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242, 425 ; at Lake Rudolph, 275, 
280 
Bushbuck, 34, 123, 142 
Butterflies, 63, 66, 100, 124, 236, 332; 
author’s new species, 130, 437 
Bworana tribe, 268, 290 
Cactus, 165, 216 
Canoes, Dr. Kolb’s, 124; author’s, 151, 
153, 154; El Molo, 265 
Caravan transport versus ox-waggon, 7 
Cartridge-case used as call, 160 note, 287 
Caterpillars, 62 ; Dr. Kolb’s sufferings 
from, 126 
Cattle plague in East Central Africa, 27, 
117, 142, 253, 333 
Cavendish, Mr. H. S. H., 238 
Chanler, Mr. Astor, 8, 11, 13, 32, 39, 
40, 81, 268, 312; his “boma,” 12 ; 
expedition, 36: “blood-brotherhood,” 
33 ; “ roi rhebok,” 125 
Chapman’s zebra, 372, 416 note 
Charms, native belief in, 115, 244, 313 
Coffee, 126, 329 ; native mode of cook¬ 
ing, 329 
Coke’s hartebeeste, 8, 26, 132; limit of 
range, 27 
Coots, 64 
Cormorants, 260, 266 ; nests, 379 
Cranes, 210; crowned, 290 
Craters, 34, 51, 63, 81, 125, 163, 259; 
mineral in, 82 
“ Cripple - stopper,” author’s (Martini- 
Henry rifle), 38, 45, 73, 107 
Crocodile River, 21, 49 
Crocodiles, 156, 266, 268, 305, 308, 
3io, 314 
Crows, 364 ; useful to El Molo tribe, j 
278 
Divers, 64 
“ Donyo le Nyiro ” (Mount Nyiro), 86, 
92 
Doves, 332, 340 
Ducks, 64, 241, 266, 275 
“Dug-out” canoes, 151, 153, 314 
Duiker antelope, 123 
Durban in 1869, 1 
Duruma, 9 
Earthquakes, at Mombasa, 137 ; at 
Lake Rudolph, 377 
Eggs, a luxury in Central Africa, 333; 
breed and peculiarity of hens laying, 
333 
Egrets, 266, 278, 292, 294, 341, 348 
! Elands, 27, 84, 117, 162, 164, 211; 
stalking, 85 
El Bogoi, camp at, 80, 86, 105, 167, 
171, 174, 213, 224, 385, 411; hunt¬ 
ing at, 86, 93, 107 ; author’s excursions 
from, 168; head waters, 234 
Elephant-hunting expeditions, author’s, 
5, 137 ; expense in East Africa, 48 
Elephant-hunts, 37, 44, 54, 69, 96, 101, 
107, no, 150, 179, 187, 203, 215, 
228, 295, 321, 348, 355, 358; rifle 
equipment for, 5, 120; author’s dress 
during, 102; advantage of head-shot, 
55, 100, 102, 103, 180; author’s ad¬ 
ventures in, 187, 322, 350 
“ Elephant-openers ” (native name for 
marabout storks), 21 
Elephants, their haunts, 37, 62, 66, 105, 
177, 184, 202, 219, 228 ; dying 
posture, 98, 107, 113; proportions of 
bulls, 55, 107, 419, 421; food, 108, 
109, 215, 216; dust-throwing, 109, 
114; resting, 109; single-tusked, no; 
aspect at close quarters, in; “ herd- 
bull ” type, 132, 198; dying sounds, 
179, 204; love-making, 187; attend¬ 
ant birds, 292 ; author’s observations 
on, 352, 419; in open country, 359; 
Mr. Selous’ observations on, 419 
El Gereh swamp, 106, 172, 174; 
Ndorobo definition, 176; description, 
1 77, 183; camp at, 182; climate, 
183 
El Gume tribe, akin to the Suk, 295 ; 
game-snare, 337 
El Molo tribe, timidity, 263 ; subsist¬ 
ence, 265 ; language, 265 ; settle¬ 
ments, 266 ; ethnology, 267 ; mode of 
fishing, 267, 378 
Embe district, 28 ; climate, 30; descrip¬ 
tion, 31 ; soil, 32 
Embe tribe, 29 ; appearance and habits, 
32 ; as hunters, 33 ; raid on Ndorobos, 
82 ; fishing for mineral, 82 ; hostility 
to porters, 116 ; chastised by author, 
125 ; awe of rifles, 125 ; on the “war¬ 
path,” 132 
Equus burchelli and E. grevyi (see 
Burchell’s and Grevy’s zebra) 
Euphorbia, 216 
Fall-traps for game, 33, 80, 106, 245 
“Faro” (Swahili for rhinoceros), 126, 
277, 283 
Feruzi, author’s Swahili cook, 181, 182, 
192, 199 ; his new entree, 283 
