INDEX 



451 



Fever, enemy of African travellers, 99 ; 



author attacked by, 153, 157, 326 

 "Fever trees" (mimosas), 36, 46 

 Flamingoes, 377 

 Francolins, 27, 68, 186 

 Freeland Expedition, 124 

 Frogs, 92 

 " Frolic," author's terrier companion, 8, 



20, 138, 146; death of, 149 

 Fundi, author's headman, 206 



Gala tribe, 431 



Game, author's mode of protection from 

 vultures, 23, 211, 241, 379; native 

 fall-traps for, 33, 80, 106, 245 ; dis- 

 tinctive odours of, 147; conditions for 

 approaching, 285 ; native snares for, 



337 



Gazella petersi confused with G. granti 



and G, thomsoni, 9 

 Geese, Egyptian, 64, 210, 260, 263, 



266, 269 ; nests, 356 

 German mission station at Ikutha, 8, 



143. 430 



Gibbs' rifles, 5, 138 



Giraffe, 26, 61, 66, 75, 81, 93, 117, 

 162, 164, 184; fall when shot, 22; 

 northern species, 27, 412 ; height of 

 bull, 87; resting, 117; in the Zoo, 

 117 ; distinctive odour of bulls, 147 ; 

 stalking, 169 ; vital spot, 169 ; at 

 Lake Rudolph, 335 ; author's specimen 

 head, 411 ; Mr. De Winton's remarks 

 on existing forms, 412 



Giriama, 431 



Granite hills, 143 



Grant's gazelle, horns, 9, 10 ; at Mac- 

 kenzie River, 13, 17, 21, 24; at 

 Mthara, 54, 67, 75 ; at El Bogoi, 81, 

 201, 207 ; at Mount Nyiro, 92, 93 ; 

 at Gwaso Nyiro River, 162, 165 ; at 

 Seya River, 175, 176; at El Gereh, 

 184 ; at Lorogi Mountains, 223, 238; 

 breeding-time, 223, 335 ; skins prized 

 by Ndorobos, 227; author's specimen 

 in British Museum, 238 ; venison, 

 248; at Lake Rudolph, 260, 261, 

 266, 280, 289, 335 ; author's observa- 

 tions on, 380 



Grant's zebra, 210 iiolc, 372, 416 ; pro- 

 portions, 425 



(irevy's zebra, author's observations on, 

 17, 90, 415 ; cry, 17, 90, 416 ; limit 

 of range, 18, 27 ; at Mthara, 67, 71 ; 

 proportions, 90, 425 ; at Lorogi 

 Mountains, 164 ; at Soya River, 175, 



176; at El Gereh, 186; at Lake 



Rudolph, 271, 275, 280, 286, 335; 



stalking, 375, 379 

 Guinea-fowl, 8, 27, 68, 197, 224; 



crested, 142 ; horned, 142, 143, 290 ; 



vulturine, 142, 176, 290 

 Gulls, 266, 278 

 Gun - traps for hyenas or leopards, 



127, 315, 405 ; for lions, 397, 400, 



406 

 Gwargess Mountain, 80, 163 

 Gwaso Nyiro River, 48, 67, 74, 80, 83, 



84, 117, 163; game at, 161 ; routes 



for, 161 



Hamisi, a Swahili, 307, 311, 327, 328, 



330 

 Hartebeeste, bastard {Dainaliscus liin- 



atus), 274, 290 ; author's new species 



(Biibalis netiinatuii), 301, 303 

 Herons, 266, 278, 379 

 Hippos, 14, 64, 132, 147, 150, 153, 



156, 280, 289, 346 

 Hoffman, Mr., head of German mission 



station at Ikutha, 430 

 Hohnel, Lieutenant Von, 8, 13, 16, 21, 



32, 81, 269, 273, 275, 339, 351 

 Holland rifle, 138, 182, 190, 214 

 Honey, native mode of securing, 57 ; 



staple food of Ndorobos, 79, 245 ; 



substitute for sugar, 84, 104 ; presents 

 ' from natives, 87, 104, 208, 212, 226, 



231, 247, 386, 390, 428 ; Wakamba 



use for, 144 

 " Hongo" (tribute), 41 

 Horn measurements, Grant's gazelle, 9, 



10 ; Peters' gazelle, 9, 10 ; Thomson's 



gazelle, 10, 11 ; rhinoceros, 54, 76, 



284, 353 ; impala, 1 18 ; B.nettniaimi, 



303 

 Horn bills, cry, 31 ; nest, 129 

 Hornets, Dr. Kolb stung by, 131 ; nest, 



131 



Hunting charms, Ndorobo, 115 ; efficacy, 



171 

 Hunting weapons, author's, 5, 121, 139; 



Wakamba, 25, 92, 253 ; Ndorobo, 



80, 94, 245 ; Wasanya, 431 

 Hyenas, 27, 282, 313, 403 ; gun-trap 



for, 127, 315, 405 



Ibises, Sacred, 202, 210, 263, 266, 341 

 Ikutha, German mission station, 8, 143, 



430 

 Impala antelope, 8, 26, 41, 50, 75, 77, 



81, 89, 142 ; scarcity in Equatorial 



