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INDEX 



Ape, pet, see Haiiiis 



Apes, i. 76, 872. See Monkeys 



Apocyneae, ii. 179 



Arbeia, Dr. G. d', i. 8 



Archers (the Wakaniba), ii. 309 



Aristolochia, i. 82 



Arrows, ii. 82, 74. See Bows and Ar- 

 rows 



Artistic skill of the Wakaniba, ii. 308 



Arusha, Great, or Arusha-wa-iu, i. 109, 

 149, 150 ; people of, 139, 140, 152, 

 158, 157, 106, 198 ; ii. 3 



Arusha, Little, or Arusha-wi-Chini, i. 

 108, 162 ; rendezvous of caravans, 

 165, 166 ; plantations of, 167 ; VVa- 

 kwafi of, agriculturists, ii. 3. See Little 

 Arusha 



AscJianga, or uschanga )uenpe (white 

 beads), i. 13, 213 ; h. 205. 287, 808 



Askari (guards), i, 16; duties of, 38, 84, 

 69, 71, 131. 139, 172, 295, ii. 10, 49 ; 

 death of one, i. 281 ; deserters from, 

 178, 203 ; promotion to, 144, ii. 39 



Asses, Muscat, i. 822. See Donkeys 



— Turkana, ii. 297 



Axes {shoka), i. 35, 202 ; ii. 810 



Azi river, ii. 305 



Azi-Sabaki river, ii. 310 



Bachada, the, ii. 1()8 



Balbal, crater lake on Mount Meru, i. 

 157 



Balearica pavonina, i. 862 



Bamboo thicket, i. 372, 373, 879 



Bananas, green, i. 98, 852, 366 ; groves 

 of, 143 ; hedges of, 28 ; meal of, 98, 

 218; plantations of, 148, 147, 153, 

 169, 184, 822, 835 ; several kinds of, 

 98, 352; trees, 112, 114; very fine 

 168 ; wine, or ponibe, made from, 98 



Bantu dialects, i. 61, 168, 242 



— tribes, i. 243, 354 ; ii. 2, 307 



Baobabs, i. 119, 120, 123, 124, 161, 169, 

 ii. 315 ; fruit of, 816 



Baraja (a hut), i. 71 



Baraka (Swahili body-servant), i. 35, 40, 

 405 ; ii. 16, 17 



Barasa (a shelter from the sun), ii. 5 



Barasalo}^, ii. 70 



Barghnm (trumpet), i. 88, 204, 206 



Bari, the, i. 248 



Baringo (guide), ii. 64 ; disappears, 69 ; 

 returns, 76 ; unwilling to go by 

 westerly route, 178 ; goes to Sapari, 

 189, 190 



Baringo, Lake, i. 87, 287, (note) 288, 

 382, 883, 396, 898. 427, 428 ; first sight 



of, 430, ii. 1-4, 11, 48 ; description of, 

 53 ; stores left on, 198 ; first glimpse 

 of, on return, 281, 282 



Barnoti (guide), ii. 57, 65, 73 



Barta steppe, ii. 71 



Barter : men with natives, i. 35, 43 ; 

 mode of reckoning, 149 ; with the 

 Wameru, 149, 154 ; with the Wa- 

 kaniba, ii. 310 



Bartimaro water-hole, i. 262 



Bas river, ii. 163 



Basalt columns, ii. 122, 179, 181, 282 



Basso Ebor (White Lake), ii. 76, 148, 

 174, 184-186. See Stefanie, Lake 



Basso Narok (Black Lake), ii. 75, 76. 

 See Rudolf, Lake 



Beads (kilengele), i. 118 



— Jagga, i. i63, 218 



— Masai, ii. 138; white (aschanga, or 

 uschanga nieupe), i. 18,218,ii. 205,287, 

 308 ; red isamesame), i. 18,213, 315, ii. 

 157,167,174,205; blue (madschiba- 

 hari), i. 18, ii. 157, 1()7, 205 



— Mboro, i. 18, 141, 160; ii. 168 



— Mborro, ii. 167, 174 



— metal, ii. 810, 314 



— Murtinarok, i. 141 ; ii. 310, 814 



— Fo7nbo, strings of, i. 172 



— Sambaj, white china, i. 13, 213 



— Ukuta, or Tcharra, i. 13, 144, 168, 

 408 ; ii. 138, 157, 167, 168, 174, 199, 

 208 



— re-threaded and re-packed, i. 104, 

 172 



Beans, i. 140, 158, 168, 352, 866 ; ii. 187, 

 204, 302, 307, 816 



— shrub-like plantations of, i. 335 

 Bedue, i. 5, 174, 865 ; ii. 9-11, 16, 27, 



80, 34, 39, 44, 79 

 Beef, in Reshiat, ii. 168 

 Beehives, in hollow trees, i. 119 ; hung 



from trees, 412 ; in holes in the gi'ound, 



ii. 168 

 Bees, swarms of, i. 45, 46, 119 ; kept by 



Wameru, 153 ; by people of Kahe, 168 ; 



by Ndorobbo, 2(31, 412; by Wakwafi, 



ii. 3 ; and by the Amarr, 168 

 Beetles, ii. 181 ; Buprestis, 190 ; Cryj^to- 



jjentamera (wood-beetles), 190 

 Beisa antelope. See Antelopes 

 Berries for food, ii. 175, 259, 268, 273, 



278 

 Besil stream, i. 267, 268 

 Betel-nut palms, i. 28 

 Beverage from sugar-cane, i. 852 

 Bibirri, Mount, i. 80 

 Birds, Columbidae. ii. 15 



— depredations of, ii. 5 



