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INDEX. 
Bulala, dynasty of, Identical with Gabga, iii. 
427. Divisions of the, 586. 
Bullock-riding, attempt at, i. 371. Excel- 
lent huUocks in Air, 377 ; ii. 5. The bul- 
lock' the native beast of burden, I'l. passim. 
Bulls used by the ancient kings of Fezzan 
for drawing their chariots, sculptures 
confirmatory of, i. 199. 
Bunday mountain range, i. 377. 
Bundi town, ii. 1 95 ; v. 380. 
Bundore village, dye-pits at, iv. 272 
Bune, Old and New, iv. 47. 
** Bune Kayerde Said" village and meaning 
of name, v. 387. 
Bunka town and its inhabitants, iv. 118; v. 
351. 
Burj el Melha, a ruined castle, i. 13. 
Burgu or Burku, interesting country, ii. 27, 
493, 
Burre hamlet, rocky character of the Niger 
near, v. 25 ] . 
Burrum, or Bahr el Ghazal stations along, 
iii. 490. 
Bussumo town, iv. 561. 
Butter, fresh, not to be got in Bornu, nor in 
Negroland in general, ii. 230 ; iv. 125. 
Butter-tree, Bassia butyracea (kadena, toso), 
in Katsena, ii. 84,87; iv. 107. A'dama- 
wa, ii. 387, 408, 434. In great numbers 
on Niger, iv. 385 ; v. 282. 
Buwa tribe, divisions, iii. 593. 
Buwa-Dasar tribe, iii. 614. 
Byrgu, nourishing grass in Niger, v. 152, 
156. Honey prepared from, 165. 
Cailll6, Rene, the traveller, iv. 387, 455. 
Camel, the, not indigenous in Africa, i. 200. 
Prices of, in Bornu, ii. 315. Camels of 
Bornu, iii. 194. Camels of the desert 
not accustomed to the food near the river, 
v. 190. 
Camel races, i, 329. 
Canoes on the Benuwe, ii. 469. See Boats, 
Capparis sodata, uses of, i. 295. Wide ex- 
tent of, 295, 320; v. 96, 143, 251. In the 
Burrum, iii. 491. Berries of, i. 295 ; v, 146. 
Caravan trade of Timbuktu with Morocco, 
V. 32. 
Caravans avoid the villages bordering the 
desert, i. 122. 
Castle of the Prophetess, a Roman ruin at 
El Jem, i. 3. 
Cattle, horned, indigenous or imported, iii. 
235. Introduced into many districts by 
the Fulbe. 
Champagore, town and residence of Galaijo, 
described, iv. 253. 
Champalawel town, iv. 261. 
Chereka mount, i. 375. 
Chifowa town described, ii. 178, 
Chlre described, iii. 599. 
Civilisation, false, its influence in furthering 
the slave trade, iii. 133. Of Negroland, 
only means of, 365. 
Clapperton, Captain, probable cause of his 
death, iv. 178. His great merit as a 
traveller, 169. 
Clay the chief food of the Dingding tribe, 
ii. 625. Clay -houses, insecurity of, iii. 
392. 
Cocks used in deciding law suits by wager 
of battle, ii, 535. 
Commerce of Libtako, iv. 288. Of Tim- 
buktu, iv. 615; V. 17. Of Kano, ii. 125, 
seq. Of Kukawa, 307, seq. Of Waday, 
iii. 556. 
Corchorus olitorius, common vegetable in 
A'gades, i. 405. In Bornu, ii. 67, 180. 
In Bagirmi, iii. 421. In the desert, v. 
429. 
Costume of Demmo chiefs, iii. 206. 
Cotton cultivated from Bagirmi to Timbuk- 
tu, Preface, p. xx. Best cotton near lakes 
and rivers, iii. 142. In Bagirmi culti- 
vated in ridges, iii. 339. Chiefly culti- 
vated by Bornu people, iii. 448. The 
wealth of Dlkowa, iii. 139, 268. On 
Niger, v. 286, 289. The staple in mar- 
ket of Badarawa, iv. 1 25. Cotton exten- 
sively manufactured in Kano, ii. 125. 
From the 11th century in Silla, v. 30. 
Celebrated in Kororofa, ii. 579. In 
Kong, iv, 557. In Zagha, v. 475. 
Cotton-fields, general neglected appearance, 
iii, 142. Well kept, iv. 117. 
Cotton-strips as money, ii. 311. In the 
country towns of Bornu, ii. 212. In A'da- 
mawa, ii. 446. In Bagirmi, iii. 381, In 
Libtako, iv. 291. In Psaye, iv. 332. 
Croton tiglium in Bagirmi, iii. 449. 
Crowe, Mr., H.M.'s consul-general in Tri- 
poli, i. J5 ; ii. 106. 
Crystallised tubes, v. 422. 
Cucurbita lagenaria, ii. 433 ; iii. 129. 
Cucurbita Melopepo, iii. 234. In general 
use for seasoning the food, iii. 154; v. 3. 
Cultivation of the different species of corn in 
various districts greatly varying, ii. 434, 
505. 
Currency, defection in Kukawa, ii. 311. 
Very varying in different districts, diffi- 
cult to know beforehand, iv. 278. 
C>perus esculentus, ii. 381 ; iii. 262. Por- 
ridge of, ii. 433. 
Dabuwa village, iii. 267. 
Daghel village, residence of 'Othman the 
Reformer, iv. 168. 
Dakkwa, meaning of the term, ii. 10. 
Dalla town, v. 465. 
