INDEX 



399 



Andamanza rapids, Kibali river, ii. 321, a 



narrow escape in, 322-3 

 Angba hills, Madi village near, ii. 277, the 

 Welle near, ii. 272 

 Rapids, Welle river, ii 272, 318 

 Anglo-German Boundary Commission, 

 pleasant meeting with, near Ibi, 

 i. 37 

 Angoss country, fierce cannibal tribes of, 

 friendliness of, i. 94-5, 96 ; 

 features of region, i. 96-7, signs 

 in, of volcanic action 100 ; the 

 survey base in, i. 84 ; terraces of, 

 theories on, i. 96 ; women's dress 

 among, i. 98 

 Angu. Belgian post, ii. 256, 268-9; the 

 Okapi met with, near, ib. ; rapids 

 on the Welle below, ii. 255 

 forest, explorations in, of B.A. and G., 

 ii. 238, et seq. 

 bird-life in, ii. 313-5 

 chimpanzees in, ii. 256-7 

 depths of, denizens of, unhealthiness 



of, ii. 258-62, 269. 292 

 tribes in, and near, ii. 258 

 Animal sacrifice, at Kukawa, a case of, i. 



295; on the Yo river, i. 169 

 Animals, native cruelty to, G. on, i. 179 

 Ankwe tribe, aspect, locale, and weapons of, 



i. 70 

 Antelope, new species, obtained at Bambili, 



ii. 301 

 Ants, eaten by the Mobatti, ii. 258 

 Api, Belgian elephant-training depot, ii. 



305 

 Arab origin and characteristics of the 

 Hausa, i. 197-8 

 traders, and their wares, i. 269, 270, ii. 353 

 Arama hills, Kibali river near, ii. 321 ; 

 mineralogy of, ib. 

 Mount, position of, ii. 320 

 Architectm-e of the Fulani of the plains, 



i. 194 

 Arebi river, confluent of the Ira, ii. 309, 



331-2 

 Arregi, village, near Lake Chad, i. 336, 



ii. 7, 8 

 Armour of various tribes — 

 Kanuri, of horses, i. 134-5 

 Kotoko, arrow-proof, men's, ii. 12, 13 

 Tuareg, old Crusader's mail, ii. 126 

 Arris, Marragi territory, level plain North 



and East of, i. 140 

 Arrow-heads, Congo natives, ii. 324-5 

 Arrow-poison, Benue district, also used in 

 medicine, i. 149 

 Mombuttu, som-ce of, ii. 325 

 Arrows, poisoned, see most tribes 

 effect of, and antidote to, ii. 15 note 

 Talbot's brave act concerning one, i. 139 

 <fc Tiote 

 Ashaka, ontheGongola, boat journey to, i. 64; 

 journey to, of survey party, 119, 



Ashaka (contd.) 



and meeting with Lopes and the 

 boat party, i. 121 ; a looting 

 carrier caught at, i. 132 ; con- 

 centration of the expedition at, 

 i. 153 ; arrival at, of Gosling, his 

 departiu-e for Gujba, i. 162 ; base 

 of survey column, B.A.'s objective 

 after Bauchi i. 214, route chosen, 

 how measured, 215, 216, his 

 arrival at, and journey beyond, 228 

 Attahiru, Sultan of Sokoto, defeat of, 1903-, 

 i. 224, takes refuge at Burmi, 225, 

 his fate, 227 

 Audelai, captain of the boats, i. 65, 146 ; 

 skill and pluck of. Andamanza 

 rapids, ii. 322-3 

 Auma, Marragi town, i. 132 

 Avokia tribe, near Wandi, ii. 357 

 Avungara, Azandi nobility, ii. 337 

 Avurra. or Bufi, on the Yei, shallow water 



near, ii. 365-6 

 Azandi tribe, location of, ii. 276, 278, 323. 

 rubber tract within district of, 

 319; its nobility, 337; aspect of, 

 and characteristics, 353 ; treaty- 

 making (blood-brotherhood) among, 

 353-4 



Babarri, Cow-Fulani met near, i. 105-6 

 Babies' heads, (girls') compression of, 

 Bungba tribe, ii. 282 

 Madi tribe, ii. 278 

 covered with calabashes, Tera tribe, 

 i. 160 

 Ba-bukar, Rabeh's famous subordinate, 



ii. 172, his fate, 173, 175 

 Babulini, Captain, at Banzyville, ii. 235 

 Badiko, i. 205, country near, tin-bearing 

 streams in, English miners near, 

 210-11 

 Baghirmi country, elephants in, ii. 303 ; 

 Rabeh's failure in, ii. 170 

 levies, Togbau battle, ii. 172 

 race, aspect, physique, and characteristics 



of, ii. 157-8, 303 

 slaves, once Rabeh's soldiers, i. 305 

 Bagi hill, observations from, i. 119-20, 

 traces of former habitations on, 

 124 

 town (Fulani), difficulties at, i. 120 

 Bagobi, Dervish chief, ii. 357 

 Bagojam, fortified town, ii. 124 

 Bagpipes, Kanuri instrument similar to, 



i. 135 

 Bahr-el-Ergig, or M'bassu, river, affluent 

 of the Shari, G. on, and on its 

 wild life, ii. 151-4 

 Bahr-el-Ghazel, advance up, of Sleeping- 

 sickness, ii. 363 ; former mouth of, 

 ii. 101 

 province, Yei river's value to, ii. 374 



