INDEX. 
A'bare, tribe of Musgu, numbers of them 
captured for slaves, iii. 236. 
A'bbega, the freed Marghi lad, iv. 10. 
'Abd-Allah, the learned Tawati, i. 398. 
'Abd-AUahi, son of Fodiye and brother of 
'Othman, iv. 527. His children, iv. 196, 
note. Notice of his work, 186. 
'Abd el Kader, sultan of Bagirmi, iii. 442. 
'Abd el Kader organizes a religious revolu- 
tion in Futa, iv. 628, 
'Abd el Kaderi, sultan of A'gades, i. 401. 
His investiture, 422. His letters, 437. 
His deposition and his confidence in me, 
iv. 185. 
Abila, mount of Air, i. 380. 
Abu Bakr el Wakshhi, first acquaintance, i. 
489. His kindness to me in Katsena, ii. 
55. 
A'bu el Hassan, governor of Tamkala, in- 
terview with, v. 304. His character and 
position, 306. 
A'bu-Gher, village of Bagirmi, market, iii. 
S86, 568. 
A'damavva, country of, a Mohammedan 
kingdom engrafted upon a mixed stock 
of pagan tribes, ii. 414, 500. Character 
of, 503. A country for colonies, ii. 456. 
Different character of settlements, 510. 
Itineraries passing through the districts of, 
587. 
Adansonia digitata, the most common tree 
through the whole breadth of Central 
Africa, ii. 157, 362. In Baghena, v. 505. 
Colossal specimens, ii. 1 57, 392. Different 
variety, iv. 71. Peculiar domain, ii. 39. 
The constant companion of human society, 
40, 541. On the Niger, v. 278, 280, 282. 
Use of the leaves of, for vegetable soup, 
ii. 15,314,388; iv. ?j 5, passim. Use of 
the fruit for imparting an acid taste, ii. 
388. 
A'dar, governors of, iv, 530. Country of, 
and towns, i. 556. Limits of, iv. 161. 
A'dar, well and hamlet in Aussa, v. 485. 
A'dar-andurren, " the little creek," usual 
ferry on the Niger, v. 247. 
A'dar-n-haut island and its inhabitants, v. 1 91 . 
A'derar, country of the Awelimmid, list of 
wells and pasture grounds of, v. 207, note, 
A'derer, district described, and Moorish 
tribes in, v. 535. 
A'dishen, the Musgu prince, conduct of, 
towards his female slaves, iii. 164. His re- 
ception by the vizier, 181, 
A'fade, town and district, iii. 275, 467. 
A'fage, town, iii. 150. 
Afalesselez, character of, arrival at the well, 
i. 260. 
African warfare, interesting incident in, v. 
189. Cruelty of, iii. 225. 
Afulle district and its inhabitants, v. 520. 
A'gades and its inhabitants described, i, 397- 
457. Its history, 458. Period of founda- 
tion, iv. 593. Its ancient gold trade, i. 
467. Prices in market, 479. Identity of 
its language with that of Timbuktu, 418 
(compare iv. 603.). Ground plan of, 475. 
Dungeon, 421. Great mosque and tower, 
449. Investiture of the sultan, 422. 
Audience hall, 400. 
A'gata, village and mount, i. 379. 
Agerijit, village and well, v. 505. 
A'ghadir Dome, village and inhabitants, v. 
551. 
Aghafi, ancient town of Kanem, iii. 105, 51 2, 
seq. 
A'ghele district on the Niger, v. 238. 
Agho, formerly large town of Kanem, iii. 
91, 512. 
A'hmed Baba, notice of his work, iv. 200. 
His character, 407, 600. 
A'hmed bel Mejub, Arab traveller, notice 
of, ii. 283. 
A'hmedu, Seko (Sheikh), ruler of Masina, 
his hostility towards me, iv. 458,461, 508 ; 
v. passim. 
