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INDEX 



Upoto language, 897, 902 

 Umea lichen, 174, 176 

 Uyoma, 38 



Vale, Wallis, 161, 182, 248 * 



Vandeleur, Colonel (once Lieutenant), 236 



VICTOUIA Nyanza, 30, 37, 43, G8, 70, 71 et seq. 

 area of, 78, 84 ; unknown parts of, 79 

 depth of, 80; length and breadth of, 84 

 discovery of, 216, 22?, 722 ; map of, 222 

 ■within British spbere, 231 ; commerce of, 

 railway to, 264 ; variations of level, 3C2 



Victoria, Queen, 219, 248 



Victoria, SS , 242 



Violet plantain-eater, s."e Plantain-eater 



Violets, 28, 168, 319, 330 



Vipers, 409 



Volcanoes, volcanic activity, G, 177, 189 



Vultures, 192, 397, 402, 828 



Wadelai, 236, 244 



Wailing for the dead, 749 



Wakefield, Rev. Mr., 227, 722, 893 



Walled villages, Ka\irondo, 209 



Wamala, Lake, 116 



Wanga, Awa-, Lu-, 746, 902 



Ward, Lieutenant, 161 



Ward, Mr. Eowland, 380 



Ware, Awa-, 746 



Wart-hog, 26, 375, 787 



Wasps, 412 



Water in native religious ceremonies, 590 



Waterbuck; 25, 192, 388 



Waterfowl, 128, 129 



Waterhouse, C. 0., 459 



Watcrlilies, 81 ; yellow, 81 



Waterspouts, 84 



Wax, 289 



Weapons, s:e Spears, Sworcis, Bows and arrows, 



etc. 

 Weasel {PtecHogale), 368 

 Weaver birds and widow finches, 397, 398, 692 

 Weiwei River, 23 

 Wellby, late Captain, 22, 23, 841 

 Wells, H. G. (" The Time Machine ' ), 88 



West African flora, 317, 318 ; Negro, 480, 482, 



546, 63(:, S99 ; phonology, 886, 888, 899 

 Whale-hcadcd stork, see Bal(enice2:s 

 Wheat, 290 



White ants, see Termites 

 White Fathers, the, 223, 274, 275 

 White man, the, 281 

 " White man's country (colony)," the, 2, 30, 125, 



270, 299 

 Wl.itehouse, Commander, see Map No. 3, p. 222 

 Whitehouse, Mr. George, 260 

 Whytc, Mr. Alexander, 118, 256, 291,292,329, 



364 

 Williams, Colonel (Captain), 233 

 Wilson, Mr. George, 239, 252, 304, 584, 590, 



592, 594, 602. 

 Wilson, Rev. C. T., 329, 682 

 Winton, de, Mr., 237 

 Witch hazels (Triclioeladus), 31, 318 

 Witchcraft, 676, 750, 792 

 Witches, 589 ; iee also Sorcerer 

 Women, condition of, customs concerning, 



670, 691, 728, 737, 778, 782, 787, 822, 824, 



878 

 Work of other nations in Africa, 281 

 Worms, 414, 453, 646, 829 

 Wright, Mr., of Kew Herbarium, 329 

 Wylde, Mr. E., 161. 



Xylophone (" amadinda "), 666 



Yala River, 746 



"Yaws," the {Framhcesxa'), 644 



Yew-trees {Podocarpns), 24, 31, 318 



Zambezi River, Zambezia, 2, 486 

 Zanzibaris, 197, 215 

 Zanzibar, 197, 224, 231, 269, 270 

 Zebra, 26, 288, 353, 371 ; Gravy's, 19, 288, 3C3 

 ZingiberacecB, 100, 2C0, 202 

 Zoological gardens turned loose, a, 26 

 Zulus, Zululand, Zulu language, 213, 278, 486, 

 611,625, 821 



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