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INDEX 



start a prairie fire, 383; to take Lieu- 

 tenant von Hohnel back to Daitcho, 

 383 ; rhinoceros charge them during 

 the march to Daitcho, 385; porters 

 demoralized by rhinoceros charges, 

 388; camp scared at night by rhinoce- 

 ros, 389; country seemed to abound 

 with rhinoceroses and lions, 389; lions 

 near the camp, 389; camped near the 

 Mackenzie River, 393; arrive at 

 Daitcho, 395 ; plans for future jour- 

 neys, 400; farewell to lieutenant von 

 H5hnel, 404 ; camp visited by hyenas, 

 409; rifle practice at Daitcho, 410; 

 men brought to the camp by Hamidi 

 unfit for work, 418; Hamidi's men 

 bring false news from the coast, 419; 

 purchase of donkeys by George, 424; 

 making saddles for donkeys, 426; rainy 

 season at Daitcho, 427; anxious time 

 at Daitcho, 428; five men of the party 

 sent to Ukambani desert, 431; new 

 men complain of Somali and Soudan- 

 ese, 431; the new men return to the 

 coast, 433; men sent to assist George 

 to cross the Tana, 436; natives ask 

 for medicine to stop plague of locusts, 

 439- 



Chapter X. — Expedition, porters 

 revolt and desert, 448; Somali and Sou- 

 danese protect Chanler, 449; Mwalim 

 Hamis leader of mutineers, 450; gate of 

 the camp, 45 1 ; Gwaharam and Beloochi 

 in camp, 453; letter to Hamidi, 453; 

 list of men left with Chanler, 454; 

 Hamidi denies all knowledge of inutiny, 

 455; Zanzibari traders refuse to take 

 charge of goods, 461; completely 

 broken up, 461 ; Gilo asks forgiveness, 

 463; Christmas dinner, 463; distrib- 

 uting the trading-goods, 467; depart- 

 ure for the coast, 470; Daitcho will 

 welcome Europeans, 471; set out for 

 the coast, 472; cataract on the Tana, 

 475; bridges across the Tana, 476. 



Chapter XI. — Expedition, at 

 Mitio's village, 482; Abdee Achmet 

 with the donkeys, 482; Hamidi ar- 



rives, 483; Wakambaand their women, 

 485; at Kitinga, 486; an African 

 Switzerland, 487; at Dick's trading- 

 post, 487; the dwarf Mgundu, 490; 

 meet Mr. Neumann, 491 ; German mis- 

 sion station, 492; meet W. Watson 

 and Dr. Charters' missionaries, 493; 

 slaves left at the Kibwezi mission, 495; 

 the Teita people, 497; at Mombasa, 

 498; at Zanzibar, 499; case of de- 

 serters before the American Consul, 

 505; Mr. Seth A. Pratt represents Mr. 

 Chanler, 50S; George at Zanzibar, 

 510; for home, 511. 



Field, London, letter concerning fire- 

 arms, 79. 



Fight with the Wamsara, 168. 



Fish in the Guaso Nyiro River unfit for 

 food, 123; from the River Guaso 

 Nyiro filled with small worms, 123. 



Flags carried at head of Zanzibari cara- 

 vans, 215. 



Fleas, camp at Daitcho infested with, 

 337- 



Flowers on the banks of Guaso Nyiro 



River, 124. 

 Forest on the slope of Mount Kenya, 



100. 



Fumo Omari, raids Arab plantations and 

 native villages, 12; Sultan of Witu, 

 II. 



Galla, 61 ; legend of the sacred book, 37; 

 village and tribe, 37. 



Galla and Pokomo tribes, 62; moun- 

 tains located on map by Dr. Peters 

 invisible, 62; chief visits camp at 

 Tulu, 67; tribe threaten violence, 67. 



Game, elephants, 82; zebra, oryx beisa, 

 walleri, and rhinoceros, 82; plentiful 

 on the Mackenzie River, 92; mara- 

 bout storks, 95 ; East African antelope 

 excellent food, 96; rhinoceros shot by 

 Lieutenant von Hohnel, no. 



George Galvin, servant to Chanler, 2, 

 10, 51, 57, 58, 66; left at Hameye, 

 73; as a sportsman, 77; carries a 



