INDEX 



401 



Benue river {contd.) 



their canoes, ii. 11, 22, 29, their 

 villages, 20, 31 ; scenery and vegeta- 

 tion along, i. 20, 23, 25-6 

 journey up, from Ibi to Lau, G.'s, 

 i. 148 ; population of region and 

 town i. 148 ; products of district, 

 i. 148-9 ; physique and charac- 

 teristics of natives along river, i. 

 149 



Beri-Beri, Quasso falls ill of, ii. 336, 348 



Beritio, forest village, ii. 263, Lopes secures 

 an Okapi near, 264-5, drying the 

 skin at, 267-8 



Bilachi village, famine-stricken, i. 155 



Bima, holy hill of, Fulani defeat at foot of, 

 1903., i. 224 

 town, rapids near, on the Welle, ii. 272 



Bird-collecting, B.A.'s methods, ii. 154-6 



Bird-life in Northern Nigeria, ii. 20 et seq. 



Birds, rare, and new to science, found during 

 the Expedition, (see Names of), ii. 

 308-15 



Birguma, treaty arranged at, by Major 

 MoClintock and Faderellah, 1901., 

 i. 228 



Biri, bush country near, i. 119 



Birni, famous ruins of, visited by B.A., i. 

 171 



Birrgumatulo, friendly king of, i. 170 ; 

 death of G.'s pet porcupine at, 

 i. 170 



" Birri " a pet monkey, ii. 142, 144 



Birth customs, Yergum tribe, i. 93 



Biti rapids, Kibali river, ii. 321 



Blackwater fever, B.A.'s case, i. 63 et seq. ; 

 G.'s case, how treated, features of 

 the complaint, ii. 274, B.A.'s view 

 on, 275 ; powdered milk used by, 

 during attack, i. 14 



Blair, Dr., skill of, i. 183 



Blakka, or Saltka, tribe, location and charac- 

 teristics of, language and racial 

 affinity, ii. 232 ; an affray with, ii. 

 233-4 



Blood-brotherhood at a treaty-making, Kapi, 

 ii. 354 



Blood-letting and cupping, native, i. 15, 43-4 



Boating music, Yakonia tribe, ii. 243-4 



Boat-journey under Jose Lopes up the Gon- 

 golo to Ashaka, i. 144 et seq. ; other 

 boat journeys, see Lake Chad, and 

 Rivers, under their names 



Boats of the Expedition, i. 7, <fc see Appendix 

 I. ii. 380 ; transport of, from the 

 Lake to Kowa-Baga, ii. 70 et seq. ; 

 a Germaii bid for, ii. 178-9 ; excel- 

 lence of at rapids, ii. 186 ; damaged 

 in Voro rapids, ii. 253, and later, 

 mended with honey-wax, ii. 254 ; 

 then and later, 354, 355, 360, 362 ; 

 rearrangement of sections of, ii. 

 255 ; hard wear on, of Welle journey, 



n 



Boats of the Expedition (contd.) 



ii. 273 ; after N'soro, battered 

 condition of, ii. 328 ; one sold to 

 Commandant Sarolea, ii. 335-6, her 

 itinerary, ii. 335 ; Rivers used by, 

 ii. 335, 377 

 Boats of Native tribes, see also Canoes 

 Baghirmi, G. on, ii. 158 

 Kotoko, ii. 120 

 Bodo, illness at, of B.A., and of G., ii. 276 

 Body-paint, native tribes using 

 Bakanga, ii. 269 

 Banziri, ii. 227 



Dinka {dung and ashes), ii. 367-8 

 Madi tribe, ii. 278 

 Bokoyo, Azandi chief, rubber tract under, 



ii. 319-20 

 Bomokandi river, Azandi rubber tract near, 

 ii. 319-20 ; forest near, ii. 272, 273 ; 

 tribe near, ii. 276 

 Boobi tribe, Eernando Po, resemblance of, 



to the Munohi, i. 36 

 Borku, Sultan of, defeated by Rabeh, ii. 170 

 Bornu, birds of, bee-eaters, ii. 29, B.A.'s 

 collection sent home by T., i. 347 

 cattle, fame of, i. 268 

 Emir of, see Sheliu, infra 

 native wedding seen by G. at Yo, i. 176- 



7 

 present Emperor of, and his father, i. 173 

 products of, i. 292 



plain of, millet, &c., grown near towns of, i. 

 141, swamps on, i. 143 ; surveying 

 across, i. 143 

 provisions abundant in, i. 252-3 

 Shehu of, defeat of, by Faderellah, (1900), 

 ' ii. 140 ; his visit to G., at Kukawa, 

 i. 180 

 towns, suffix of " n "to names of, significa- 

 tion of, i. 142 

 trade goods preferred in, i. 9 

 transport in, i. H 

 women : — 



eye-painting of, i. 268, 270 

 grace of girls among, i. 266 

 Bosso, G.'s journey to, sport on, i. 174 

 Bou-Bou tribe, ironworkers, ii. 226 ; loca- 

 tion of, ii. 236, 238: aspect, 

 physique and characteristics of, ii. 

 237-8 ; their goats, ii. 236 

 Bows (and Arrows) 

 Dinka, ii. 371 

 Marragi, i. 140 

 Misa, ii. 360 

 " Boys," see Carriers 

 Bre, waterless march of G. to, i. 178 ; B.A. 



arrives at, i. 238 

 Bretonnet, Lieutenant, his fight with Rabeh, 



ii. 172, and death, 173 

 British forces, operations of, against the 

 Fulani, 1903., 224 et seq. 

 garrisons, Bahr-el-Ghazel province, value 

 to, of the Yei river, ii. 374 



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