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INDEX 



Bahr-Sara river, affluent of the Shari, ii. 179 ; 



tributaries of, ii. 216 

 Baiyo river, ford on, near Wuyo, i. 160 

 Bakango tribe, location of, ii. 258, 323 ; 

 aspect, physique, and character- 

 istics of, ii. 269-71 

 Balamingubdo, Bornu town, meaning of 



name, i. 142 

 Bambili, Belgian post at, ii. 272 ; G.'s stay 

 at, ii. 275-6, new and rare animals 

 obtained near, 301 ; rapids near, 

 on the Welle, ii. 272 

 Baniingi country, elephants in, ii. 303 

 river, ii. 181, 184, main channel of the 

 Shari after its division, 185, B.A. 

 and G.'s voyage up, ii. 185 et seq. ; 

 Banda natives met with, ii. 199- 

 201 ; bird life on, ii. 188-9, 194, 

 196-7 ; hippo-pools in, ii. 194-5, 

 207 ; monkeys along, ii. 193-4 ; 

 rapids on. ii. 185-6, 207 ; scenery, 

 solitude and scant life along, 

 ii. 187, 189-90; the return journey, 

 elephants seen, ii. 203-4, and shot, 

 206-7 

 Banda, Kabba-Sara village, music and 

 dancing at, ii. 182-3, Bamingi 

 river at, 184 

 race, or tribe, (see also Wujia), appearance 

 and characteristics of, ii. 147-8. 

 199-202, 212, 213-14, 304; sub- 

 sections of, ii. 219, 225 

 Bangala language, used in Congo region, 

 ii. 250, Belgian rule concerning, 

 341 

 Bangassu, Sultan of, slave-raiding by, ii. 



238 

 Bangba chief, in Mombuttu district, see 



Magombo 

 Bangi, headquarters of French Congo Civil 



Administration, ii. 211 

 Bangi, trade at, ii. 226 

 Banjo, and player, Lafan Gisseri, i. 43 

 Banzi river, crossed by G.. i. 162 

 Banziri tribe, location, aspect and charac- 

 teristics of. ii. 214, 224-8; tribal 

 affinity of, ii. 232 

 Banzyville, Belgian post, Ubangui river, 

 thriving aspect of, ii. 235-6 ; ele- 

 phants plentiful near, ii. 304 ; 

 native game-pits near, ii. 301 ; 

 Okapi reported near, ii. 267 

 Baobab, or kuka, trees, large size of, near 

 Gujba, i. 163 ; in the Jaraua and 

 Barburr country, i. 100-3 ; near 

 Kwong, i. 130, at Timga, storks' 

 nests in, i. 222 

 Barbers, in the market, a joke that never 



fails with, i. 269 

 Barburr tribe, an interesting race, i. 124. 



their hospitality, 125 

 Bari rapids, Kibali river, ii. 321 

 tribe, arrows of, ii. 324-5 



Bark-fibre cloth, of the Yakoma tribe, ii. 



245-6 

 Barlow, Major, and the fall of Burmi, 225, 



227, 228 



Barth. Dr., i. 171, 241 



Bashar, town, G.'s account of its delights, i. 

 147 



Bashima tribe, locale of, 148, physique of 

 149 ; a fishing-village of, methods 

 at, 150, honesty of the inhabitants, 

 151 



Basinga, G.'s illness at, ii. 274 



Battle-axes, Montoil, i. 80 



Bathing, part of Bornu wedding, i. 177 



Bats, near Abo, i. 20 



vampire, Angu forest, ii. 262 



Bauchi, i. 106; famine at, i. 105; B.A.'s 

 arrival at, no news of the Expedi- 

 tion, i. 211 ; its importance and 

 aspect, former slave -market at, 

 i. 211 ; the Emir's hospitality, 

 B.A.'s visit to him, he enjoys the 

 gramophone, i. 212-3, his return 

 visit and his band, his supposed 

 dislike of the British, 214 ; British 

 garrison near, B.A.'s ornithological 

 specimens sent home from, i. 214; 

 the country beyond, i. 215 



Beads, vagaries of native choice in, i. 10 ; 

 Dinka love of, ii. 368-9 



" Bedongo " sweetmeat, how made, Mang- 

 bettu tribe, ii. 282 



Bee-eater birds, on the Benue, ii. 27, in 

 Bornu, and on Lake Chad, 29, 

 wide range of one species, 30 ; 

 found on the Yei, ii. 353 



Behagle, M., journey of, up the Bamingi, 

 his fate, ii. 185 



B?joga village, home of refugees from Burmi, 

 223-4 



Belgian administration of the Congo region, 

 B.A.'s views on, ii. 338 et seq. &: 

 see ii. 240 

 elephant taming and training, at Api, ii. 



303 

 territory at Banzyville, thriving aspect of, 

 ii. 235 



Belgians, animus against, a case in point, ii. 

 345 



Belverston, Sergeant, R.F.A., takes home 

 B.A.'s bird-skins, i. 214 



Bengbi rapids. Yei river, ii. 362 



Beniseed, supply of, dependent on the 

 Munchi,' i. 31 



Benisett Arabs, at Jimtilo. ii. 108 ; of Kanem, 

 ii. 108, origin, occupations and 

 aspect of, 112-14 



Benue river, affluents of, i. 103 



journey of Expedition up, its aim, i. 5 ; 

 i. 19 e< seq., its monotony, 26, some 

 interruptions, 28 ; bird and beast 

 along, i. 20-29 ; navigable stretch 

 of, i. 23, 25 tt seq. ; tribes along. 



