INDEX 
Abadigal, Banagiise’s headman, 157 
Abbarso camp, 96 
Abbasgul, 116, 129, 185; raided by 
Habr Awal, 185 
Abdul Ishak, 85 
Abdul Kader, 125, 202, 205, 206, 213 
Abonsa in the Harar Highlands, 131 
Abosa, 136 
Abud, Major, 15, 18 ; at Hargeisa, 240 
Abyssinia compared with Afghanistan, 
288 
Abyssinians, 214, 246, 255 ; threaten 
to attack Hargeisa, 96 ; leader, 
Banaguse, 105 ; scouting for, 121 : 
soldiers seize our men and camels, 
139 ; and the Esa tribe, 141 ; 
threaten to attack author’s party, 
157 ; general, 157 ; raids, 160 ; 
dealings with foreigners, 172 ; ambi- 
tion, power, influence, 173 ; mili- 
tary display and power, 270, 282, 
290 ; great importation of rifles and 
ammunition, 288 ; compared with 
Somalis, 289 ; purchasing, hire, 
and prices, 370 
Adad thorn bushes, 195, 362 
Adadleh, 267 
Adan Yusuf, caravan leader, 148, 
156, 189, 285 
Addis- Abbaba, 275 
Aden, 238, 267 ; garrison, 75 
Adone, 22, 207, 208, 211, 254 
Adua, Italian disaster at, 288 
Ahmed Abdalla, Sultan, 132 
Ain Valley, 90 
Aits Merzha, Governor of Gildessa, 269 
Alaka Gobau Desta, 168 
Alakud or klipspringer, 317 
Aleyadera nala, 116 
Ali Hirsi, author’s hunter, 76, 300 
Ali Maan, 109, 150 
Allegiri tribe, 90 
Aloe plants, 12 
Aloes and thorn jungle, ruins rise 
from, 91 
Amaden, 212 
Amhara or Abyssinians, 189, 192, 211 
Amharic letter from Ras Makunan, 144 
Ammodorcas clarkei , 310 
Antelopes, 299 
Ant-hills, 97, 305 
Aoid gazelle, description of, 314 
Arab salutation “ Salaam aleikum ,” 9 ; 
immigrations, 20 ; pony taken from 
Bombay as experiment by author, 
125 
Arabian trotting camel, author’s, 157 
Arasama, sub-tribe of Dolbahanta, 89, 
92 
Armadader aloe undergrowth, 105 
Armo creeper, 46, 229, 363 ; food of 
elephants, 70 
Aror, 120 
Arreged, a deep ravine in Bur Dab 
Range, 92 
Arroweilo legend, 24, 25 
Arrto ; loss of Count Porro’s expedi- 
tion, 144 
Arussi Gallas, 207, 214, 243 
Assa Range, 40 
Astronomical observations, 283 
Au Ismail, 127 
Aukdl, or elders, 78 
Aulihan Somalis, 197, 246, 251, 307 ; 
country, 325 
Au Mahomed Sufi, the Somali Sheikh, 
123 
Awale Yasin injured, 150 
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