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INDEX 



Marangu, State of, i. 112, 114, 177, 179- 



182, 184, 200, 202 

 Maricha, i. 267 



Markets, at Taveta, i. 98 ; in Kikuyuland, 

 289, 291, 296, 297 ; at Ndoro, 381 ; at 

 Eeshiat, ii. 157, 160 ; in Turkana, 239 



Marie, the, ii. 167, 168, 187, 188. 203 



Marmanett mountains, i. 391, 392, 428 



Marmot, tailless, i. 375 



Marsabit, Mount, ii. 4 ; a rendezvous of 

 wild animals, 76, 184 



Martin, James, i. 5, 173, 201 ; ii. 31 



Masai, the, i. 74, 83, 84, 100, 105, 126, 

 131-134, 159, 168, 220, 225-227, 231, 

 232, 235, 239, 244, 250, 260, 265, 267, 

 271, 288, 289, 384, 389, 394, 401 



— dialect, i. 163, 396 ; nomad, 173, 217 ; \ 

 moran, 131, 176, 298, 369, 387, 389, i 

 407, 408; moruu, 131, 222, 232; 

 curiosity of, 232 ; description, and j 

 manners and customs of, 242-252 ; 

 never hunt, 260 ; women. 281, ii. 

 296 ; leibons, i. 248, 282, 396, ii. 3 



— beads, see Beads 



— dances, see Dances 



— kraals, see Kraals 



Masailand, i. 5, 7, 100 ; Sigirari, a district 

 of, 129 ; in the very heart of, 131 ; 

 routes to, 165 ; confines of, 217 ; boun- 

 dary of, 243 ; division of, 244 ; head 

 man of, 248 ; border of, 284 ; vast 

 pastures of, 286, 384, 391, ii. 305; 

 northern border of, 30 



Masimani. i. 240 



Masinde (capital of Usumbara), i. 71 



Masiyoya river, i. 336, 337 



Massika (long rainy season), i. 171 



Matchako, ii. 213, 214 



Matthews, General L. W., i. 5, 6, 9, 54, ' 



60, 200 ; ii. 63, 318 

 Matumbato, district of, i. 244, 255, 270 

 Matunda (the Meru chief), i. 142, 148, ; 



150, 151, 153 

 Man, ii. 287 



— escarpment, ii. 289, 295 

 Mavarasha hills, i. 267 



Mawale (Pennisetum sjncatuvi), i. 352 

 Mawia, i. 24, 25, 28, 29, 58 

 Mayleja river, i. 167 

 Mbarawujo, the, ii. 2 

 Mbaruk, i. 171 



Mbarulj (caravan leader), ii. 40 

 Mbatiam (head Masai medicine-man), i. 

 248 ; ii. 3 



Mboro (large mixed beads), i. 13, 141, 



160 ; ii. 138 

 Mborro (native beads of transparent 



quartz), ii. 167, 174 i 



Mdido Andei stream, ii. 316 



Meadows, beautiful, i. 284 



Meal of bananas and dhurra, i. 98 ; of 



maize, 165 ; of rind of doum-palms, 



ii. 235 

 Meat, dried, ii. 47 



Medicine-man (mganga), see Leibon 

 Medicines required, i. 72, 381 ; ii. 240^ 

 241, 250 



Megalixalus jpantlierinus, i. (note) 411 

 Meilevo, Doenye, i. 267, 268, 272 

 Merchandise for barter, i. 12, 13 ; pack- 

 ing, 14 



Meri (guide), i. 34, ii. 16 ; died of con- 

 sumption, 39 



Merikanl (white calico), i. 12, 72, 105,, 

 141, 144, 148, 168, 183 



Meru, Mount, i. 109, 135, 139, 160, 241, 

 361 ; ii. 3 



— ascent of, i. 142 ; beautifully culti- 

 vated, 143, 144, 147 ; fertile, banana 

 plantations, 153 ; pyramidal form of, 

 154 ; extinct volcano, 157 ; leave the 

 moimtain, 158 



Metal beads (native), ii. 310, 314 . 



— plaques, finely chiselled, ii. 308 

 Metamorphic rock, i. 160, 252, 416 ; ii.. 



61, 64, 193 



— sand, ii. 315 



Meyer, Dr. Hans, i. 200, 202. 203, (notes) 

 211, 216, 219 



Mhogo Mtschungu, ii. 153 



Mhoke (Askar), i. 143, 147, 150, 151 



Miansini, i. 287, 399 ; ii. 16, 24, 25, 40 



Microphytal slate, ii. 109 



Migimgani stream, i. 279 



Mikindimi, i. 160, 161 



Mikocheni. i. 61, 70, 74, 75 



Mihono (a measure), i. (note) 141, 497 



Mikufu (thin copper wire, or brass or 

 iron chains), i. 13, 141, 148, 149, 178, 

 198, 216; ii. 74, 308, 310, 311 



Military spectacle, i. 179-181 



Milk, ii. 160, 163, 194, 284, 290 



— not cooked by Masai, i. 246, 284, 

 424 



— bowls, ii. 185 



Millet {Panicum italicum, L.), in Kiku- 

 yuland, i. 315, 352 ; ii. 23, 302 



Miriali (Sultan or chief of Marangu), i. 

 107, 109, 112-118, 172, 176-184, 198- 

 200, 216 ; ii. 317 



Missionary station, Maguila, i. 56 



Mochi, i. 174, 198 



Kabai, oldest in East Africa, ii. 318 



Miwiruni river, ii. 27, 30, 31, 287 



Mkamba, i. 204 



Mkarama, village of, i. 63 



