INDEX. 



455 



Mason-wasps of the houses in East Africa, 

 i. 370. 



Masud ibn Musallam el Wardi, sent to 

 Msimbira to recover the stolen papers, 



i. 325. His hospitality, 392. 

 Masui, village of, ii. 229, 231. 



Masury, M. Sam., his kindness to the 



author, i. 22. 

 Mat-weaving in East Africa, ii. 316. 

 Maunga Tafuna, province of, ii. 153. 

 Maura, or Maula, a sultan of the Wanyam- 



wezi, i. 316. Visits the caravan, 316. 



His hospitality, 316. Description of 



him, 316. 



Mauta, Wady el, or Valley of Death, i. 69. 

 Mawa, or plantain wine, ii. 180, 197. Mode 



of making, 287. 

 Mawiti, colony of Arabs at, i. 326. 

 Mazinga, or cannons, bee-hives so called in 



the interior, i. 200. Described, 200. 

 Mazita, account of, ii. 212. 

 Mazungera, P'hazi of Dege la Mhora, i. 75. 



Murders his guest, M. Maizan, 75, 76. 



Haunted by the P'hepo, or spirit of his 



guest, 76. 



Mbarika tree, or Palma Christi, of East 



Africa, i. 48. 

 Mbega, or tippet-monkey, in Unyamwezi, 



ii. 15. 



Mb'hali, village of, described, i. 401. 

 Mbembu, a kind of medlar, in Ugogo, i. 

 300. 



Mbogo, or Bos Caffer, in the plains of East 

 Africa, i. 181. Described, 1 81. In Ugogo, 

 300. On the Rusugi river, ii. 40. 



Mboni, son of Ramji, carries off a slave 

 girl, i. 290. 



Mbono tree of East Africa, i. 48. 



Mbugani, " in the wild," settlement of, de- 

 scribed, i. 397. 



Mbugu, or tree -bark, used for clothing in 

 Ujiji, ii. 64. Mode of preparing it, 64. 



Mbumi, the deserted village, i. 185. 



Mbungo-bungo tree, a kind of nux vomica, 

 i. 48. 



Mbuyu, or calabash tree, of East Africa, 



described, i. 47. 

 Mchikichi tree of Ujiji, ii. 58. 

 Mdaburu, trying march in the jungle of, i. 



277, 278. Description of, 279. 

 Mdimu nullah, i. 88. 



Meals at Ujiji. ii. 89. In East Africa, 280, 

 334. 



Measures of length in East Africa, ii. 388. 

 Medicine chest required for the expedition, 

 i. 155. 



Melancholy, inexplicable, of travellers in 



tropical countries, ii. 130. 

 Metrongoma, a wild fruit of Yombo, i. 



387. 



Mfu'uni, hill of, i. 170. Its former impor- 

 tance. 171. 



Mfuto mountains, i. 326. 



Mfuto, clearing of, i. 389. 



Mganga, or medicine-man of East Africa, 

 described, i. 38. His modus operandi, 

 44 ; ii. 358. His office as a priest, 350. 

 As a physician, 352. As a detector of 

 sorcery, 356. As a rain-maker, 357. 

 As a prophet, 358. His minor duties, 

 359. 



Mganga, or witch of East Africa, i. 380. 

 Mgazi river, i. 86. 



Mgege fish of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 67. 



Mgeta river, the, i. 80, 159, 160, 166; ii. 

 268. Head of the, 80. Mode of cross- 

 ing the swollen river, 80. Pestilence of 

 the banks of the, i. 127. Fords of the, 

 i. 336 ; ii. 268. 



Mgongo T'hembo, the Elephant's Back, 

 arrival of the caravan at, i. 290. De- 

 scription of, 290. Inhabitants of, 290. 



Mgude, or Mparamusi, tree, described, i. 

 47, 60, 83. 



Mgute fish of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 67. 



Mgunda Mk'hali, or 4< the Fiery Field," i. 

 281. Description of, 281, 282. Stunted 

 vegetation of, 282. Geology of, 282. 

 Scarcity of water in, 283. Traversed by 

 the caravan, 283. Features of the, 283, 

 292. 



Miasma of Sorora and Kajjanjeri, i. 403. 



Mikiziwa Lake, in Uguhha, ii. 147. 



Milk of cows in Ujiji, ii. 60. As food in 



East Africa, 283. Preparations of, 283. 

 Millepedes, or jongo, in Unyamwezi, ii. 18. 

 Mimosa trees, i. 83. Flowers of the, in 



Usagara, 228. Trees in Usagara, 229. 



In Unyamwezi, 318. Of the Usagara 



mountains, 165. 

 Miyandozi, sultan of Kifukaru, i. 264. 



Levies blackmail on the caravan, 264. 

 Mji Mpia, " new town," settlement of, de- 

 scribed, i. 397. Bazar of, 397. 

 Mkora tree, uses of the wood of the, i. 



374. 



Mkorongo tree, uses of the, in East Africa, 

 i. 374. 



Mkuba, or wild edible plum of Yombo, i. 

 387. 



Mkuyu, or sycamore tree, its magnificence 

 in East Africa, i. 195. Its two varieties, 

 195, 196. 



Mkwaju la Mouani, the " Tamarind in the 

 rains," the village of, described, i. 52. 



Mninga tree, wood of the, i. 373. Use of 

 the wood, 373. 



Mnya Mtaza, headman of Ukaranga, ii. 45. 



Mohammed bin Khamis, sailing-master of 

 the Artemise, i. 8. 



