INDEX 



411 



Lakes, see Chad, Tapkin Dorina, and un- 

 named lake at outfall of Yei 

 river 



Lakushi village, view of Miu-chison range 

 from, i. 71 



" Lamberniont, Les Rapides de," sec Rafiai 



Laminga, country near, i. 200 



Lamy, Major, conqueror of Rabeh, his 

 fate, ii. 124, 176-7 ; his monument, 

 ii. 132 



Langtam, capital of the Yergum, animals 

 and tsetse- fly near, i. 92 



Languages, native, importance of official 

 knowledge of, B.A. on, i. 185-6; 

 Belgian rule enforcing, ii. 341 



La Plume, Commandant, elephant-training 

 depot of, Api, ii. 305 



Laraba, i. 228 



Lark, rare, found by B.A., on Lake Chad, 

 ii. 88 



Lau, on the Benue, Gosling's boat journey 

 to, i. 148 ; its population and 

 their avocations, i. 148-9 ; slave 

 trade still carried on at, i. 149 



Lawrence, Lieutenant, and the Gwoni 

 fight, i. 224 



L?g, broken, native treatment of, Yo, i. 

 177 



L?ti tribe, location of, huts, &c., in, ii. 238; 

 aspect and physique, tribal marks 

 and ornaments of, ii. 239 ; good 

 as hunters, ii. 242 



Lewe, a Kerri-kerri stronghold, i. 117, a 

 food-trouble at, ii. 118, white 

 ants at, ii. 118 



Lewis, Captain, at siege of Burmi. i. 226 



Likati river, Okapi said to exist near, ii. 267 ; 

 tribe near, ii. 275 



Linga tribe, bush-dwelling cannibals, ii. 225 



Linguasi tribe, bush-dwelling cannibals, 

 ii. 225 



Lion-hunt of B.A. and Lopes, Tapkin 

 Dorina road, i. 49-61 



Lion's heart, as " medicine," i. 61 



Lions at Lusa, i. 98-9 ; near Chekkina, ii. 

 152 ; near Miltu, ii. 164 



Lobi, Mobatti village, B.A.'s collecting 

 headquarters, Angu forest, ii. 61-3 



Logo, or Bauu tribe, arrows of, ii. 324-5 ; 

 location of, ii. 328, 329, 337 ; origin 

 of name of, ii. 329 ; their rulers, 

 manners and customs, ii. 337 



Logone, river, boatless, ii. 179 



Loko, b?e-eaters and their nests near, ii. 

 28-9 ; large market at, i. 186 



Lokoja, ii. Ill ; British hospitality at, i. 21 ; 

 further additions to the personnel, 

 i. 21 ; journey beyond, 22 et seq. ; 

 B.A.'s river journey to, for ciu'e, 

 Merrick's kindness, 183, B.A.'s 

 choice of route from, 183-4, his 

 departure, 186, sequence of tiic 

 journey, 187 et seq. 



Looking-glasses, unfailing native demand 

 for, i. 10 ; the magic of, ii. 200 



Lusa, Seaua village, lions at, i. 98-9 



Lopes, Jose, collector, and interpreter to 

 the Expedition, his other valuable 

 qualifications, i. 6 ; as hunter, his 

 " eye wiped," i. 36-7 ; jjluck during 

 lion-hunt, i. 54, 56, 59, 61, and 

 devotion to B.A. in illness, 63 ; 

 leader of the boats to Ashuka, 

 incidents of the journey, i. 65, 

 144 et seq., his difficulties with 

 famine, 152-3 ; hs frees some 

 slaves, i. 153 ; his pluck in the 

 rapids, and arrival at Ashaka, i. 

 153; collecting food near, i. 162; 

 the journey to Yo, i. 164-5 ; the 

 hippo killed near Bosso, i. 174-5 ; 

 at Lake Chad, 175 ; is left at Yo, 

 i. 176 ; joins B.A. at Pogwa, with 

 news of C.A.'s illness, i. 234 ; 

 goes on with B.A. to Maifoni, 

 238 et seq. ; does business with 

 the Shehu of Kukawa, i. 289-90; 

 illness of, at Maifoni, i. 354, 357 ; 

 as a man of war, ii. 8, 12, 14, 16, 18 ; 

 goes food-collecting, ii. 43, 46 ; 

 sees a Tubu raid at Yo market, 

 ii. 60-2 ; hard work of, in moving 

 the boats to Kowa Baga, ii. 71, 

 77, 87 ; secures some carriers, 82, 

 a tribute to him and the Hausa 

 " boys," 89 ; wisdom shown by 

 on Lake Chad, ii. 101 ; illness of 

 at Gulfei, ii. 124; secures polers, 

 ii. 134 ; as butcher, and steward, 

 ii. 166, 207, 231 ; goes with B.A. 

 up Gribingi river, ii. 208 et seq. ; 

 as linguist, ii. 250 ; with B.A. on 

 the Okapi hunt, ii. 258, he secures 

 the one specimen, 263-5 ; a new 

 rock-dassie named after, ii. 308 ; 

 illness of, N'soro, ii. 334 ; escape 

 of, from drowning, Yei rapids, ii. 

 354 ; as ship's-carpenter, ii. 357 ; 

 takes boat to Niangara by land, 

 ii. 335-6; goes home with B.A., 

 ii. 375 



Lowau, the, chief over Kanembus and 

 Budumas, i. 302-3 ; chief source 

 of his wealth, i. 304 ; his 

 potash gatherers and indigo- 

 getting slaves, ii. 82-6, 88 



Lowi, the " cook's boy," i. 21, ii. 146, his 

 faithfulness, ii. 74 



Luma, island in Ubangui river, ii. 228, 

 animal life and vegetables on the 

 river above, trib?s along. 232-3 



L'.imkabu (main) channel, Shari river, ii. 106 



]\1ackwurth. Major, meeting with, at Gaba 

 Shambi, ii. 372-3 



