Index 



Aard-Vark, ill. facing p. 183. 



Acacia thorns, 105 



African Education Committee, 222 



Africa, peopling of, xxviii, xxix 



Akanyaru River, 35, 38 



Albertine Rift Valley, xxxiv 



Albertville, 9, 213 



Albino Negro children, ill. facing p. 3 



Alpine flora, 82, 88, 138, 140 



Amissi (Pygmy-Arab half cast), 160 



Ankora, 7, 8 



Antelope, near L. Edward, 102, iii, 113 



Ants, stink (enemies of butterflies), 255 ; 



white, 56, 187 

 Aout, Mons. d', notes on Wabali tribes by, 



196 et seq. 

 Apes, anthropoid, xxi et seq. ; fossil 



remains, xxvii 

 Api, elephant farm at, 179 

 Armstrong, General, on Negro education, 



221 

 Avakubi, oil industry of, 193 ; rainfall of, 



275 ; rubber industry of, 194 

 Awa-ruanda, 92 

 Awemba, the, 19 



Babali, the, 195 et seq. ; customs of, 204 

 et seq. 



Baboons, on shores of L. Edward, 124 



Bafwasende, 195 ; marriage laws, 203 



Bahuku Plateau, 175 



Bahuni, the (Cannibal tribe), 116, 125, 132 



Bahutu natives, 97 



Baira, native market at, 26 



Baluba natives, extermination of, 7 



Ballez, Mons. (Customs of&cerat Kasindi), 

 126 



Bamboo, 26, 136 



Banana, 25, 135, 148 ; method of planting, 

 163 ; Pygmies' staple food, 163 



Bangweulu, Lake, 190 



Barundi, burial customs of, 29 ; descrip- 

 tion of, 33 ; love of cattle, 27, 33 ; 

 porters, 27 



Bats (enemies of moths), 256 



Battel, Andrew, xxii 



Batwa natives, pastimes of, 45, 46 



Baunga natives, 190 



Beans, at foot of Ruwenzori Mts., 135 



Bega, the, a Watusi clan, 42 



Belgian administration, appreciation of, 

 92 ; African Club, 214 ; Congo, develop- 

 ment and resources summarised, 212 

 et seq. ; statistics, 215 ; future of, 

 220 et seq. ; Game Laws and Licences, 99 



Beringer, Oscar, xxi, xxiv 



Biltong (dried meat of Big Game), 243 



Birthplace of man, probable, xxviii 



Bobandaua, Mission Station, 89, 90 ; 

 rainfall at, 273 



Boga (old Belgian post), 175 



Boll worm, 237 



Bongo, 189, 195 



Bonneau (Father Superior of Mugera 

 Mission), 31 



Brontosaurus, story of, 189; local belief 

 in, 191 



Buck, 103 ; see also bushbuck and reed- 

 buck 



Buffalo, holds up camp, 103-4 ; near 

 L. Kissale, 7 ; nearL. Edward, 119, 129 ; 

 pygmy red forest, 151 ; red, 195 



Bugoie (Kasiba) Forest, chimpanzi hunt 

 in, 51 ; dwarf elephants in, 225 ; dwarfs, 



49 

 Bukama, coal discovered south of, 212 ; 



description of, 5 



Bunia, 183 



Burial murders, 171 ; customs of Barundi, 

 29 



Burlace, J. B., 236 



Bushbuck, description of fight with 

 python, 37 



Bustards, in 



Butahu (Butagu) River, 134, 135 



Butterflies, a remarkable specimen of, 253 ; 

 enemiesof, 254; feeding andflying habits, 

 256 ; forms new to science collected by 

 author, 277 ; found on summit of 

 Niragongo, 76 ; in Semliki Valley, 166 ; 

 utUity of collecting, 252 



Camus, Captain, 17 



Camwood, 174 



Cannibal tribes, 125, 147 ; grave robbing 



by, 172 ; Lt. Demanie killed by, 132 ; 



see Bahuni, Wakobi, Wanandi, and 



Wambuba. 

 Cannibalism, history of, 170 et seq. 

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