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INDEX. 
Sanyare town, iv. 389. 
Sar described, iii. 610. 
Sarawu, important double village ; hut de- 
scribed, ii. 438, 439. 
Sarayamo town and inhabitants, iv, 372. 
Sare-dina town, on upper Niger, v. 517. 
Say, important town on the Niger, iv. 241. 
Market, 244-247, Its importance for 
European traffic, 247. Second residence 
at, V. 295. Market, 297. Appearance of 
the Niger at, 298. 
Say, valley of, v. 293. 
Scorpion, effects of bite of a, iii. 163. 
Scott the sailor, v. 471. 
Sculptures in the desert, i. 196. 
Sebba, chief place of Yagha, town and in- 
habitants, iv. 275-280. Hut described 
and figured, 275-277. 
Sebkha, explanation of the term, i, 10, 
Sefuwa dynasty, its foundation in Kanem, 
ii. 262. Of Berber origin, 269. 
Segcro village and neighbourhood, ii. 431. 
Selufiet, valley and village, i. 317, 
Senhaja tribe noticed, iv. 586. 
Senudebu village and hills, v. 285. 
Sepulchre of Sidi Mukhtar at Timbuktu, 
V. 57. 
Sepulchral monument in Wadi Taglje, i. 
116. At Taboniye, 123. 
Sepulchres of the Musgu, iii. 190. 
Sesamum, cultivation of, ii. 95, 433, 655. 
In Adamawa, ii. 506 ; iii. 336, 356, 447 ; 
V. 293. 
Sfakes, halt at, i. 4. Voyage hence to 
Zarzis, i, 4, 9. 
Shabare village, iv. 89. 
Shabet el Kadim, Roman milestones near, 
i. 97. 
Shabet Um el Kharab, Christian remains in 
the, i. 108. 
Shamo district, ii. 376. 
Shari river, iii. 313, 325, 331. Places on 
the, from Bugoman upwards, 588 ; from 
Bugoman downwards, 617. Meaning of 
name, iii. 209. 
Shecheri village, v. 384, 
Sheikh Sidi A'hmed el Bakay arrives in Tim- 
buktu, iv, 449. First interview with, 
453, 457. Religious discussions with, 
483, 510. His attachment to his family, 
485. Pedigree of, iv. 567. Two poems 
by, 568. Translated, 574. His letter 
of recommendation, v. 642. His un- 
ceasing kindness, v. 14. Delivers a 
lecture on the equal rank of the pro- 
phets, 42. Prays at the sepulchre for 
his mother-in-law's soul, 57. His noble 
family, 163. Parting with, 239. 
Shell money, mode of reckoning, ii. 28. 
Shells principal currency in Kano, ii. 142 ; 
recently introduced into Kukawa, 311; 
current in Muniyo, iv, 52 ; in Zinder, 82 ; 
in Sokoto, 162, 170; in Gando, 200; in 
Say, 246 ; in Yagha, 278 ; in Dore, 290 ; 
in Timbuktu, 443, In Bunka, v. 352. 
No currency in the country towns of 
Bornu, ii, 31 1 . In A'damawa, ii, 446. In 
Bagirmi, iii. 381. None in I'saye, iv. 332. 
Shibdawa village, rich scenery, ii. 86. 
Shigge, term for cotton in Western Ne- 
groland, iv. 443, tiote. Kserat shigge, v. 
500. 
Shinghlt town and inhabitants described, v. 
510, 537. Extension of name, Shena- 
gita, ib. 
Shirts, common white of Bornu, the com- 
mercial medium in Kanem, iii. 75 ; also 
in Bagirmi, 381; and in A'damawa, ii. 
471 ; even in Kukawa, for buying large 
objects, 311. iS'ee Tobes. 
Shitati district, vales of, iii. 107. Shitati 
tribe called after the district, iii. 484, 
Shuwa Arabs, notices of the, ii. 355. Po- 
pulation, notices of, iii, 136, Villages, 
154, Remarkable characteristics, 136, 
371, Amount of their cavalry, iii, 524, 
S. native Arabs, 
Slniwa tribes in Bagirmi, iii. 544; in Waday, 
V. 544. 
Sidi A'lawate, interview with, iv. 401. Pre- 
sents extorted by, 439. Religious dis- 
cussion with, 445. 
Sidi 'All ben Salah chapel and ruins, i, 72, 
Sidi 'All, m.erchant in Kano, ii, 102 ; v. 358. 
Sidi Mohammed, El Bakay's elder brother, 
arrives at Timbuktu, v. 45. Interests 
himself in my favour, 53. His character, 83. 
Siggedim oasis, v. 436. 
Silla, very important town on upper Niger, 
where cotton weaving first flourished, v. 30. 
Silk cotton tree, immense specimens of, 
placed at the gates of many a town in 
Negroland. ii. 89 ; v. 347. 
Sing-melek, the Vizier, in Waday, iii, 553. 
Sirba river, iv. 268. Reed-raft, 269. 
Country beyond, 271. Its appearance at 
Garbeguru, v. 283 ; and at Kuttukole, 
V, 284. 
Sinder town and island, in the Niger, v. 
273, 
Sittahe village, iii. 272. 
Slave-hunting and butchery, iii. 194, 203, 
Consequences, 224. 
Slavery in A'damawa, ii. 502. 
Slavery and the slave trade, influence of 
firearms and civilization upon the increase 
of, iii. 133. Domestic — its quiet course, 
ii. 23, 151, 
Slave trade in Kano, ii. 131. 
Slaves cruelly treated by the Tebu, v. 414. 
