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INDEX 



Caravan, arrangement of, i. 29-36 ; start 

 from Taveta, 205 ; muster on leaving 

 Nyemps, ii. 49 ; start from Reshiat,208 



— exploring, Dr. Meyer leader, i. 200 

 Caravans, trading in ivory and slaves, i. 



23, 33, 165. 166, 198, 202, 277, 394, 

 398, 399 ; ii. 19, 24, 27, 29, 30, 264, 

 265, 283, 284 



Carbine, Werndl, i. 33, 138 



Cassava, i. 297 



Castor-oil plant, i. 269, 353 



Cat, wild, ii. 12 



Cataracts on the Monja, i. 199 



Catfish, i. 90; ii. 212, 214 



Cattle, immense herds of, belonging to i 

 Masai, i. 129, 265, 286, 391 ; nmnerous 

 about Nakuro Sekelai, ii. 288 ; dis- 

 eased, i. 85, 236, 240, 284, ii. 284 



— breeders, the Wameru, i. 153 ; the 

 Burkeneji,, ii 74 ; the Eeshiat, 166 ; 

 the Amarr, 168 ; the Kerre and the 

 Mm-du, 169 ; the Burkeneji, 185 ; the 

 Marie, 187 ; the Turkana,234 •,the Wa- i 

 kwafi, 265 ; the nomad Suk, 271 ; the 

 Wakikuyu, 353 



Cereals in Kikuyuland, i. 352 



Chachame, Mount, i. 160 



Chains, copper and iron, made at 



Marangu, i. 113, 173, 179 ; brass, 



made in Ukambani, ii. 311 

 Chalcedony, blue, ii. 113, 114 | 

 Chameleons, several kinds of, i. 107 ; 

 Chanler, W. Astor, i. 248 ; 

 Chapman's zebra {Eqmis Cha2)manii), ii. 



78 



ChemtiUell, h. 273 i 

 Chignons, worn bv the Eeshiat, ii. 138, 

 168 ; the Turkana, 232 ; the Suk, 271 

 Choroco, i. 168 



Chuma (Swahili body-servant), i. 35, 40, ; 



45, 319, 320, 405, 406 ; ii. 16, 17, 46, i 



64 I 

 Church Missionary station at Mochi, i. 174 

 Circumcision, i. 103, 245 ; ii. 138, 166, 



169, 271, 307 j 

 Clover, i. 143 ; ii. 295 j 

 Clixbs, of W akikii^'u. i. 356 ; of Eeshiat, j 



ii. 165 ; of Buma, Marie, and Donyiro, ! 



204 ; of Turkana, 234 

 Coffee, ii. 140, 167 



Cold, intense on Kibo, i. 193, 194, 197 ; on j 

 Kenia, 375, 377 ; at Nyemps Mdogo at 

 night, ii. 18 ; at Miansmi, 40 ; at 

 Miwiruni, 147 

 Colic, native remedy for, ii. 147 

 Colobus gxiereaa, i. 116, 168, 3B8 ; ii. 

 206 



Colocasia, i. 98, 315, 352 ; ii. 303, 307 



Columbidse birds, ii. 15. See Doves. 



Conflagration on Angata Elgek, Li. 291 



Coniferous trees, arbor vitte-like, i. 371 ; 

 cypress-like, 391, ii. 58 ; juniper-like, 

 297 ; willow-like, i. 188, 373, 391 



Copper chains, i. 113, 173, 179, 216; 

 wire, i. 13, ii. 74 



Cormorants, ii. 110 



Costume, Borana, ii. 186 



— Burkeneji, ii. 74 



— gala, Miriah's, i. 180, 181 



— Masai, i. 249-251 



— Masai of Kilimanjaro, i. 213 



— Eeshiat, ii. 139 



— Suk, ii. 271 



— Tavetaners, i. 100-102 



— Turkana women, ii. 234 



— Ukambani women, ii. 309, 310 



— Wakamba in Zaovi, ii. 314 



— Wakikuyu, i. 355 

 Cowries, i. 13, 202 ; ii. 233 



Cows, three hundred, the price of a wife, 



i. 115 



— ninety, miexpected guests, i. 342 

 Crab, ii. 113 



Cranes {Balearica pavonina), i. 64, 362 ;, 



ii. 22 



— crested, ii. 175, 285 



Crater island m Lake Eudolf, ii. 101 



— lake Jala, i. 209 



— lakes on Mount Kenia, i. 376, 377 

 Craters on Julu chain, ii. 316 

 Crinum ammocharoides, ii. 180 

 Crocodiles, in Lake Jipe, i. 90 ; in Weru- 



weru river, 120 ; in Guaso Nyiro,. 

 415 ; in Lake 13aringo, ii. 10 ; in 

 the Barasaloy, 64 ; in Lake Eudolf, 

 110, 112, 118, 146; in Lake Stefanie, 

 187, 193; in River Nianamm, 206;. 

 in the Trawell. 260 

 Crows, ii. 186, 190 



Cultivated country, in Taveta, i. 94, 95 ; 



on Mount Meru, 143 ; in Kikuyuland,. 



302, 815, 332, 335 

 Curs, yellow, used in hunting, ii. 31^ 



110, 245. See Dogs. 

 Cypresses, ii. 59 



Daggers, i. 13 



Dances, at Taveta, i. 99 ; at Marangu, 

 179, 183 ; Masai and Mrima, 131, 

 227, 255, ii. 188 ; Turkana, 235 ;. 

 Wakamba, 311, 312 

 Dandu Muhandu (porter), ii. 96 

 Dariama river, i. 334, 158-160, 173 

 Dasturi, i. 14, 252 ; ii. 263 

 Dauw {Equus Burchellii), ii. 78 



