INDEX 



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Shehu of Bornu, see Emir, under Boruu 

 Shields, Baduma, i. 324 ; Marragi, i. 140 

 Shillem, walled Karu-Kiiru village, i. 155 ; 

 famine at, i. 159 ; G.'s polers 

 decamp at, he goes on by land, i. 157 

 Shua triba, appsarance and hair-dressing 

 of, i. 277 ; characteristics of, i. 276- 

 8 ; horse-breeders, i. 239 ; cattle of, 

 at Maidugari, i. 268, 270, good 

 oxen-drivers, i. 138 ; the saluta- 

 tion, i. 272 ; villages of, near 

 Maidugari, i. 274 

 Shwer, elevated village, i. 95 

 Simanka river, i. 63 ; bird life on, i. 48, ii. 

 27 ; general aspect of, i. 71 ; sup- 

 posed sources of, i. 81 ; winding 

 course of, i. 48, 70 ; woods along, i. 68 

 Singing and Songs, native 



dance song, at Okondo, ii. 284, 286 

 grinding-chant, Yelua women, i. 73-4 

 praise, of C.A. & P., i. 140 

 war song, of the carriers, i. 139 

 Slave-marks ; — 

 Dsrvish, on Azandi and other natives, ii. 

 353, Rabeh's, i. 286, 305-6, ii. 

 147, 148 

 Slave-raiding and trading 



Hausa, i. 32-3, how to stop, 34 

 Sultan of Bangassu, ii. 238 

 Tubu, ii. 1 

 Slavery, abolition of, effects on cattle- 

 owning Fulani natives, i. 190; 

 trade, surreptitious, on the Benue, 

 i. 30 ; of the Budumas, ii. 68, 93 ; 

 at Lau, i. 149 ; on the Gongola, i. 

 153 ; at Numan, i. 152 

 Slaves, escaped, settlements of, socialistic 

 methods in, i. 49 

 freed, home for, at Maifoni, good work 

 done by, i. 243 

 Sleeping sickness, death of Wuka (pet dog) 

 attributed to, ii. 159 ; cases of, on 

 the Yei, ii. 357, 359, 363, spread of, 

 into Bahr-el-Ghazel province, ii. 363 

 Small mammals, obtained by the Expedition, 



ii. 306-8 

 Small-pox, native cure for, i. 177-8 

 Sokoto, Sultan of, his son and his amazonian 

 wife, 229-30; British defeat of 

 (1903), 224; his fate at the siege 

 of Burmi, 225-227 

 Song-birds, African, ii. 30, 196 

 Spears, fishing, hunting, and warlike, various 

 tribes, mostly poisoned 

 Ankwe, i. 70 

 Baghirmi, ii. 303 

 Buduma, i. 333-4 

 Dinka, ii. 367, 369, 371 

 Kanuri, i. 135-6 

 Marragi, i. 140 

 Mobatti, ii. 304 

 Montoil, i. 79 

 Stanley, Sir H. M., his nickname on the 

 Congo, ii. 240 

 II 



Stanley, Sir H. M. (conld-) 



died on the Okapi, ii. 266 

 Stiebsr, Captain, German resident, Kusseri, 



ii. 136 ; hospitality of, to G., ii. 



142-3; wishes to buy one of B.A.'s 



boats, ii. 178-9 

 Stockaded villages, beyond Ibi, i. 70-71 

 Stone implements, ancient, obtained by 



B.A. in the Gaima hills, ii. 325 ; 



characteristic shape, region where 



found, and native names of, ii. 



326 ; probable uses, ii. 327 

 Storks on the Benue, ii. 24, 25 ; and their 



nests in baobab trees at Tunga, 222 

 Sudan, edge of, reached by B.A., after 



Gajba, 231 

 Sudanese avifauna, habitat, and migrations 



of, ii, 21, 22, range of, 130 

 Sudd at outfall of Yei and Naam rivers, ii. 



371-2, author's view on, 374 

 Suleiman, son of Zubeir Pasha, and Rabeh, 



ii. 170 

 Sunda, Shef, brother of the Shehu of Boruu, 



i. 291 ; at Kukawa, ii. 72 

 Sungo language useful on the Ubangui, ii. 



227, easy to learn, 250 

 race, sub-tribes of, ii. 232, location of, ii. 



238, 239 

 along Ubangui, ii. 238, 239 

 Surungu, Madi tribe near, ii. 278 

 Suwe channel, Shari river, ii. 106 

 Swords, Kerri-karri, engravings of, and 



shape of, i. 114 



"Tails" of pagan women, Kachi Pandi 

 Hills, i. 206 



Talbot, P. A., see also with B.A., C.A., and 

 G. 

 qualifications of, functions in the Ex- 

 pedition, i. 5 ; begins survey work 

 from Ibi, i. 48, 49 ; details of the 

 work, 68 et seq. ; Kerri-Kerri 

 survey, i. 64 ; his illness at 

 Wase, i. 83 ; the survey continued 

 to Ashaka, i. 88 et seq. ; a new 

 animal discovered en route, i. 89 ; 

 trouble with the Purmi natives,!. 89, 

 91 ; entering the cannibal coimtry, 

 i. 94-5 ; on the terraces of Dugush, 

 i. 96 ; peaks named by, after 

 C.A., i. 98; goes on alone to 

 Gital, i. 100 ; climbs Mount 

 Zungaru, i. 103 ; C.A. rejoins him 

 at Bauchi, i. 105 ; T. climbs Mount 

 Bull, i. 107, they arrive in the 

 Kerri-Kerri country, i. 110, and 

 scale a stronghold, 112; white 

 ants at Lewe camp, i. 118; reach 

 Bagi and scale a \\i\\ en route, i. 119; 

 arrive at Ashaka and meet Lopes 

 and the boat party, i. 120-1 ; goes 

 thence alone to peak near Bagi 

 and on to Gujba, details of the 

 route, i. 123 et seq. ; native ex- 



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