upper Nile, Floats used on, 231 



VEGETATION, see Asclepias, Bahr, 

 Baobab, Cassia, Convol- 

 vulus, Palm trees, cL-c. 

 of Lake Chad, 223, 236 

 of Musgum swamp, 118 

 Victoria, Queen, and Abbiga, 9 

 Village Meeting - house, Fika {ill.), 

 262 



WADAI, French occupation of, and 

 difficulties in, 44, 129 et 

 seq., 203 

 Raid from, on the Bagirimi (1870), 



143 

 Slave-trade in, 130 

 "Wadaians, ringlets of {ill.), 175 

 Wadama tribe, Tuburi-Tikem district, 

 78-9 

 Aspect and weapons of, 87 

 Dwellings and furniture of, 88 

 Flute of {ill.), 91 

 Men's adornments, 89 

 Waders, Logone river, 107 

 Wakes, Native, 100-1, 104-5 

 Waldram, P., on Banana architectui'e 



at Musgum, 112 

 Wall-paintings at Musgum, 113-4 



{ill), 114 

 War Drum, of Fika ((7/.), 277 

 Water, Djinns connected with, 62, 152, 



231, 259 

 Water-buck, 218 

 Water-hog, Logone river, 119 

 Water-plants, Lake Chad, 218, 220-1 

 Water-pots {see also Pots) : — 

 Banana {iU.), 113 

 Ngassar, religious use of, 249-50 

 Weapons and Armour, see Arrows, 

 Chain-mail, Clubs, Corse- 

 let, Cuirass, Helmet, Leg- 

 armour, Pistols, Shield, 

 Spears, Staves, Throwing- 

 weapons 

 Weaving, Kotoko tribe, 120-1 

 West, Captain, at Maifoni, 248 

 Whipping ordeal of Cow-Fulani men, 



257 

 Widows, customs concerning : — 

 Buduma tribe, 229 

 Kanembu tribe, 235 

 Wilkinson, General, at Maifoni, 246-7 

 Willcox, Dr W. H., on analysis of 

 Dates suljmitted to him 

 by the author, 190-1 



