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INDEX 



Head-compression of female chilclien, Bung- 

 ba tribe, ii. 282 ; Madi tribe, ii. 

 278 

 Head-hunters, a tribe of, i. 204 

 Headaches, native cure for, i. 15 

 Heart of Lion, as '' medicine," i. 61 

 Hemp, smoking of. at N'soro, native names 



for, ii. 334 

 Henvey, Captain, and the fall of Burmi, 225, 



227 

 Hippopotami, on the Bamingo, shot for food, 

 ii. 190 ; others seen, ii. 194-5, 207 ; 

 in Lake Chad, use of their hides, ii. 

 46 ; in Yei river, ii. 351-2, 355, 

 359, 365 ; in Yo river, i. 74 

 Honey-guide birds, Bamingo river, ii. 188-9 

 Hornbill, nesting habits of, ii. 35-6 

 Horse-sickness, and its cause, ii. 122 

 Horses, {see also Ponies), in W. and C. 



Africa, ii. 42, 80, 120-3, 134 

 Hot-water bottle, the, indispensable, i. 15, 

 its importance in illness proven, 

 i. 239, ii. 102. 274 

 Household Brirjadz Magazine, obituary notice 



of C.A. cited jrom, i. 262 

 Hous3s for dead Sultans, in palace at Kukawa, 



i. 284-5 

 Howa, sister of Faderella, amazonian exploits 

 of. i. 229-30; her husband, and 

 fate, i. 230 

 Howard. Hon. 0., and Maifoni home for 



freed slaves, i. 243 

 Hunting methods, various tribes and places 

 Ababua, ii. 276 

 Baghirmi, ii. 303 

 Banda, ii. 304 

 Bou-bou, ii. 237 

 Kanem. ii. 112 

 Kanembu, i. 308 

 Marragi. i. 140 

 Mobatti, ii. 261, 264, 304-5 

 Munchi, i. 32, 33. 36-7 



Ibi, i. 229 ; limit of navigability, Benue 

 river, i. 23 ; ca[)ital of Muri 

 province, arrival of the Expedition 

 at. i. 38 ; occupations at, 40 ; 

 game near, i. 41-2, G.'s successes in 

 collecting, ii. 296 ; escort supplied 

 to Expedition at, i. 46 ; illness of 

 B.A. at, i. 182; native punish- 

 ments at, i. 46 ; observations 

 made from and beyond, i. 40 et 

 seq. ; tsetse-fly belt round, i. 45 

 Ibi to Maifoni, survey work, T.'s account 

 of, i. 68 et seq. ; rate and length 

 of marches, and procedure at 

 villages, i. 70 

 Ibo coimtry, agricultural natives of, i. 20 

 Ibrahim, Sultan of Bornu, (in 1825), ii. 127 

 Ida, Nigeria, hills near, i. 21 

 Idio, cotton cultivation at, ii. 148 



Indigo-pickers, slaves, at Kowa-Baga, ii. 

 88, 90 



Insects, see Ants, Mosquitoes, and Tsetse-fly 



Insomnia, a white man's malady in Africa, 

 ii. 91-2 



Ira, or Bakwa. river, minor ujjpcr Ijranch 

 of the Ivibali, B.A.'s journey u|), 

 ii. 328-30, rapids (..i, 30. 333, 

 land journey back to N'soro 

 attempted in vain, 330-3, shooting 

 the rapids back, 333, arrival at 

 N'soro, 334; tribes along, ii. 323 



Irena, German post on the Bamingi, ii. 136-7, 

 181, 184; B.A.'s camp near, ii. 207 



Iron-ore, magnetic, where found, ii. 325-6 

 of the .Marragi district, i. 134 



Iron-stone hills, beyond Arama hills, ii. 321 ; 

 near Kemmo, ii. 218 



Ituri river, Okapi from, secured by Major 

 Powell-Cotton, ii. 267 

 Upper, stone implements along, ancient, 

 ii. 326, modern, 327 



Ivory trade, and slavery, i. 33-4 ; in the 

 Congo, ii. 212-3. 353 



Jackson, Colonel, of the Anglo-German 



Boundary Commission, i. 37 

 Jacoba, as cobbler, ii. 146 ; his curious fits, 



ii. 279-80 

 Jaggra, Sultan of Gulfei, his welcome to 

 B.A., ii. 115-6, his horses, 120, 

 his history, 124 

 ra," the cock, ii. 133-4, adventures 

 of, ii. 178, 197-8, 203, and death, 

 215 

 Jam, value of, to the traveller, i. 14 

 Jaraua territory, and king, giant baobabs 



of, i. 100-3 

 Jaui river, trend of, i. 127 

 Jimtilo, and its inhabitants, ii. 108 

 Joalland and Meynier, MM., expedition 

 of to Lake Chad, i. 4 ; arrival of, 

 at Kusseri, ii. 175 

 John, the cook, i. 18. ii. 146 et passim 

 Johnston. Sir H. H., and the Semliki 



Okapi, ii. 266-7 

 Juju animal, see Giraffe, and Roan antelope 

 bird, see Green Paroquet, and Owl 

 hunting, i. 146, ii. 169 

 of various tribes : — 

 Banda. ii. 213. 214 

 Banziri. ii. 214. 226-8 

 Bashima (against scorpions), i. 150 

 Bungba. ii. 283 

 Kachi. ii. 215, 253 

 :Misa. ii. 360 

 Mobatti. ii. 214 

 Munjia. i. 213 

 Sara, ii. 169 

 Senegalese, i. 61 



Yergum, celebrated place of, and famous 

 juju man of, i. 93-4 



