INDEX 



In the following Index the initials B.A., C.A., G., andT., denote respectively, Lieutenant 

 Boyd Alexander, Captain Claud Alexander, Captain Gosling and Mr. Talbot. 



Aba, panoramic view from, ii. 338 



Ababua tribe, location and aspect of, ii. 275, 

 hunting, fighting, and social cus- 

 toms of, 276, 301 



Aberambo tribe, hemp for smoking grown 

 by, ii. 334 



Abeshe, capital of Wadai, caravan centre, ii. 



12,8 



Abila village, Kanuri visitors at, i. 134, their 

 object, 135-6, the fight near, 137-9 



Abo, on the Benue, bats at, country and 

 natives near, i. 20 



Abringwa, Yei river, scenery near, ii. 360-1 



Adamawa, slave-caravans from, i. 243 



Adamu, Bornu guide, i. 300. his kinsman at 

 Lake Chad, 318, 330 



Afate, acquisition at, of " Birri " the monkey, 

 ii. 142 



African 1 "il tribes, low civilisation of. ii. 323 

 natives, see Natives 



place-names, difficulties of securing, i. 216 

 song-birds, ii. 30, 196 



Agatu tribe, on the Benue, i. 31 



Agigin, the French and Faderellah at, 1901., 

 i. 228 



Agikumai village, game near, i. 71 



Agoma Lafia, corporal, Hausa escort from 

 Fort Lamy, his gifts, ii. 146 



Akropoto tribe, on the Benue, i. 31 



Albinism, Congo region, ii. 242 



Alexander, Captain Claud, joins B.A. in the 

 venture, i. 4 ; his qualifications for 

 expeditionary work, 5, aptitude for 

 route sketching, 69, for seciuring 

 sounds of native names, 95, skill in 

 providing good fare, 122 ; on the 

 journey up the Benue, i. 22-6, his 

 happy aay on a gourd, and after, 27 ; 

 / -^s to Wukari with G. food-collect- 

 y, i. 44 ; photographs the cannibal 

 oiurkawa king, i. 46 ; his joy on a 

 first view of Murchison Range from 

 Serikin Kudu, i. 47 ; goes to Wase 

 to survey into Kerri-Kerri country 

 with T., i. 64 ; details of survey 

 work Ibi to Maifoni, i. 68 et seq. ; 



Alexander, Captain Claud [contd.) 



his illness at Wase, 81, 82, and re- 

 covery, 83 ; he attempts to climb 

 Mount Madong, ib. ; letters on his 

 work and on B.A.'s illness, i. 84-^ ; 

 a fresh start, i. 88, survey diffi- 

 culties and troubles with natives at 

 Purmi. i. 89-92 ; with T. into the 

 cannibal country, i. 94 ; climbs 

 Vrukk Hill. i. 95 ; mountains named 

 after by T., i. 98; his illness, i. 

 100, 105, 107 ; food-collecting 

 journeys of, i. 103, 107, 119, his 

 success in, 105 ; value of his survey, 

 to Bauchi, i. 106-7 ; he rescues the 

 Kanuri slave girl at Alia. i. 109-10 ; 

 scales a Kerri-Kerri stronghold, i. 

 112 ; is attacked at Gamari, i. 118 ; 

 climbs the hill near Bagi, i. 119; 

 arrives at Ashaka, i. 120-1 ; leaves 

 for Gujba to arrange for journey 

 up Yo river, i. 122 ; at Bunitohai, 

 the dearth of food, i. 131, is ill, but 

 will not rest, i. 132, 142 ; rejoins 

 T. with provisions and carriers, i. 

 142-3, arrival of, at Ashaka, i. 153, 

 162 ; goes to Gujba for carriers, i. 

 154 ; is joined there by Jose, leaves 

 for Maidugari. i. 154. 161. 163, 164 ; 

 his illness at that place, i. 176. 180, 

 and at Maifoni. the re-union of the 

 Expedition, i. 245, story of his ill- 

 ness, i. 234, 238, 240, 245 et seq., its 

 sudden ending, 254-7, his burial, 

 257, and monument, 258-9 ; his 

 last letters, 248, et seq. ; tributes to 

 his fine character, i. 256, 258, 262 ; 

 his two chief delights, i. 259-61 ; 

 his horse's latest owner, ii. 134 ; 

 rapids named after, by B.A., ii. 

 358 



Alexander, Lieut. Boyd {see also Alexander- 

 Gosling Expedition, under Expedi- 

 tion), planner of the expedition, 

 his objective i. 1, 2, his love 

 for ornithology, 2, subsidiary 



