INDEX 



411 



Lakes, see Chad, Tapkin Dorina, and un- 

 named lake at outfall of Yei 

 river 



Lakushi village, view of Murohison range 

 from, i. 71 



" Lambermout, Les Rapides de," see Raffai 



Laminga, country near, i. 200 



Lamy, Major, conqueror of Rabeh, his 

 fate, ii. 124, 176-7 ; his monument, 

 ii. 132 



Langtam, capital of the Yergum, animals 

 and tsetse-fly near, i. 92 



Languages, native, importance of official 

 knowledge of, B.A. on, i. 185-6 ; 

 Belgian rule enforcing, ii. 341 



La Plume, Commandant, elephant-training 

 depot of, Api, ii. 305 



Laraba, i. 228 



Lark, rare, found by B.A., on Lake Chad, 

 ii. 88 



Lau, on the Benue, Gosling's boat journey 

 to, i. 148 ; its population and 

 their avocations, i. 148-9 ; slave 

 trade still carried on at, i. 149 



Lawrence, Lieutenant, and the Gwoni 

 fight, i. 224 



Log, broken, native treatment of, Yo, i. 

 177 



Loti tribe, location of, huts, kc, in, ii, 238; 

 aspect and physique, tribal marks 

 and ornaments of, ii. 239 ; good 

 as hunters, ii. 242 



Lewe, a Kerri-kerri stronghold, i. 117, a 

 food-trouble at, ii. 118, white 

 ants at, ii. 118 



Lewis, Captain, at siege of Burmi, i. 226 



Likiti river, Okapi said to exist near, ii. 267 ; 

 tribe near, ii. 275 



Linga tribe, bush-dwelling cannibals, ii. 225 



Linguasi tribe, bush-dwelling cannibals, 

 ii. 225 



Lion-hunt of B.A. and Lopes, Tapkin 

 Dorina road, i. 49-61 



Lion's heart, as " medicine," i. 61 



Lions at Lusa, i. 98-9 ; near Chekkina, ii. 

 152 ; near Miltu, ii. 164 



Lobi, Mobatti village, B.A.'s collecting 

 headquarters, Angu forest, ii. 61-3 



Logo, or Bauu tribe, arrows of, ii. 324-5 ; 

 location of, ii. 328, 329, 337 ; origin 

 of name of, ii. 329 ; their rulers, 

 manners and customs, ii. 337 



Logone, river, boatless, ii. 179 



Loko, boe-eaters and their nests near, ii. 

 28-9 ; large market at, i. 186 



Lokoja, ii. HI ; British hospitality at, i. 21 ; 

 further additions to the personnel, 

 i. 21 ; journey beyond, 22 et seq. ; 

 B.A.'s river journey to, for cure, 

 Merrick's kindness, 183, B.A.'s 

 choice of route from, 183-4, his 

 departure, 186, sequence of the 

 journey, 187 et seq. 



Looking-glasses, unfailing native demand 

 for, i. 10 ; the magic of, ii. 200 



Lusa, Seaua village, lions at, i. 98-9 



Lopes, Jose, collector, and interpreter to 

 the Expedition, his other valuable 

 qualifications, i. 6 ; as hunter, his 

 " eye wiped," i. 36-7 ; pluck during 

 lion-hunt, i. 54, 56, 59, 61, and 

 devotion to B.A. in illness, 63 ; 

 leader of the boats to Ashuka, 

 incidents of the journey, i. 65, 

 144 et seq., his diffioidties with 

 famine, 152-3 ; he frees some 

 slaves, i. 153 ; his pluck in the 

 rapids, and arrival at Ashaka, i. 

 153; collecting food near, i. 162; 

 the journey to Yo, i. 164-5 ; the 

 hippo killed near Bosso, i. 174-5 ; 

 at Lake Chad, 175 ; is left at Yo, 

 i. 176 ; joins B.A. at Pogwa, with 

 news of C.A.'s illness, i. 234; 

 goes on with B.A. to Maifoni, 

 238 et seq. ; does business with 

 the Shehu of Kukawa, i. 289-90 ; 

 illness of, at Maifoni, i. 354, 357 ; 

 as a man of war, ii. 8, 12, 14, 16, 18 ; 

 goes food-collecting, ii. 43, 46 ; 

 sees a Tubu raid at Yo market, 

 ii. 60-2 ; hard work of, in moving 

 the boats to Kowa Baga, ii. 71, 

 77, 87 ; secures some carriers, 82, 

 a tribute to him and the Hausa 

 " boys," 89 ; wisdom shown by 

 on Lake Chad, ii. 101 ; illness of 

 at Gulfei, ii. 124; secures polers, 

 ii. 134 ; as butcher, and steward, 

 ii. 166, 207, 231 ; goes with B.A. 

 up Gribingi river, ii. 208 et seq. ; 

 as linguist, ii. 250 ; with B.A. on 

 the Okapi hunt, ii. 258, he secures 

 the one specimen, 263-5 ; a new 

 rock-dassie named after, ii. 308 ; 

 illness of, N'soro, ii. 334 ; escape 

 of, from drowning, Yei rapids, ii. 

 354 ; as ship's-carpenter, ii. 357 ; 

 takes boat to Niangara by land, 

 ii. 335-6; goes home with B.A., 

 ii. 375 



Lowan, the, chief over Kanembus and 

 Budumas, i. 302-3 ; chief source 

 of his wealth, i. 304 ; his 

 potash gatherers and indigo- 

 getting slaves, ii. 82-6, 88 



Lowi, the " cook's boy," i. 21, ii. 146, his 

 faithfulness, ii. 74 



Luma, island in Ubangui river, ii. 228, 

 animal life and vegetables on the 

 river above, tribss along, 232-3 



Lumkabu (main) channel, Shari river, ii. 106 



Mackwokth, Major, meeting with, at Gaba 

 Shambi, ii. 372-3 



