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INDEX 



Ape, pet, see Hamis 



Apes, i. 76, 372. See Monkeys 



Apocyneae, ii. 179 



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



Archers (the Wakamba), ii. 309 



Aristolochia, i. 8'2 



Arrows, ii. 32, 74. See Bows and Ar- 

 rows 



Artistic skill of the Wakanaba, ii. 308 

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

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

 153, 157, 166, 198 ; ii. 3 

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

 108, 162 ; rendezvous of caravans, 

 165, 166 ; plantations of, 167 ; Wa- 

 kwafi of, agriculturists, ii. 3. See Little 

 Arusha 



Aschanga, or uschanga meupe (white 

 beads), i. 13, 213 ; u. 205, 237, 308 



Askari (guards), i. 16 ; duties of, 33, 34, 

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

 death of one, i. 281 ; deserters from, 

 173, 203 ; promotion to, 144, ii. 39 



Asses, Muscat, i. 322. See Donkeys 



— Turkana, ii. 297 



Axes (shoka), i. 35, 202 ; ii. 310 



Azi river, ii. 305 



Azi-Sabaki river, ii. 316 



Bachada, the, ii. 168 

 Balbal, crater lake on Mount Meru, i. 

 157 



Balearica iMvonina, i. 362 

 Bamboo thicket, i. 372, 373, 379 

 Bananas, green, i. 98, 352, 366 ; groves 

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

 218; plantations of, 143, 147, 153, 

 169, 184, ■ 322, 335 ; several kinds of, 

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

 168 ; wine, or pombe, 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, 316 

 Baraja (a hut), i. 71 

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



405 ; ii. 16, 17 

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

 Barasaloy, ii. 70 



Barghuin (trumpet), i. 38, 204, 206 

 Bari, the, i. 243 



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

 retm-ns, 76 ; unwilling to go by 

 westerly route, 173 ; goes to Sapari, 

 189, 190 



Baringo, Lake, i. 37, 287, (note) 288, 

 382, 383, 396, 398, 427, 428 ; first sight 



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

 53 ; stores left on, 198 ; hrst 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- 

 kamba, ii. 310 



Bai'timaro 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 [Ttilengele), i. 113 



— Jagga, i. 163, 213 



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

 uschanga meupe), i. 13,213,ii. 205, 237, 

 308 ; red (samesaine), i. 13,213, 315, ii. 

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

 hari), i. 13, ii. 157, 167, 205 



— Mboro, i. 13, 141, 160; ii. 168 



— Mborro, ii. 167, 174 



— metal, ii. 310, 314 



— Murtinarok, i. 141 ; ii. 310, 314 



— Pombo, strings of, i. 172 



— Sambaj, white china, i. 13, 213 



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

 4(18 ; ii. 138, 157, 167, 168, 174, 199, 

 208 



— re-threaded and re-packed, i. 104, 

 172 



Beans, i. 140, 153, 168, 352, 366 ; ii. 187, 

 204, 302, 307, 316 



— shrub-lLke plantations of, i. 835 

 Bedue, i. 5, 174, 365 ; ii. 9-11, 16, 27, 



30, 34, 39, 44, 79 

 Beef, in Reshiat, ii. 163 

 Beehives, in hollow trees, i. 119 ; hung 



from trees, 412 ; in holes in the groiind, 



ii. 168 



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

 Wameru, 153 ; by people of Kahe, 168 ; 

 by Ndorobbo, 261, 412; by Wakwaii, 

 ii. 3 ; and by the Amarr, 168 



Beetles, ii. 181 ; Bupi'estis, 190 ; Crypto - 

 pentaniera (wood-beetles), 190 



Beisa antelope. See Antelopes 



Berries for food, ii. 175, 259, 263, 273, 

 278 



Besil stream, i. 267, 268 

 Betel-nut palms, i. 28 

 Beverage from sugar-cane, i. 352 

 Bibirri, Mount, i. 80 

 Birds, Columbidae. ii. 15 



— depredations of, ii. 5 



