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INDEX. 
Aido grass, with prickly involucre, i. 534. 
'Ain Zara, descril)ed, i. 87. Welcome re- 
ception in, on home-journey, v. 451. 
Air, or A'&ben, ethnographical relations of, 
i. 335. A'lr not Ahir, 336, note. See 
A'sben, 
Airi, the great salt caravan, its gathering, 
i. 504, 510. Estimate of its numbers, ii.40. 
Went formerly only as far as Katsena, ii. 
65. 
A'jiri village, ii. 233. 
A'karambay, iron gates of, narrow passage in 
Niger, v. 249. 
A'la, Alia, Bornu town and vicinity, iii. 128. 
Alairuk village, iii. 28. 
Alali-A'dia valley of Kanem, iii. 100. 
Alamay, or Allamay, Bornu town, ii. 191 ; 
V. 380. 
Alamaibe, or Allamaibe, village, hospitable 
treatment at, v, 378. 
Alaso or Alassa, town of Baghena and its 
vicinity, v. 495, 518. 
Alaune, Bornu town, ii. 220; iv. 29. 
Alawo, town of, ii. 371. 
'Aliyu, sultan of Sokoto, first meeting 
with, iv. 133. His character, 1 54. Sets 
out on an expedition against tlie G6- 
berawa, 140. His proceedings, 163-165. 
Returns to Wurno, 183. Interview with, 
V. 336. His justice, 340. Farewell in- 
terview with, 343. 
Alkuttabu, chief of the Awelimmed, iv. 470, 
passim. 
A'man Semmedne valley, sculpture and 
stone circles at, i. 204. 
Ammas, " the islands and swampy grounds 
in the Niger," v. 210. 
A'nay town, in the valley of Kawar, v. 434. 
Angala, see Ngala. 
Aniklmma, Tebu town, v. 433. 
Anislimen, Merabetin or Tolba, peaceable 
tribes of the Ke!-owi, i. 322 (compare 
321, K.). Of the Awelimmiden, v. 558. 
Of the I'regenaten, 562. See Merabetin. 
A''nnur, chief of Tintellust, sends us an 
escort, i. 326. Interview with him, 360. 
His character, 361 ; ii. 2. Parting with, 
ii. 1. Visit him at his estate, 21. 
A'nnur karami, a relation of the former, i. 
255. His lodgings at A'gades, 413. 
Ant-hills of immense size, iii. 362. In- 
dicating the neighbourhood of a river, ii. 
463. 
Antilope, different species, Bubalis, i. 263 ; 
V. 424. A. Addax, ii. 224. A. Leu- 
coryx, i, 520 ; bucklers made from its 
skin, 521 ; its meat, 528. A. Oryx, iii. 
357 ; iv. 20. A. Soemmeringii, ii. 224 ; 
iii. 328. Other species, ii. 325. 
Ants, serious attack of black, iii. 393. 
Battle between red and white, 399. 
Winged, 4. White, on the Niger, v. 156, 
note, 284. Northern limit of, i. 540 ; v. 
414. Abundance of ants in Katsena, iv. 97. 
Arab or Moorish tribes of the western part 
of the desert, list of, v. 525. 
Arabs, native Arabs, or Shuwa, of Bornu, 
and neighbouring countries, ii. 355. 
Early settlements in Kanem, iii. 545. 
Chiefs of, 521. Their intercourse with 
the Fuibe, 369. 
Arama, see Ruma. 
Arborescent Euphorbiacese, iii. 267. 
Archer, mounted, rare, ii. 232. In Fogha, 
iv. 231. 
Architecture of A'gades, i. 442, 446. Of 
Kano, ii. 123. Of dwellings in Sarawu, 
439. In Mubi, 527. Of the Musgu 
tribe, iii. 248. Of palaces in Logon, 287, 
289. In Mas-ena, 389. Of dAvellings 
in Masina, iv, 253, 254. In Namantugu, 
iv. 276, 277 ; in Tinge, 311. In Tim- 
buktu, 449. Insecurity of clay-houses, 
iii. .392, More solid architecture in former 
times, ii, 226, iii. 226, 389. Songhay and 
Hausa architecture, v. 281. 
Argungo, residence of rebel chief of Kebbi, 
iv. 201. 
A ri 011103, town of, and its inhabitants, iv. 
306, 
A'ribinda, meaning southern bank of Niger, 
iv. 307 ; V. passim. 
Arokam valley described, i. 268. 
Asaba mountainous district, v. 517. 
A'sada, valley of Air, described, i. 383. 
A'sben, or A'ir, first view of, 279. Nature 
of the country, 304. Mountains of, 308. 
Forms of name, 308, n. 
Asclepias gigantea, enormous specimens, i. 
254, 320. Usefulness of, 54 1. Bears testi- 
mony to the fertility of the soil, 393. 
Wide extent, ii. 197, 319, 320,|9assm. Its 
monotonous character, ii. 180. Charac- 
teristic of the neighbourhood of Kukawa, 
ii. 548, 
Aser village, near Sansandi, v. 482. 
Asettere valley, i. 270. 
A'sfer, singular food of this bird, i. 135. 
Asfura valley, iii. 90. 
A'sheniimma and its inhabitants, v. 430. 
Dried fish the best medium of commerce 
at, 433. 
Asiu, or Aseu, well, importance of, i. 280, 
562. 
A'skia, Mohammed ben Abu Bakr, king of 
Songhay, his greatness, iv. 414. His rise, 
reign, and death, 596-605. Compare i. 
459. 
A'sodi, description of the town, i. 375. 
Asses, usual beasts of burden of Guro 
