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INDEX. 
Eghellal mount and village, i. 377. Valley, 
37<S. 
Egyptians, ancient, probable intercourse of 
the Songhay with, iv. 426 ; v. 193. 
El A'biar, district near the Senegal, wells of, 
V. 513. 
El A'hmar well, v. 439. 
El Arbain described, i. 2. 
El Bekri's account of Negroland, iv. 583. 
Mention of various words still in use, 
shigge, iv. 443, n. 
El Edrisi's account of Negroland noticed, 
iv. 585. 
El Gcida and adjoining districts described, 
and Moorish tribes in, v. 544. 
El Giblah and Shemmamah described, and 
Moorish tribes in, v. 539. 
El Haha district and tribes, v. 545. 
El Hank district described, v. 546. 
El Hasi, the well at the foot of the Ham- 
mada, i. 140. 
El Hodh district described, and Moorish 
tribes in, v. 529. 
El Jem, Roman remains at, i. 3. 
El Juf district described, v. 547. 
Elkeb, singular monuments on the plain of, 
i. 58- 
El Khwln described, i. 2. 
El Medaina, a ruined Roman station, i. 
12. 
El Walati, his character and appearance, iv. 
282. His knavery, 345, et passim. Final 
separation from, v. 16. 
El War, or Temmi, well, v. 440. 
Elephants, frequent in A'damawa, ii. 508. 
Herd of, going to water, iii. 48. Pre- 
dominant in Musgu, 161, 162, 169. In 
Gurma, iv. 271. 
E'm-n-kuris headland, camping-ground at, 
v. 149. 
Encampment, Arab, private life in, iv. 485. 
Of Tawarak represented, v. 127. 
English house " at Kukawa, ii. 298. 
English hill near Tin-tellust, i. 334. 
Eratafani (Ghatafan, compare Ebn Khaldun, 
trans, by De Slane, i. 38), camp of the, v. 
269. 
E'razar valley, i.'320, 
E'rgshesh, district described, v. 546. 
Ernesse camping-ground described, v. 130. 
Euphorbia, poisonous, i. 532 ; v. 97. 
European goods brought to Kano, ii. 135. 
To Timbuktu, v. 33. 
Europeans, in what little esteem held by 
some people, v. 90. 
Exogyra Overwegi found near Wadi Tagije, 
i. 120. 
Faki el Bahr, most learned man in Wadai, 
iii. 560. 
Faki Sambo, a very learned PuUo at Masefia, 
iii. 373. 
Falale, village and costume, iv. 555. 
Fali tribe in Fumbina, ii. 511. 
Fanyakangwa town, v. 377. 
Farara described, i. 548. 
Faro river, ii. 473, 517. 
Fatawel, great ivory market, iii. 162. 
Female chiefs and sovereigns in Bornu, ii. 
650. Of the Welad Rashid, iii. 549. 
Female infidelity rare amongst the nobler 
tribes of the Tawarek, v. 127. Female 
headdress in Bagirmi, iii. 320. In Kano, 
ii. 109. 
Female apparel in general in Negroland, ii. 
25. In Musgu, iii. 238. In Songhay, 
V. 218. 
Fenorang valley, i. 284. 
Fereng-mangha, explanation of the title, iv. 
423, note. 
Ferry-boats made of calabashes, ii. 232 ; 
iv. 27. 
Festival of the 'Aid el Keblr in A'gades, 
i. 422. Of the Fotr at Kukawa, iii. 15. 
In Kano, ib. In Masefia, 417. In 
Timbuktu, v. 10. In Yagha, 280. 
Ficus, very large specimens, i, 392 ; ii. 
141 ; iii. 130 ; v. 132. 
Fiiiyo village and its inhabitants, iv. 309, 
Firearms, their influence in furthering the 
slave trade, iii. 133. Numerous in Bornu 
in the second half of the sixteenth century, 
ii. 651. 
Firki-ground, a peculiar kind of soil, ii. 
241, 355; iii. 125, passim. 
Fish very plentiful in Musgu, iii. 233, 241. 
Different species found in Niger, v. 625. 
Dried fish, an important article of com- 
merce in Bornu, iii. 29. "Value of, as a 
medium of commerce at A'shenumma, v. 
433, 
Fittri, the " lake " of the Kuka, more con- 
siderable places around, iii. 585. The 
districts mentioned, 502, 515. 
Fleas in Kukawa, iii. 250. In Tamkala, v.303. 
Fodet valley, mountain scenery, i. 328. 
Fogha valley, iv. 225. Mode of preparing 
salt, 228. Character of the people, 230. 
Separation between the Hausa and 
Songhay races, 231. 
French, excitement caused at Timbuktu by 
their movements in the north, v. 114-125. 
Fugabu Kobber, village of the, iii. 82. 
Fulbe, of Mandara, ii. 173. Degenerate 
Fulbe, 393. Their intelligence and 
veracity, 420. First appearance in Bornu, 
649, 654. Immigration into Bagirmi, 
iii. 433. Facilitated by the Shuwa, 369. 
History of, and growth of their power in 
Sokoto, iv. 147. Tribes of, 148, note. 
