INDEX 



Abdulla, author's Swahili headman, 

 133. 135. I4S> 167, 213, 224, 226, 

 248, 286, 404 



Adventures with elephants, 187, 322, 

 350 ; with snake, 254 ; with lions. 



233. 391, 397 



Africa, Central, average English idea of 

 location, I ; transport, 7, 48, 351 ; 

 cattle plague in, 27, 1 17, 142, 253, 

 333 ; author's dealings with natives, 78, 

 226 ; luxuries in, 329, ^^;^ ; slavery, 

 330 ; description of country, 427 



Africa, South-Eastein, author's previous 

 knowledge of, 5 



Air-currents, Xdorobo mode of testing, 

 96 ; author's, 96, 1 12 



Alia Bay, 272, 274, 373 



Ammunition, author's observations on, 

 121, 336 ; South African native's, 121 



"Angata" {sci: "Ongata") 



Ant-heaps, 284, 294, 297, 355, 358 



Athi River, 138, 431 ; author road- 

 cutting at, 141 ; varieties of guinea- 

 fowl at, 142 



Baboons, 53, 146, 163 



Baikenda, headman at Laiju, II, 12 



Baithai, an Xdorobo, 172, 213, 214, 218, 



225, 235, 388 

 Bananas, I2> 31, 77, 120; native mode 



of cooking, 126 

 Baobabs, 82 ; for hanging bee-tubs, 144 ; 



suitability for canoes, 151 

 " Bara," derivation, 394 no/e 

 Barasaloi River, 177, 184, 192, 198, 



248, 385 

 "Bari)ers, "" 26, 267 ; jiroportions, 338 

 Baringo, 30, 256 

 Barta spruit, 384 



Barter, medium for, 134, 263, 26S, 312, 



329, 376 

 Bassu (Lake Rudolph), 256, 266, 273, 



289, 331, 378 ; description, 257, 382 ; 



stone circles at, 258 ; author's illness 



at, 332 

 Batshada, 302 

 Bawdo, a Kere native, 314 

 Bee-eaters {Merops tndncits), rose- 

 coloured, 280; pursuit of prey, 281, 



340 ; green, 280 

 Bees, 104, 245, 24S ; author attacked by, 



57 

 Beetles, 332 

 Bee-tubs, 57, 245 ; trees for hanging, 



144 ; tapping, 248 

 "Biltong," 19, 23, 27, 51, 285, 364; 



curing, 365 note 

 " Blood -brotherhood," author's, 11, 42, 



78, 128, 130; Mr. Chanler's, 33; 



Dr. Kolb's, 130 

 " Bomas " at Laiju, 12, 119, 124; at 



Mthara, 40; at El Bogoi, 167, 393 

 British Museum, 9 ; authors Grant's 



gazelle, 238 ; northern giraffe head, 



411 ; suggestion as to arrangement of 



specimens, 419 

 Bryden, Mr. H. A., 412 

 Bubal, West-African, 303 

 Btibalis neiimanni, 301 ; Hon. ^^'. 



Rothschild's note on, 303 

 Buffaloes, 35, 84, 372 ; in Natal, 2 : 

 scarcity since cattle plague, 27, 142, 



253 

 Bumi, 291, 294, 308, 339; inhabitants, 



295 ; breed and peculiarity of poultry, 



Burchell's zebra, author's observations 

 on, 210 note, 242, 372 ; proportions, 

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