INDEX. 
687 
Oil-palm in AMamawa, ii. 506. Isolated ] 
specimen in the valley Fogha, v. 316. 
Oitilli island (identical with Ghutil), ap- 
pearance of the Niger at, v. 290. 
Ojuft, town of A'derer, and inhabitants, v. 
538. 
Olalowa, town of Damerghu, described, i. 
548. 
O'm el hammam, village of Fezzan, de- 
scribed, i. 172. 
Onions introduced together with wheat, ii. 
314; iii. 382. Great benefit to Euro- 
pean travellers, ib. Wushek, iv. 61. 
Very excellent in Gando, iii. 202. In- 
troduced into Timbuktu, iv. 396. 
Orthography adopted, explanation of the, i. 
p. xxxiii. 
Orycteropus iEthiopicus, i. 526 ; ii. 233. 
'Othman Bugoman, prince of Bagirmi, ca- 
reer of, iii. 436—442. 
'Othman dan Fodiye the Reformer, his 
influence, iv. 152; his song, 531. 
Overvveg, Dr., his qualifications, vol. i. p. xv. 
Arrives at Tunis, 1. His memoranda, 
iii. 9. His journey to Tasawa, ii. 12. 
Arrival in Kukawa, 342. Voyage on the 
Tsad, iii. 8. Journey to Gujeba and Fika, 
470. His death and burial on the bor- 
ders of Lake Tsad, 477. 
Pagan charm, iii. 265. 
Paganism, struggle of, with Islamism, ii. 4 1 ; 
iii. 135, 183; iv. 121, passim. Mosi 
champions of paganism, iv. 551. Re- 
mains of paganism in Mohammedan com- 
munities, iii. 263, 370. 
Palm, the three species of palms common to 
Negroland in the same locality, iii. 194. 
Park, Mungo, revenge for injuries inflicted 
by, a probable motive to the attack of the 
Tawarek upon Major Laing, iv. 453, note, 
A'wab's account of, 506. Fired at any one 
who approached in a threatening attitude, 
V. 201. Bad efFects of this, 202. Remi- 
niscences of, 162, 180, 218, 246. Mistaken 
with regard to Sego, iv. 469, note. 
Pennisetum distichum, its annoyance and 
uses, i. 390, 523, 529 ; iv. 64, 221 ; et 
passim. 
Pepper indispensable in hot countries, iv. 
87. 
Pharaoh, tradition regarding the visit of a, 
to Burrum on the Niger, v. 192. 
Pigeons, multitudes of wild, and device 
against, ii. 205. Pigeons in great request 
and cheap in Timbuktu, iv. 443. 
Pilgrim traders, ii. 366; iii. 315 ; iv. 234, 
passim. 
Pirtwa village, ii. 354. 
Plough drawn by slaves in the valley of 
Auderas, i. 387. No plough used in 
Negroland, 388. 
Poa, edible, in Bornu, iii. 29. Various 
species, 256. In great use in Bagirmi and 
Wadai, iii. 405, 447. 
Poisoned arrows, remedy against, ii. 167. 
Polygamy, singular illustration in favour of, 
iv. 102. Polygamy limited by Fulbe of 
Masina to bigamy, iv. 257. 
Portuguese, their endeavours to open up the 
interior of Africa, iv. 602, 605, 606. 
Prayers for the dead, v. 57. 
Priesthood, no distinct, iii. 207. 
Prodigal Son, story of the, in Temashight, 
V. 639. 
Produce of Africa, iii. 233. 
Pullo. See Fulbe, 
PuUo Ibrahim, the pious and learned pil- 
grim, notice of, ii. 284. 
Rabda and its villages, i. 38 — 42. 
Rafi-n-Mauri, large, swampy valley, iv. 
224. 
Rains, great diversity of, in different locali- 
ties, iii. 3. Rare in the morning, i. 332, 
ii. 526. In Air, i, 362. In the desert, v. 
428. Little in Kukawa, iii. 4. Much 
in Gando, v. 329. For the register of 
the fall of rain, see Meteorological Tables. 
Rainy season in Kukawa, iii. 3. 
Ralle, pass of, described, i. 205. 
Ras el ma, celebrated creek of Niger, v. 485. 
Reade, Mr., H.M 's vice-consul in Tripoli, 
his kindness, i. 16 ; v. 450, 451. 
Redani district described, iv. 17. 
Red worms, march of, iv. 323. 
Religious structures, i. 58, 74. 
Ren, town of Logon, described, iii. 273. 
Ribago village and district, ii. 480. 
Rice, wild, in the forests south of Bornu, 
iii. 161. Cultivated in part of A'damawa, 
ii. 481. In Kebbi, iv. 181, 205, passim. 
Rice tiggra in Bagirmi, iii. 375. Not cul- 
tivated in Bornu, easternmost limit of 
cultivation, iv. 91. In Bagirmi, 447. In- 
troduced from Egypt to Burrum on the 
Niger, v. 194. Rice only to be got in 
the husk, 195. In El Hodh, 505. 
Richardson, Mr., his arrival in Tripoli, i. 
16. His trouble with the chiefs of Ghat, 
239. His death, ii. 203. (For account 
of his sickness see my letter, published in 
the Preface to his own Journal.) His 
grave, 218. His property, 249. 
Riverhorses very common in almost all stag- 
nant or running waters of Negroland, 
passim. Their wrath at being disturbed, v. 
227. 
Rivers, their names in Negroland merely 
signify water, iii. 299. 
