INDEX 



413 



Minerals 



Mica, Angoss country, i. 96 



Iron-ore, Marragi district, i. 134, near 



Yokoma, ii. 249 

 Iron-ore, magnetic, Welle river, ii. 325-0 

 Iron stone in hills, Arama hills, ii. 321 ; 



near Kemmo. ii. 318 

 Tin, near Badika, i. 21 1 



Misa tribe, aspect, physique, ornaments, 

 charms, tribal marks, and weapons 

 of, ii. 360 



Mirage, on Lake Chad, i. 321 



Miskin, fishing-village, offerings to the dead 

 at, ii. 150 



" Mistress Anne," B.A.'s pet chimpanzee, ii. 

 257, 268, 281, 282, 334 



Mobatti chief, views of, on white man's (Bel- 

 gian) presence in his country, ii. 339 

 tribe, forest dwellers, huts, food, and lan- 

 guage of , ii. 258; hunting methods of, 

 ii. 261, 264, after elephants, 304-5 ; 

 ju-jus used by, ii. 214; merry dis- 

 position of, ii. 262 



Mobbai, ii. 225 ; aspect of country on oppo- 

 site sides of river at, ii. 234-5, 

 French and Belgian posts facing at, 

 235 



Mobbur communities, preference of, for 

 French territory near the Yo river, 

 i. 169-70 

 tribe, location and occupations of, ii. 1, 2 ; 

 alliances of, with the Tubu, ii. 1, 2 ; 

 attack by, on Mecca caravan, Bul- 

 turi, ii. 6 ; corn of, market for at 

 Yo mouth, i. 336 ; raids on market 

 folk, Yo, ii. 80, 81 



Mobengi tribe, location of, Okapi skins used 

 by, ii. 256 



Molegbwe, Leti village, near forest, albino 

 woman at, ii. 241-2 ; collecting 

 successes of B.A. and G. at, 243 



Mombuttu tribe, location, physique, filed 

 teeth, huts, and poisoned arrows 

 of, ii. 323 ; hostility of, ii. 328, 330 ; 

 women, leaf-garment of, pelele 

 worn by, ii. 332 



Momvu tribe, location of, ii. 307, 320 ; their 

 arrows, ii. 324 



Mondo tribe, near Wandi, ii. 357 



Mongunnu, G.'s march to, i. 180; leopard 

 seen near by B.A., the friendly 

 king of, 239 ; tomatoes of, ii. 43 



Monkey, red, new to science, found by G. 

 near Yo, i. 174 



Monkeys, Simanka woods, i. 68 



Monkey-bones, use of, Bungba women, ii. 283 



Montoil tribe of aboriginal pagan cannibals, 

 i. 74 ; aspsct, hair-dressing and 

 clothing, i. 76 ; huts of, i. 75, 88 ; 

 risks from, near Mount Madong, i. 

 80-1, 89, 90 ; peace offerings of, i. 

 88 ; weapons, (usually poisoned), i. 

 79, 80 



Moreau, Father, fine missionary work of, on 



the Ubangui, ii. 223-4 

 Morel, E., cited on the Fulani, i. 190, 193 

 Morland, General, selector of site for Maifoni 



fort, i. 242 

 Mormyrs, electric fish, where found, ii. 



315-6 

 Morrough, Captain McCarthy, and the present 



Shehu of Kukawa, i. 287 

 Mosquitoes of Lake Chad, i. 322, 325, 326, 

 342, 351, ii. 40, 44, 50, 60, 63, 89, 

 three species observed, 90 

 of the Shari river, ii. 160 

 Mouse, new species, found by G., ii. 268 

 Mulwe, cotton- growing near, ii. 142 

 Munchi tribe, location, aspect, clothing, 

 occupations of, i. 31, 32 ; canni- 

 balism of, i. 33, 34, 35 ; hunting 

 skill of, i. 32, 33, 36-7 ; marriage 

 customs of, i. 35 ; origin of name, 

 i. 32 ; their religion, i. 34 ; resem- 

 blance of, to the Boobi, i. 36 ; 

 causes of their imfriendly ferocity, 

 i. 31 

 Mimdi, or dulcimer, Kabba Sara tribe, ii. 



182 

 Munjia tribes, cannibals, ii. 212, 213, low 

 civilisation of, and ju-ju among. 

 213^ 

 Munnawaji, cotton-manufacture at, ii. 150 

 Munyi, Bornu town, survey near, i. 141 

 Murchison range, views of from 

 Lakushi, i. 71 

 Mount Ampang, i. 98 

 Mount Zungaru, i. 104 

 Serikin Kudu, i. 47 

 Shan Kwoin, i. 80 

 Yelua, i. 72 

 Mural drawings, in Kachi village of Voro, ii. 

 252-3, at Bungba village of Okoudo, 

 282 

 Muri province, the late Sultan's methods in, 



i. 149 

 Musical instruments, 



Alligatas of the Emir's band at Bauohi, i. 



214; C.A.'s pleasure in, 253 

 Banjo, at Lafan Gisseri, i. 43 

 Brass trumpets at Nassarawa, i. 199 

 Cymbals, Bungba tribe, ii. 284 

 Drums, IJungba, ii. 284; Kanuri, i. 135; 



Madi, ii. 278 ; Mundi, ii. 182 

 Gilau, a reed instrument, Hausa, i. 72 

 Mundi (or dulcimer), Kabba Sara, ii. 



182 

 Beeds, Kanuri, i. 135 

 Tom-toms, Mobatti, ii. 262 

 Triangles, Bungba, ii. 284 

 Mustafa, interpreter, ii. 146 

 Mutumbu, country and game near, ii. 50-1 

 B.A.'s illness (blackwater fever) at, i. 03 

 Mutwe, Faderellah's body found near, 



229 

 Muwte, large town, swamps near, i. 163 



