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INDEX 



Naam, or Rohl, river, sudd on, ii. 374 

 Nana Company, trade of, and factory, at 



Fort Crampel, ii. 211 

 Nassa, ruins of, bush near, i. 162 

 Na.ssarawa, capital of Nassarawa province, 

 its inhabitants and history, i. 190 ; 

 its king and his hospitality, his 

 interest in gramophone and phono- 

 graph, i. 198-9 ; deserting carriers 

 at, i. 199 

 Native (s) attitude of to marvels of inven- 

 tion, i. 204 

 curiosity of, i. 275-6 

 delight of, in their guns, ii. 253-4 

 dislike of, to rain, ii. 186 

 hospitality of, i. 274-5 

 love of, for salt, ii. 231 ; methods of 



making, i. 342, ii. 271 

 mining (iron), Yakoma, ii. 249 

 taste in trade goods, Nigeria and Bornu, 



i. 9, pagan tribes, 10 

 telescope, i. 126 

 treatment of animals, i. 179 

 value set by, on Okapi skin, ii. 268 

 way of crossing Kaduna river, i. 207 

 Native employees {see also Carriers), con- 

 sideration for, essential, ii. 51 ; 

 punishment of, ii. 61-2, and en- 

 couragement of, 62 

 language, knowledge of insisted on in 

 Belgian (Congo) employees, ii. 341 ; 

 importance of, to all officials, B. A. 

 on, i. 185-6 

 soldiers, their doings, injury done by to 

 white man's rule, i. 316-7 ; Belgian, 

 ii. .340-1, 342 

 Natural history, {see also Birds), a chapter 

 on ii. 296-317 

 results of the Expedition, {see Okapi), ii. 

 20 et seq., 296 et seq., 315-17, 376-7 

 N'dele, French force maintained at, ii. 211 ; 



large coffee-trees at, ii. 181 

 N'dioongo tribe, cannibals, curious customs 



of, ii. 219 

 N'divva, Marragi town, natives hostile a(, 



i. 133, iron in hills near, 134 

 N'doromo, rapids near, on the Kibali, ii. 



322 

 N'gala, old Kotoko town, ii. 118; position 

 of, and country near, ii. 140, ju-ju 

 stones at, 141 

 N'galewa, Kanuri town with three kings, ii. 



138 

 N'gornu, G.'s visit to, cotton-cultivation at, 



ii. 138 

 Niangara, the Welle near, ii. 272, Belgian 

 post at, ib. ; B. A. and G. at, an 

 excursion from, ii. 282-6, return to, 

 illness, and dealh at, of G., his 

 funeral there, ii. 287-9 

 Niger river, affluenis of, i. 19, 201 

 Nigeria 



plains of, seen from Petti Hill, i. 210 



Nigeria {contd.) 



survey in, progress of i. 68 et seq. ; com- 

 pletion of, i. 280, ii. 375 

 trade goods preferred in, i. 9 

 Northern 



bird-life in, ii. 20 et seq. 



distribution of, ii. 20-1, how influ- 

 enced, 21 

 migrations, ii. 21 

 elephants in, distribution of, ii. 302-3 

 extent of the A.G. survey in, up to 



Nov. 7, 1904, C.A. on, i. 251-2 

 Yo river, as boundary of, i. 169 

 regiments, officers commanding, and 

 operations of, against the Fulani, 

 1903., i. 225 et seq. 

 Night-jar, three varieties of, distribution cf, 

 courting habits of, ii. 22-4 ; new 

 species, secured by B. A., ii. 229, 

 308-9 

 Nile, country between, and the Kibali, distri- 

 bution in of Birds, ii. 309 et seq. 

 hills of, seen from Magombo, ii. 333 

 the, reached at last, ii. 373 

 Nile valley, region of stone-implements, ii. 



326 

 Nile, Niger, and Senegal, fish fauna of, 

 resemblances of, and deduction, ii. 

 315 

 N'soro, post {see also Vankerckhovenville), 

 ii. 328 ; cows at, ii. 334 ; departure 

 of B.A. from, ii. 337 ; hemp-like 

 weed smoked at, ii. 334 ; river, a 

 branch of the Kibali, ii. 328 ; tribes 

 on, ii. 337 

 Numan, at mouth of Gongola, G.'s canoe- 

 journey to, i. 150-1 ; slave trade 

 at, i. 153 

 Nun, name of the Niger main stream, i. 19 

 Nunna river, Jose's passage of, ii. 216 

 Nyebe, son of Rabeh, ii. 173, 175; and the 

 battle of Gujba, i. 229 



Okapi, the, region of, native, name for, G.'s 

 search for, ii. 256, 292 ; its food, ii. 

 259, 265, 267; B.A. and Lopes' 

 search for, ii. 258, success of Lopes, 

 its meat and skin, story of the 

 capture, 263-8 ; habits of the 

 animal, ii. 265 ; protective marking 

 on, ii. 266; another skin secured, ii. 

 268 ; how first discovered, ii. 266-7 ; 

 genus of, ii. 267 ; range of, ii. 267 



Okondo, visit to, of B.A. and G., ii. 282, 

 decorated huts at, 282, reception by 

 the king's wives, 282-3, the king, 

 his dance and his dress, 284-6 



Olenda, ss., i. 18 



Onitsa, Egara village, on the Benue, i. 

 20 



Oribi, new species, secured by, and named 

 after G., ii. 302 



