INDEX 



route decided upon, 3; to ascend 

 the River Tana, 4; personnel of cara- 

 van, 5; beasts of burden for trans- 

 portation of goods, 5; purchase of 

 stores in London and Vienna, 6; seven 

 Somali engaged for care of beasts of 

 burden, 6 ; twelve Soudanese soldiers 

 engaged, 6; intelligence of porters, 6; 

 difficulties in finding porters at Zanzi- 

 bar, 7; engaged Somali at Aden, 7; 

 engaged Soudanese at Massowah, 7; 

 kindness of Italian authorities at Mas- 

 sowah, 7; engagement of one hundred 

 and thirty porters, 8; wages paid to 

 porters, 8; headman of porters, 9; 

 town life not suited to natives, 10; first 

 camp at Mkonumbi, 1 1 ; at Mkonumbi, 

 12; assistance of Teide and Denhardt, 

 16; engagement of boatmen and 

 canoes for river column, 16; Sadi, 

 captain of the fleet, 17; camp at 

 Mkonumbi, 18; uniform and fire- 

 arms of men, 21; Soudanese armed 

 with Mannlicher repeating rifles, 21; 

 the Soudanese, 21 ; uniform of Soudan- 

 ese, 21; Somali men most useful, 26; 

 arrival of Lieutenant von Hohnel with 

 camels at Kismayu, 26 ; Jama Yusef 

 warns the chiefs at Kismayu against 

 expedition, 27; instructing natives in 

 use of rifle, 27 ; shooting at target, 28; 

 a day's work in camp at Mkonumbi, 

 28; danger of small-pox, 29; prepara- 

 tions for departure from Mkonumbi, 

 30; visit of Arab governor to camp, 

 33; porters carry eighty pounds, 33; 

 retrievers and fox-terrier, 34; drilling 

 men loading and unloading camels 

 and donkeys, 34; caravan breaks 

 camp at Mkonumbi, 35 ; joy of native 

 porters at departure for interior, 35; 

 farewell visit of governor of Lamoo, 35 ; 

 order of marching, 36; reach camping- 

 place, 36; trouble with pack animals, 

 36; at Merifano, 38; arrival at the 

 Tana, 39. 



Chapter IL — Expedition, trading 

 with the Pokomo, 40 ; load of ammu- 



nition missing, 41 ; march from Mare- 

 fano to Kinekombe, 41; appearance 

 of the country, 42 ; caravan as seen 

 on the march, 42; guides poorly in- 

 formed, 43; encampment on banks of 

 Tana, 43 ; opposite the village of Kine- 

 kombe, 44; in camp at Kinekombe, 

 45 ; deserters, 46 ; crosses the Tana, 

 47; at Massa, 48; men raid a planta- 

 tion, 49; punishment of men and 

 stolen property restored, 49; march 

 to Dukuli, 49; suffers from heat, 49; 

 guides desert, 50; cutting road through 

 tangled undergrowth, 50; search for 

 water, 50; death of dogs, 51; camp 

 at Tuni, 52; difficulties in purchasing 

 food, 52; loss of nine men and two 

 valuable loads by desertion, 57; de- 

 parture from Tuni, 57; deserters to be 

 shot, 58; deserter shot by Balook 

 Bashi, 58; cuts a way through the 

 bush to the river, 62; attempt to cut a 

 road to Malkakofira, 63; finds a store- 

 house with 3000 ears of Indian corn, 

 64; attempt to force a way along the 

 river, 64 ; harassed by thick under- 

 growth, 65; leave behind the impene- 

 trable bush, 66; finding of the canoes 

 with prcn'isions, 67; march to Tulu 

 Kuleso, 67: visit of Galla chief, 68; 

 endeavour to get information concern- 

 ing the Rendile, 69; ferried over the 

 stream, 70; canoes returned to the 

 coast, 70. 



Chapter III. — Expedition, changed 

 appearance of the country, 82; na- 

 tive zeriba deserted, 82; first sight 

 of the Kenya, 83; Soudanese make 

 bad shikaris, 84; hilly country, 84; 

 arrive at the Mackenzie River, 85; 

 follow the Mackenzie River, 91 ; view 

 of range of mountains, 92; beauti- 

 ful aspect of the country, 95; cara- 

 van charged by rhinoceros, 96; sur- 

 vey of the surrounding country, 

 mountains and forests, 97 ; build a 

 zeriba, 98; natives at work, 100; na- 

 tive men and women chopping down 



