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INDEX 



British Forces {contd.) 



West Africa, carriers in, excellence of, 

 their pay and loads, i. 11, 12 

 British and French Territory, the Yo the 



boundary between, i. 169 

 Brott, secondary capital of the Yergum, i. 94 

 Browne, Captain Hamilton-, fights the Fulani 



at Gwoni, 224 

 Brunet, Captain, commanding at Fort 



Archambault, ii. 180, 181 

 Buaddo, Leti village, described, ii. 238, forest 



beyond 241 

 Buduma tribe, of fisher-folk 



aspect and physique of, i. 304, 332, ii. 96 

 canoes, i. 178, 324-5 



characteristics and customs, i. 272, 305, 

 316, 322, 324, 326, 335, ii. 47, 48, 

 52, 56, 58, 96, 97 

 fishing customs, ii. 94, 238, 333-4 ; ii. 47 

 friendly, i. 238, 335, ii. 92 

 B.A. 's visit to home of, ii. 95, 96 

 the Kachella's request, ii. 98 

 seek B.A.'s protection, ii. 63 

 language, ii. 96 



location, i. 174, 175, 322 et seq., 335 ; ii. 

 105 ; chief communities, ii. 96 ; 

 original home of, ii. 54 

 ruler of, i. 302 



slavery and slave-raiding among, ii. 68, 93 

 wares, at Maidugari, i. 268 

 Bukar, an indigo-picker, goes with B.A. 



to Gondokoro, ii. 90, 215, 375 

 Bui, French station. Lake Chad, ii. 99 

 BulabuU, the first Marragi town, i. 132 

 Bull, Mount, i. 104, 106, a distant view of, 



i. 107 

 Bulturi, Mobbur town, on the Yo, i. 171, G.'s 

 arrival at, 172 ; the Mecca caravan 

 attacked near, and besieged at, ii. 

 6 el seq. 

 Burutohai, C.A. at, i. 131-2 

 Bungba tribe, location, aspect and charac- 

 teristics of, ii. 282-3 ; a dance by 

 the king, ii. 284-6 

 Burmi, ruined city, its ruins, i. 162; story 



of its fall, 224-8 

 Buso, scenery near, and horses at, ii. 162-3 

 Bustard, new species, discovered by Den- 

 ham and Clapperton, ii. 38 

 Butterflies and bees, feeding on carrion, i. 

 163 



Calabashes, a strange use for, i. 166 

 Cammermeyer, Dr., and G.'s last illness, ii. 



287-9 

 Cannibal tribes : — 



Angoss, i. 94-5, 96 



Banda, ii. 212, 225 



Bou-bou, ii. 238 



Gurkaua, i. 46, 74-5 



Linga, ii. 238 



Linguasi, ii. 238 



Cannibal tribes (contd.) 



Montoil, i. 74-5 



Munchi, i. 33, 34, 35 



Munjia, ii. 212 



N'dicongo, ii. 219 



Yergum, i. 74-5, 94-5 

 Canoe-journey of G. to Numan, i. 151 

 Canoes, (see also Boats), or dug-outs, on the 

 Benue, i. 11, 22, 29; how pro- 

 pelled, 22 ; contraband cargoes, 

 slaves, i. 30, wives, 65 ; G. on dis- 

 comforts of, 87 



Buduma, i. 78, 324-5 



Yakoma, small paddles of, ii. 243 

 Carriers, or " boys," employed by B.A. on 

 journey from Lokoja, and other 

 journeys, i. 184, et passim 

 deaths of, (see Ali M. and Quasso), ii. 



235 

 good and bad points in, i. 133, 139-40, 

 148, 152, 162, 186-7, 198, 199, ii. 

 45, a final tribute to their loyalty, 

 ii. 377 

 illness of, from guinea-worm, ii. 208 

 theatricals of on Christmas Day, 1905-, 

 ii. 248, 280 



British West Africa, excellence of, i. 11, 

 good feeling among, 12, pay of, 11, 

 weights borne by, 12 

 Cattle, power over, of the Fulani, i. 192-3 

 Chad Lake, see also Budama tribe 



affluents of, i. 165 



arrival of Gentil's steamer on, (1897), ii. 

 171 



B.A.'s objective, i. 2, 3, 4 ; his first view 

 of, i. 236-7; arrival at, of B.A. and T. 

 beauty of, i. 315 ; their journey along 

 western shores, i. 336 ; their voyage 

 on the Lake, 318, 321 et seq., 330, 

 331 , return to mouth of Yo river, 332, 

 and back to Kaddai for Christmas, 

 336; journey along, mapping wes- 

 tern shores, i. 336; B.A.'s second 

 voyage on, objective of, ii. 45 et seq. ; 

 northernmost point reached ii. 47 ; 

 difficulties of, ii. 49-50 ; eastern 

 shore reached, ii. 54; the return 

 journey, ii. 54 et seq. ; the voyage 

 continued, ii. 65 ; a cruise to the 

 north-east, 66, conclusions from, 67 ; 

 the passage from Kowa-Baga to 

 Shari mouth, ii. 90 et seq. ; along the 

 Kaneni coast, ii. 100 ; results of, ii. 

 60 



bird-life on shores of, i. 310-18, 327, 328 

 334, 336, 346, ii. 29-30, 40-2, the 

 sole bird peculiar to, 40 



camp-life beside, i. 311-2 



dye-plant on shores of, i. 305 



elephants near, ii. 303 



fish of, G.'s collection, i. 176, 253, 377, 

 Boulenger on, ii. 315-7 

 ), ii. 48 



