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INDEX. 
Mokoro district and its inhabitants, iii. 463. 
Molghoy district, ii. 379. Village and its 
inhabitants, i. 380, 537. 
Mondo village, ^ee Mando. 
Monge, village of camel-hair tents, v. 54.1. 
Moriki town, v. 350. 
Morocco, emperor of, sends an army to in- 
vade Songhay, iv. 610. A second time, 
and with success, 614. Conquers the 
whole of Negroland from Baghena to Den- 
dina, 623. Merchants of, their jealousy 
against me during my stay in Tim- 
buktu, iv. 496 ; v. 5. Trade of Morocco 
with Timbuktu, 33. 
Mosi province and inhabitants, notices of, iv. 
550. Importance of the country in the 
struggle between Paganism and Islamism, 
551. Their cotton strips, iv. 290. Their 
asses, 289. 
Mosquitoes, great nuisance in Kebbi, v. 318. 
Mountain group, sketch of an interesting, i. 
202. Ranges, view of, 294. Uniform 
character of, in North Africa, passim. 
Mount Tekut, ascent of, i. 44. 
Mowedina town, v. 492. 
Moyet village, v, 514. 
Mubi town and vicinity, ii. 419, 526. De- 
scription of a hut, 527. 
Muglebu village, ii. 524. Its rich vegeta- 
tion after the rains, 
Mujeran lake, a part of Niger, v. 484. 
Mulay Hamed. See Morocco. 
Mulay el Mehedi, his knowledge of astro- 
nomy, V. 12. 
Mules rare in Negroland, ii. 156. 
Mundoro village, curious thatch-work, iv. 
328. 
Muniyo, mountainous province of, iv. 42. 
Revenues derived from, 52. Principal 
towns and villages, 57^ note. Singular 
ceremony at the election of its rulers, ii. 
271. 
Muniyoma, governor of Muniyo, his 
princely character, iv. 55. 
Munke village, iii. 284. 
Murja, walled town of Baghena, and its 
inhabitants, v. 499. 
Murzuk, arrival at, i. 162. Description of, 
166. Its character approaching that of a 
town of Negroland, 168. Return to, v. 445. 
Musgu country, expedition to, iii. 159. 
Enter, 173. Pillaged village, 1 75. Chief 
places in, 178, note. Its unfavourable si- 
tuation, 183. 
Musgu tribe, notices of, iii. 178. Industry 
in manuring their fields, 208. Worship 
their ancestors, 190. Their fetish, 179. 
Weapons, 198. Women, national dress 
of, 238. Dwellings, 204, 349, 350. 
Mustafaji village, iii. 330. 
Nama town and inhabitants, v. 490. 
Namantugu and its inhabitants, iv. 282. 
Mentioned in the history of Songhay, 607. 
Natron caravans, ii. 159. 
Natron incrustations in Air, i. 389. Chief 
places where natron is procured in Negro- 
land, ibidem. Dilference of, iv. 160. 
Natron lake, iv. 45. Of Keleno, iv. 66. Of 
Badamuni, iv. 72. 
Natron trade in Kano, ii. 132. In Gum- 
mel, 169. 
Neat-dung, salt prepared from, iii. 45. 
, fresh used for plastering the inside of 
the walls and excluding vermin, iii. 301. 
Needles, value of, as an article of exchange, 
iii. 167. Various kinds of needles wanted 
in different regions, iv, 313. The general 
custom of giving needles as small presents 
to people on the road, passim. 
Negro, few really Negro tribes in the in- 
terior of the continent, ii. 383. 
Negroland, El Bekri's account of, iv. 583. 
El Edrlsi's account of, noticed, 585. 
Leo's account of, i. 462, ii. 266, and passim. 
Policy in, iii. 232. Sad condition of, v. 
341. 
Nests, pendulous, iii. 1 70. 
Ngala town described, iii. 270. 
Ngarruwa town, iv. 42. 
Ngegimi village and inhabitants, iii. 46 ; v. 
412. Route from, to Beri, 52, note. 
Nghakeli, north limit of the balanites, 
description of the valley, i. 265. 
Ngornu town and vicinity, ii. 320. iii. 470. 
Ngurutuwa (general name, meaning " a place 
full of river horses "), grave of Mr. Ri- 
chardson at, ii. 218. Towns of similar 
name, passim. 
Niger, first view of, iv. 240. Its various 
names mean "river," 241. (Origin of 
name Niger from " n-eghlrreu."). Boats 
on, 242. Network of creeks, 361. 
Probable explanation of its anomalous 
rising, v. 5. Difference in the quality of 
the water of the two branches of the Upper 
Niger, 477. Nutritious grass growing 
in, see Byrgu. Information of districts 
along the Niger from Timbuktu to San- 
sanding, V. 470. Places along, between 
Waraka island and Ansongho, 135, 
note. 
Nimadi, a wild set of hunters, v. 518. 
Njimie, old capital of Kanem, ii. 258, 645 ; 
iii. 501, 505. 
Nomadic herdsmen in Bornu, ii. 229. 
Nuggera valley, iv. 432. 
Nukuma district on island Rude, v. 517. 
Nux purgans, iv. 171. 
Nyamina town and market place, v. 494. 
Nyengay lake, iv. 367. 
