INDEX 



453 



Marabout storks, 21, 346, 364; native 



name, 21 

 Marasambiti, Mount, 252 

 Martini-Henry rifle, 5, 38, 73 

 Masai tribe, 13, 14, 40, 143, 291 ; of 



Ndoro, 128 ; dances, 231 ; present 



location, 246 ; language, 267 

 Mathews range, 106, 163, 177, 183, 



196; " subugo " forest on, 183; 



altitude, 194 

 Metford rifle, 19 

 Milk, a luxury in Central Africa, 329 ; 



utensils and mode of milking, 145, 329 

 Millet crops, 131, 288, 294, 304, 306, 



317 ; native mode of protection, 319 

 Mimosas, 36, 84, 184, 185, 186, 197, 



248, 259, 269 ; use for bark, 102 

 Mineral (natron ?) in crater lake, 82 ; use I 



by Wakanda tribe, 83 

 Mission station at Ikutha, 8, 143, 430 ; 



suitable spot for, 222 

 "Mkongi" plant, 108, 215; use for 



fibre, 109 

 Mkwavi tribe, 339 

 Mnyamiri, Swahili guide and interpreter, 



272, 275, 285, 288, 289, 308, 429 ; 



his exorcism, 313 

 Mnyithu tribe, 66 ; author's trouble 



with, 78 ; akin to the Kikuyu, 128 

 Mombasa, i, 2, 134; author's first 



acquaintance with, 2 ; description, 4 ; 



expeditions from, 5, 137 ; return to, 



133. 432 ; earthquake at, 137 

 Monkeys, Cercopitheais albotorqiiatiis, 



129 ; yellow, 129 ; cry, 129; colobus, 



3'8 

 Mosquitoes, 176, 202, 210, 249, 289, 



295> 300. 318, 325, 332 

 Mreya spring, 215 

 Msara {see Mthara) 

 Mthara district, description, 34 ; camp 



at, 40, 67, 125 

 Mthara tribe, 40, 41 ; as guides, 67 

 Mtiya, 133 



Mtiya's, at Ukambani, 145 

 Murkeben hill, 173, 258 ; author's 



definition, 251 

 Murli, 304, 318; pronunciation, 304 



note ; native disfigurement, 305 

 Murthu, 318, 319 



Naivasha, Lake, 241 



Ndaminuki, author's "blood brother," 



42, 126, 224 

 Ndara, 9 

 Ndoro, Masai tribe of, 128 



Ndorobo country, 79 ; original tribes, 246 

 Ndorobo tribe, nomadic life, 13, 79 ; as 

 guides, 14, 16, 86, 91, loi, 106, 

 no, 114, 172, 173; huts, 15, 230, 

 242, 243 ; food prejudice, 25 ; staple 

 food, 79, 245 ; as hunters, 80, 95, 

 no, 193, 229, 245; drinking blood 

 of animals, 84 ; hunting weapons, 

 94 ; feasting on elephants, 99, 105, 

 108, 193, 209 ; reliability, 104 ; 

 headman's qualification, 115; belief 

 in charms, 115, 244; inferior race, 

 128 ; customs, 220, 391 ; dances, 231 ; 

 compared with Swazies, 245 ; marriage, 

 246 : ethnology, 246, 247 ; at Lake 

 Rudolph, 267 ; language, 267 ; con- 

 ception of the Deity, 426 ; author's 

 observations on, 426 

 " Ngunga " (crater lake), 63 

 Njambeni Range {see Jambeni Range) 

 Njangitomara (girafl'e) stream, 84 

 " Nyama Yangu " (author's Swahili 



name),' 6 

 Nyiro, Mount, 86, 90, 93, 105, 220, 

 248, 251, 382 ; "subugo" forest on, 

 253 ; author's definition, 253; western 

 face, 256 



" Ongata Karta" (horse pasture), 91, 



92, 239, 249, 251 

 "Ongata Ndamez " (camel veldt), 91, 



223, 250 ; corrupt spelling, 91 note 

 Orchids, 120 

 Oryx antelope {Oryx beisa), 17, 22, 26, 



68, 75, 81, 89, 175, 184, 261, 280; 



stalking, 23 ; cry, 26 ; milk, 84 ; . 



resembling unicorn, 93 ; horns, 363 ; 



use of horns l;y El Molo tribe, 378 ; 



author's observations on, 418 

 Ostriches, 17, 22, 27, 67, 81, 253 ; 



nest, 93 ; voice resemblance, 335 



" Paa " {see Kirk's antelope) 



Pack-animals, loss from climate and fly, 

 28, 48, 160, 161, 162, 168 ; pack- 

 saddles, 135, 160, 363 ; treatment, 

 135, 200 ; watering, 139, 273 ; cross- 

 ing the Tana river, 157 ; loads, 160, 

 162, 200, 341, 344, 362 ; stamped- 

 ing, 194 ; killed by lions, 252, 395 ; 

 Turkana species, 341, 428 



Pallah antelope {see Impala antelope) 



Pangani, 135 



" Papa," author's Ndorobo guide, 14, 

 22, 82, 104, 1 18 



" Pate de faro," 283 



