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ELEPHANT-HUNTING IN EAST AFRICA 



242, 425 ; at Lake Rudolph, 275, 



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 Eushbuck, 34, 123, 142 

 Butterflies, 63, 66, 100, 124, 236, 332; 



author's new species, 130, 437 

 Bworana tribe, 268, 290 



Cactus, 165, 216 



Canoes, Dr. Kolb's, 124; author's, 151, 

 I53> 154 ; El Molo, 265 



Caravan transport versus ox-waggon, 7 



Cartridge-case used as call, 160 7ioie, 287 



Caterpillars, 62 ; Dr. Kolb's sufferings 

 from, 126 



Cattle plague in East Central Africa, 27, 

 117, 142, 253, 333 



Cavendish, Mr. H. S. H., 238 



Chanler, Mr. Astor, 8, 11, 13, 32, 39, 

 40, 81, 268, 312; his "boma," 12; 

 expedition, 36; "blood -brotherhood," 

 33 ; " roi rhebok," 125 



Chapman's zebra, 372, 416 note 



Charms, native belief in, 115, 244, 313 



Coffee, 126, 329 ; native mode of cook- 

 ing, 329 



Coke's hartebeeste, 8, 26, 132; limit of 

 range, 27 



Coots, 64 



Cormorants, 260, 266 ; nests, 379 



Cranes, 210; crowned, 290 



Craters, 34, 51, 63, 81, 125, 163, 259; 

 mineral in, 82 



" Cripple - stopper," author's (Martini- 

 Henry rifle), 38, 45, 73, 107 



Crocodile River, 21, 49 



Crocodiles, 156, 266, 268, 305, 308, 



310,314 

 Crows, 364 ; useful to El Molo tribe, 

 278 



Divers, 64 



" Donyo le Nyiro " (Mount Xyiro), 86, 



92 

 Doves, 332, 340 

 Ducks, 64, 241, 266, 275 

 "Dug-out" canoes, 151, 153, 314 

 Duiker antelope, 123 

 Durban in 1869, i 

 Duruma, 9 



Earthquakes, at Mombasa, 137 ; at 



Lake Rudolph, 377 

 Eggs, a luxury in Central Africa, 333; 



breed and peculiarity of hens laying, 



333 

 Egrets, 266, 278, 292, 294, 341, 348 



Elands, 27, 84, 1 17, 162, 164, 21 1; 

 stalking, 85 



El Bogoi, camp at, 80, 86, 105, 167, 

 171, 174, 213, 224, 385, 411; hunt- 

 ing at, 86, 93, 107 ; author's excursions 

 from, 168; head waters, 234 



Elephant -hunting expeditions, author's, 

 5, 137 ; expense in East Africa, 48 



Elephant-hunts, 37, 44, 54, 69, 96, loi, 

 107, no, 150, 179, 187, 203, 215, 

 228, 295, 321, 348, 355, 358; rifle 

 equipment for, 5, 120 ; author's dress 

 during, 102; advantage of head-shot, 

 55, 100, 102, 103, 180; author's ad- 

 ventures in, 187, 322, 350 



" Elephant -openers " (native name for 

 marabout storks), 21 



Elephants, their haunts, 37, 62, 66, 105, 

 177, 184, 202, 219, 228 ; dying 

 posture, 98, 107, 113; proportions of 

 bulls, 55, 107, 419, 421; food, 108, 

 109, 215, 216; dust -throwing, 109, 

 114; resting, 109; single-tusked, no; 

 aspect at close quarters, ill; "herd- 

 bull" type, 132, 198; dying sounds, 

 179, 204; love-making, 187; attend- 

 ant birds, 292 ; author's observations 

 on, 352, 419; in open country, 359; 

 Mr. Selous' observations on, 419 



El Gereh swamp, 106, 172, 174; 

 Ndorobo definition, 176 ; description, 

 ^7T^ 183; camp at, 182; climate, 

 183 



El Gume tribe, akin to the Suk, 295 ; 

 game-snare, 337 



El Molo tribe, timidity, 263 ; subsist- 

 ence, 265 ; language, 265 ; settle- 

 ments, 266 ; ethnology, 267 ; mode of 

 fishing, 267, 378 



Embe district, 28 ; climate, 30 ; descrip- 

 tion, 31 ; soil, 32 



Embe tribe, 29 ; appearance and habits, 

 32 ; as hunters, 33 ; raid on Ndorobos, 

 82 ; fishing for mineral, 82 ; hostility 

 to porters, 116; chastised by author, 

 125 ; awe of rifles, 125 ; on the " war- 

 path," 132 



Etjiins Inn-chelli and E. grevyi (see 

 Burchell's and Grevy's zebra) 



Euphorbia, 216 



Fall-traps for game, 2)Zt 8°, 106, 245 

 "Faro" (Swahili for rhinoceros), 126, 



277, 283 

 Feruzi, author's Swahili cook, 181, 182, 



192, 199 ; his new entree, 283 



