INDEX 



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Birds, gallinaceous, i. 78. 372 ; ii. 15 



— great variety of, i. 64, 225 



— immense nimibers of, ii. 110, 115, 118, 

 140, 155 



— nests, in the ground, ii. 155 ; as food, 

 278 



— Nyemps rich in, ii. 15 



■ — of prey, and scavenger, i. 130 ; ii. 35, 

 36, 106, 186 



— Taveta a mine of wealth to ornitho- 

 logists, i. 107 



— unknown, described, i. 71 ; ii. 140 



• — See Bustard, Cormorants, Cranes, 

 Crows, Divers, Doves, Ducks, Eagle, 

 Flamingoes, Fowls, Geese, Guinea- 

 fowls, Gulls, Hawks, Hornbills, 

 Humming-bird, Ibises, Kites, Lap- 

 wings, Larks, Marabout storks, Nec- 

 tarinia,Nutcrackers, Ostriches, Parrots, 

 Partridges, Plovers, Snipe, Starlings, 

 Storks, Swallows, Vultures, Vulturine 

 guinea-fowl, Weaver birds. Wood- 

 grouse 



Blood-brotherhood, i. 292, 311-314, 321, 

 326, 328, 330, 348. See Friendship- 

 making 



Boars, wild, i. 74, 225 



Boat, canvas, i. 29, 120; ii. 102; de- 

 stroyed by elephant, 137 



— iron, i. 29, 30, 203 

 Bolio, Guaso, ii. 7, 13, 52 

 Books and maps stolen, i. 55 

 Borana, the, ii. 185 



Bori, ii. (note) 138 



Bos caffer cEquinoctialis, ii. 21, 126, 

 145, 148 



Bows and arrows of the Wakikuyu, i. 

 356 ; of the Wakwafi, ii, 3 ; arrows of 

 the Wandorobbo, 32 ; of the Burkeneji, 

 74 ; of the Reshiat, 165 ; of the Suk, 

 272 ; of the Wakamba, 308 



Brass, used in Ukambani : wire, beads, 

 and chains, ii. 310 



— wire, i. 13, 315 ; ii. 74, 138 

 Braun, Herr, i. 59, 60 ; ii. 317 

 Brausche, Herr, i. 64-67 

 Buchanan, Mr., ii. 318 

 Bude, ii. 144 



Budu, the, agriculturists, ii. 168, 169 

 Buffaloes, i. 74, 229, 230, 235 237, 379, 



380, 393, 420 ; ii. 6, 8, 9, 15, 37, 59, 63, 



148, 285-288 



— asleep, ii. 18 



— charge Count Teleki, ii. 44, 46, 126 



— countless herds of, i. 125, 136, 241, 

 377 ; ii. 21, 27, 184 



— description of, ii. 21-23 



— hard to kill, ii. 28 



Buffaloes, meat of, ii. 23 



— see Bos caffer ceqiiinoctialis. 

 Buiko, i. 70 



Bukari, ii. 17 



Bulbous plants at Ndoro, i. 371 



Buma, the, ii. 168; description of, 202- 



204 

 Buprestis beetle, i. 411 ; ii. 190 

 Bura brook, i. 346 

 Burchell's zebra {Equiis BurchelUi), ii. 



78. See Dauw 

 Burgash, Sultan Seyid, i. 8, 198, 201 

 Burkeneji, the, ii. 3, 48, 74, 111, 112, 



115, 1137, 182, 184, 215, 236 



— description of, ii. 74, 75 



— headquarters of, ii. 76 



— settlements, ii. 163 



— women, ii. 139, 164, 194, 229, 230, 

 275, 276 



Burton, Sir Richard, i. 10, 36 



Buru, Doenye, ii. 290 



Bush, i. 138, 167, 239, 265, 350, 362 ; 



ii. 178, 201, 202, 255, 274, 277, 285, 



296 



— dense thickets of, favourite resort of 

 buffaloes, i. 230, 241 



— steppe, i. 259 



— see Succulent bush 

 Bustards, i. 225, 256, 434 

 Butter, 1. 178, 198 ; ii. 307 

 Butterflies, i. 190 ; ii. 181 



Cacti, ii. 279 



Calcareous spar, ii. 64, 114 



Calodenclron cajjense, Thbg., i. 389 



Calotropis procera {Av'Ah. Oscliar),i. 350 



Camel's thorn bushes, ii. 181 



Camels kept by the Randile, ii. 76, 185 ; 

 by the Murdu, 169 ; in Turkana, 225, 

 227, 234, 251 



Camels' bones, ii. 101, 105 



Campanulas, i. 187 



Camps, at Taveta, i. 96, 104, 107, 108, 

 170-177, 205; at Marangu, 112, 

 178 ; on Mount Meru, 139 ; highest 

 camp on Kilimanjaro, 192; at 

 Ngongo-Bagas, 288-296 ; in Kikuvu- 

 land, 297, 309-315 ; at Ndoro, 362- 

 371, 381-384; at Lare lol Morio, 

 396^400, 425-427 ; at Nyemps, ii. 1, 

 14, 47, 52, 283 ; hunting camp by the 

 Guaso Nyuki, 35-47 ; on Mount 

 Nviro, 73-80 ; amongst the Reshiat, 

 160-163, 169-178, 193-201, 209; 

 at Lake Stefanie, 186-190 ; on the 

 Miwiruni brook, 287, 288 



Canoes, ii. 109, 110, 127, 133, 140, 164 



