INDEX 



419 



Tuba raiders (confd.) 



of, on Mecca caravan, Bulturi, 

 ii. 6, siege of Bulturi by, 7 et seq. ; 

 defeat of, near Pogwa, and death 

 of chief, ii. 17-19 ; raid of, on Yo 

 market, ii. 80-2 ; their weapons, 

 spears, ii. 1, 12, 15, poisoned 

 arrows, effect of, and antidote to, 

 ii. 15 cfc note 



Tunga, Fulani town, fig-tree on road to, 

 said to mark grave of Major Marsh, 

 i. 227 ; storks' nests at, i. 222 



Tungo, Blakka natives at, and beyond, an 

 a£fi-ay with the latter, 223^ 



Tzara rapids, Kibali river, ii. 321 



Ubanqui river, affluents of, ii. 228, 249 ; 

 B.A. and G.'s journey up, ii. 221, 

 222 ei seq. ; derivation of the name, 

 ii. 249 ; at Mobbai, difference of 

 opposite shores, ii. 234-5 ; ele- 

 phants along, and on islands of, 

 ii. 304 ; islands in, game on, ii. 

 301, 304; rapids on, ii. 224, 235, 

 243, 246 ; scenery on, above Mob- 

 bai, ii. 242; tribes along, ii. 

 224, 232-3, 238-9, 243 



Umbrella-trees, their social function, i. 188 



Umuru, gun-boy to Gosling, i. 21, ii. 146 ; 

 as boatman, ii. 351 ; the elephants, 

 Bamingi river, ii. 204-5 



Urri plant, arrow-poison from, ii. 323 



Urru rapids, Yei river, ii. 361 



Vambongo, near the Voro Bapids, ii. 251 

 Vankerckhovenville, {see also N'soro), ii. 



322, 325 ; country near, ii. 320 ; 



B.A.'s arrival at, ii. 328 

 Village birds, ii. 31 et seq. 

 Villiers-Perrin, Baron de, Commandant 



Superieur, Yei, ii. 338, kindness of, 



ii. 348, 349 

 Voro rapids, Welle river, the struggle up, ii. 



250-2, results to the boats, 253 

 village, Kachi natives at, ii. 252-3 

 Voulet and Chanoine, MM., tragic course of 



their expedition to Lake Chad, i. 



3, 4, remnants of their expedition, 



ii. 174-175 

 Vrukk Hill, climbed bv C.A., i. 95 



Wadi, a walled town, the country near, i. 



160 ; caravan route to, from 



Tripoli, ii. 130 ; operations against, 



of Rabeh, ii. 170, dk see Rabeh ; 



situation at. Cotton on, ii. 127 

 Senoussi Mahdi's influence at, i. 196, ii. 



127-8 

 Sultan of, hostile to white men, ii. 127-8, 



present position of, 129-30 

 Wadelai, magnetic iron-ore found near, ii. 



325 



Wandi, Belgian station, Yei river ii. 350, 

 rapids and chutes near, former 

 Dervish chiefs at, tsetse- fly at and, 

 sleeping-sickness cases, ii. 357, 359 

 tribe near, 357 



War song of the carriers, i. 139 



Was6 river, a typical stream, i. 87 



Rock, ii. 106, 320 ; legends of, i. 87 ; 

 others similar to, locale of, i. 99; 

 King of, escaped slaves of, i. 49, 

 69 ; over lord of Yelua, i. 73 ; a 

 message from, i. 86 ; town, i. 85-7, 

 inhabitants of, their skill ia design, 

 i. 86 ; shooting good near, i. 87 ; 

 giraffe, shot by Gosling near, i. 94, 

 144_7 ; Talbot's illness at, i. 182, 

 famine in district of, ib. 



Washi, B.A.'s first camp after Loko, i. 187 



Waters of Lake Chad, rise and fall of, i. 316, 

 318, 320, 336-9 



Waterbuck, with record horns, shot by 

 Gosling, 41 



Walti Mount, source of the Yei in, ii. 346 



Wax, (honey), used to mend the boats with, 

 ii. 254-5, 277, 354, 355, 362, 366 



Weapons, see under names of Tribes, and of 

 various Weapons 



Weaver-bird, common in native village, ii. 

 31-2 



Welle District, Balgian administration in, 

 B.A.'s observations on, ii.SSSetseq. 

 river, affluents of, ii. 278, 282 ; ancient 

 stone implements found near, ii. 

 326 ; iron-stone near, ii. 325, and 

 iron-mines, ii. 249 ; width of, at 

 mouth, ii. 249; B.A. and G.'s 

 journey up 249 et seq. ; the Expedi- 

 tion's boats the first on, i. 249, 

 native excitement on seeing, 250 ; 

 difficulties of navigation on, ii. 255 

 B.A. and G.'s journey continued 

 from Angu, ii. 269 ; rapids an: 

 rocks in, forest and bush along 

 Belgian posts on, ii. 272-3 ; Gos- 

 ling's illness dmring journey, ii. 273, 

 its nature, 274, his recovery, 276 ; 

 elephants near, ii. 304 ; scenery on, 

 ii. 256 ; Voro and other rapids on, 

 ii. 250-2, 254, 255, 318; tribes 

 along, ii. 249, 252, 258, 269, 278 ; 

 unhealthiness of, ii. 268 ; used for 

 transport by the Belgians, ii. 272 ; 

 various and varying names of, ii. 254 



Wells, delights and associations of, 264-7 



Werre-Bili river, elephants near, Belgian 

 training depot for, ii. 304-5 



West Africa, buildings in, left by the 

 Dutch, i. 217 ; highest hills in, i. 98 



West African Frontier Force, garrison of, 

 near Maifoni, i. 242 



White ants, near Lewe, i. 118 



White, M., obituary notice by, of Captain 

 Gosling, ii. 293-5 



Wild dog, new species, secured by G., ii. 29S 



