INDEX 



419 



Tuba raid?rs (contd.) 



of, on Mecca caravan, Bulturi, 

 ii. 6, siege of Bulturi by, 7 et seq. ; 

 defeat of, near Pogwa, and death 

 of chief, ii. 17-19 ; raid of, on Yo 

 market, ii. 80-2 ; their weapons, 

 spsars, ii. 1, 12, 15, poisoned 

 arrows, efiEect of, and antidote to, 

 ii. 15 <fc note 



Tunga, Fulani town, fig-tree on road to, 

 said to mirk grave of Major Marsh, 

 i. 227 ; storks' nests at, i. 222 



Tungo, Blikka natives at, and beyond, an 

 afifi-iy with the latter, 223-4 



Tzara rapids, Kibali river, ii. 321 



Ubaxgui river, affluents of, ii. 228, 249; 

 B.A. and G.'s journey up. ii. 221, 

 222 el seq. ; derivation of the name, 

 ii. 249 ; at Mobbai, difference of 

 opposite shores, ii. 234-5 ; ele- 

 phants along, and on islands of, 

 ii. 304 ; islands in, game on, ii. 

 301, 304; rapids on, ii. 224, 235, 

 243, 246; scenery on, above Mob- 

 bai, ii. 2i2 ; tribes ; along, ii. 

 224, 232-3, 238-9, 243 



Umbrella-trees, their social function, i. 188 



Umuru, gun-boy to Gosling, i. 21, ii. 146 ; 

 as boatman, ii. 351 ; the elephants, 

 Bamingi river, ii. 204-5 .= >:■-: 



Urri plant, arrow-poison from, ii. 323 



Urru rapids, Yei river, ii. 361 



Vaaiboxgo. near the Voro Rapids, ii. 251 

 Vankerckhovenville, (see also X'soro), ii. 

 , 322, 325 ; country near, ii. 320 ; 



B.A.'s arrival at, ii. 328 

 Village birds, ii. 31 et seq. 

 Villiers-Perrin, Baron de. Commandant 



Superieur. Yei, ii. 338, kincbiess of, 



ii. 348. 349 

 Voro rapids, Welle river, the struggle up. ii. 



250-2, results to the boats, 253 

 village. Kachi natives at, ii. 252-3 

 Voulet and Chanoine, ilM., tragic course of 



their expedition to Lake Chad, i. 



3, 4, remnants of their expedition, 



ii. 174-175 

 Vrukk Hill, climbed by C.A., i. 95 



Wadi, a walled town, the country near, i. 



160 ; caravan route to, from 



Tripoli, ii. 130 ; operations against, 



of Rabeh, ii. 170, <!• see Rabeh ; 



situation at. Cotton on, ii. 127 

 Senoussi ]\Iahdi's influence at, i. 196, ii. 



127-8 

 Sultan of, hostile to white men, ii. 127-8, 



present position of, 129-30 

 Wadelai, magnetic iron-ore found near, ii. 



325 



Waadi, Belgian station, Yei river ii. 356, 

 rapids and chutes near, former 

 Dervish chiefs at, tsetse-fly at and, 

 sleeping-sickness cases, ii. 357, 359 

 tribe near, 357 



War song of the carriers, i. 139 



Wase river, a tvpical stream, i. 87 



Rock, ii. 106, 320 ; legends of, i. 87 ; 

 others similar to, locale of, i. 99; 

 King of, escaped slaves of, i. 49, 

 69 ; over lord of Yelua, i. 73 ; a 

 message from, i. 86 ; town, i. 85-7. 

 inhabitants of, their skill i_i design, 

 i. 86 ; shooting good near, i. 87 ; 

 giraffe, shot bv Gosling near, i. 94, 

 144-7 ; Talbot's illness at, i. 182, 

 famine in district of, ih. 



Washi, B.A.'s first camp after Lcko, i. 187 



Watai's of Lake Chad, rise and fall of, i. 316, 

 318, 320, 336-9 



Waterbuck, with record herns, shot bN' 

 Gosling, 41 



Walti Mount, source of the Yei ia, ii. 346 



Wax, (honev), used to mend the boats with, 

 ii. '254-5. 277, 354. 355. 362, 366 



Weapons, see binder nmnes of Tribes, cind oj 

 various Weapons 



W^eaver-bird, common in native village, ii. 

 31-2 



Welle District, Belgian administration in. 

 B.A.'s observations on, ii. 338 et seq. 

 river, affluents of, ii. 278. 282 ■; ancieni 

 stone implements found near, ii. 

 326 ; iron-stone near, ii. 325, and 

 iron-mines, ii. 249 ; width of, at 

 mouth, ii. 249; B.A. and G.'i 

 journey up 249 et seq. ; the Expedi 

 tion's boats the first on, i. 249 

 native excitement on seeing, 250 

 difficulties of navigation on, ii. 255 

 B.A. and G.'s journey continued 

 from Angu, ii. 269 ; rapids an: 

 rocks in, forest and bush along 

 Belgian posts on, ii. 272-3; Gos- 

 ling's illness during journey, ii. 273, 

 its nature, 274, his recovery, 276 ; 

 elephants near. ii. 304 ; scenery on, 

 ii. 256 ; Voro and other rapids on, 

 ii. 250-2, 254, 255, 318: tribes 

 along, ii. 249, 252, 258. 269. 278 : 

 tmhealthine?s of, ii. 268 ; used for 

 transport by the Belgians, ii. 272 ; 

 various and varying names of. ii. 254 



Wells, delights and associations of. 264-7 



Werre-Bili river, elephants near, Belgian 

 training depot for. ii. 304-5 



West Africa, buildings in. left by the 

 Dutch, i. 217 ; highest hills in, i. 98 



West African Frontier Force, garrison of, 

 near iMaifoni, i. 242 



White ants, near Lewe. i. 118 



White, M., obituary notice by, of Captain 



Gosling, ii. 293-5 

 Wild dog, new species, secured by G., ii. 29 



