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Index 



Aard-Vark, ill. facing p. 183. 



Acacia thorns, 105 



African Education Committee, 222 



Africa, peopling of, xxviii, xxix 



Akanyaru River, }^, 38 



Albcrtine Rift Valley, xxxiv 



Albertville, 9, ^13 



Albino Negro children, ill. facing p. 3 



Alpine flora, 62, SS, 13S, 140 



Amissi (Pygmy-Arab half cast), 160 



Ankora, 7, 8 



Antelope, near L. Edward, 102, iii, 113 



Ants, stink (enemies of butterflies), 255 ; 



white, 56, 187 

 Aout. Mens, d', notes on Wabali tribes by, 



190 ei seq. 

 Apes, anthropoid, xxi et seq. ; fossil 



remains, xxvii 

 Api, elephant farm at, 179 

 Armstrong, General, on Negro education, 



221 

 Avakubi, oil industry of, 193 ; rainfall of, 



275 ; rubber industry of, 194 

 Awa-ruanda, 92 

 Awemba, the, 19 



Babali, the, 195 et seq. ; customs of, 204 

 et seq. 



Baboons, on shores of L. Edward, 124 



Bafwasende, 195 ; marriage laws, 203 



Bahuku Plateau. 175 



Bahuni, the (Cannibal tribe), 116, 125, 132 



Bahutu natives, 97 



Baira, native market at, 26 



Baluba natives, extermination of, 7 



Ballez, Mons. (Customs officer at Kasindi), 

 126 



Bamboo, 26, 136 



Banana, 25, 135. 148 ; method of planting, 

 163 ; Pygmies' staple food, 163 



Bangweuhi, Lake, 190 



Barundi, burial customs of, 29 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 33 ; love of cattle, 27, 33 ; 

 porters, 27 



Bats (enemies of moths), 256 



Battel, Andrew, xxii 



Batwa natives, pastimes of, 45, 46 



Baunga natives, 190 



Beans, at foot of Ruwenzori Mts., 135 



Bega, the, a Watusi clan, 42 



Belgian administration, appreciation of, 

 92 ; African Club, 214 ; Congo, develop- 

 ment and resources summarised, 212 

 el seq.; statistics, 215; future of, 

 2io et seq.; Game Laws and Licences, 99 



Beringer, Oscar, xxi, xxiv 



Biltong (dried meat of Big Game), 243 



Birthplace of man, probable, xxviii 



Bobandana, Mission Station, 89, 90 ; 

 rainfall at, 273 



Boga (old Belgian post), 175 



Boll worm, 237 



Bongo, 189, 195 



Bonneau (Father Superior of Mugera 

 Mission), 31 



Brontosaurus, story of, 189; local belief 

 in, 191 



Buck, 103 ; see also bushbuck and reed- 

 buck 



Buffalo, holds up camp, 103-4 ; near 

 L. Kissale, 7 ; near L. Edward , 119, 129; 

 pygmy red forest, 151 ; red, 195 



Bugoie (Kasiba) Forest, chimpanzi hunt 

 in, 51 ; dwarf elephants in, 225 ; dwarfs, 



49 



Bukama, coal discovered south of, 212 ; 

 description of, 5 



Bunia, 183 



Burial murders, 171 ; customs of Barundi, 

 29 



Burlacc, J. B., 236 



Bushbuck, description of fight with 

 python, 37 



Bustards, 11 1 



Butahu (Butagu) River, 134. 135 



Butterflies, a remarkable specimen of, 253 ; 

 enemies of, 254 ; feeding and flying habits, 

 256 ; forms new to science collected by 

 author, 277 ; found on summit of 

 Niragongo, 76 ; in Semliki Valley, 166 ; 

 utility of collecting, 252 



Camus, Captain, 17 



Camwood, 174 



Cannibal tribes, 125, 147; grave robbing 



by, 172; Lt. Dcmanie killed by. 132; 



see Bahuni. Wakobi, Wanandi, and 



Wambuba. 

 Cannibalism, history of, 170 et seq. 

 Cape to Cairo Railway, 2 



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