INDEX 



403 



Chad Lake, fish of, stinging, i. 339 



French expeditions to, (see also Gentil), 

 i. 3, 4, ii. 174, 175 



game near, ii. 297-8 



G-'s first camp on shores of, i. 174, excur- 

 sion on, 176, his collection of fish 

 from, 176, (<fc .««■ Fish), his 

 return to Yo town, ib-, and journey 

 along southern shores of, i. 178, 

 his fish-colleoting visit to, i. 253 



general idea of, as to size and alleged 

 shrinkage, ii. 102 ; practically two 

 lakes, ii. 67, 104-5, 376 



geographical features of, impression pro- 

 duced by, on B.A., ii. 318 ei seq. 



hippopotami in, ii. 46 



islands in, ii. 56 



at Kowa-Baga, ii. 87 



maria belts near, ii. 309-11, appearance 

 and use of the tree, 313 



mirage on, i. 321 



mosquitoes on, ii. 44, 50, 60, 63, 89, 91, 

 three species of, 90 ; Buduma pre- 

 cautions against, i. 320 



native tribes along, see Buduma, and 

 Kanembu 



near mouth of Yo river, i. 174 



reed-belt barrier to the south, i. 320, ii. 

 63, 69, 104-5 



shallowness of, i. 236-7, 321, 331, ii. 48 



turtle in, ii. 92 



water of, its flavour, i. 344 ; rise and fall 

 of, causes of, i. 316, 318, 320, 

 336-9, ii. 57, 59, 69, 139 



white man's country around, ii. 91 

 Chad, Territoire du, how administered, ii. 

 11; uselessness of, i6. ; food sources 

 of, ii. 216 

 Charms, see Juju 



Chekkina, present Baghirmi capital, ii. 156 

 Chessangala village, i. 240 

 Chevalier, M., ii. 181 



Chiefs, Belgian plan of governing through, 

 ii. 240, 340 



Congo, manners of, ii. 250 



native, glimpse at life of, ii. 277-8 

 Children, C.A.'s love for, i. 259-61 ; charm 

 of Nigerian, i. 127; sold for food, 

 Angoss and other tribes, i. 98 

 Chimpanzees, location and habits of, ii. 



257-8, 306 

 Christmas Day (1904), at Kaddai, i. 347-50, 



(1905) on the Ubangui, ii. 248, 280, 



(1906) at Gaba Shamba, ii. 374 

 Ciassi rapids, Welle river, ii. 272 

 Circumcision among the Ababua, ii. 276 

 Claud Mountains, i. 98 



Claud Rapids, (Madja rapids), Yei river, ii. 358 



Congo Free State, Albinism in, and the two 



prevalent diseases, ii. 242 



" atrocities," B.A.'s views on, ii. 342-5 



chiefs of, manners of, ii. 250 



government, see Belgian administration 



Congo Free State (mntd.) 



ivory-trading in, ii. 305-6 

 Congo, French, strain on of supplying Shari- 



Chad region with fo3 1, ii. 216 

 Congo river, watershed of its affluents, ii. 230 

 Congo tribes, arrow-heads and arrows of, ii. 

 324-5 ; numerous, their fierceness, 

 ii. 342 

 Corombo rapids, Welle river, ii. 272 

 Cotton, Captain, ii. 131 ; on the Tuaregs. ii. 

 125-6 ; on the situation at Wadai, 

 ii. 127 

 Cow-bird, described, i. 356 

 Cow-Fulani, (or Bush-Fulani), natives, near 

 Babarri, i. 105-6 ; the purest of the 

 Fulani race, i. 192, aspect, architec- 

 ture, religion and shyness of, i. 194 

 Crampel, M., French explorer, fate of, ii. 211 

 Crocodile rapids, Bamingo river, ii. 185-6, 



207 

 Crocodiles, Tapkin Doriaa Lake, i. 52 ; in 



Wukari pool, i. 44 

 Crows, as village scavengers, i. 189 

 Crusaders' armour possessed by Tuaregs, ii. 



126 

 Cuckoo, lark-heeled, on the Benue, ii. 26-7 

 Cymbals, Bungba tribe, ii. 284 



Currency, see Maria-Theresa Dollar 

 Banziri tribe, (beads and " ginga "), ii. 226 

 Bou-bou tribe, (tiny spear-heads), ii. 237 

 Gow-Fulani, i. 194 

 Fort Lamy, ii. 132 

 Kukawa, i. 289, 290-1 



Dallwa, C.A.'s illness at, i. 254 

 Damessa, the pet leopard, i. 251, 345 

 Dances, various tribes : — 



Bungba, the king's costum3 for, ii. 284-6 

 Kabba Sara, ii. 182-3 

 N'dicougo, ii. 219 

 Darasso-Kalam, C. Alexander's march to, i. 



109 

 Darfur, Sultan of, friendly to Anglo-Egyptian 

 rule, ii. 129 

 Zubeir's conquest of, ii. 170 

 Dar Runga, Rabeh's seat of government, ii. 



170 

 Death and Burial Customs : — 



Baghirmi fisherfolk, Miskin, ii. 150 

 Bornu Sultans', i. 284-5 

 N'dicongo cannibal tribe, ii. 219 

 Deggelli, Denaua hill-town, i. 106 

 Denaua tribe, social condition of, i. 106-7 

 Denham and Clapperton, ii. 115, their bird- 

 collections, ii. 38 

 Dervish chiefs, slave marks of, on Azandi 

 natives, ii. 353 ; traces of, at 

 Wandi, ii. 356-7 

 Devana river, fine gorge near, i. 158 

 Digo, on the Yei, sleeping-sickness at, ii. 363 

 Dikwa, Rabeh's headquarters, ii. 167, 171, 

 175-6 



