INDEX 
Aberdare ranges, 228, 314 
Abutilon, a flowering shrub on which 
elephant feed, 259 
Africa, British East, 1; English rule in, 
100 ; healthy climate of, 123 ; future 
of, 143 ; spring in, 230 ; preservation 
of elephant in, 239 ; missionary work 
in, 368, 369 
Africa, East, growth and development 
of, 34 ; natives of, 35-37 
Africa, German East, 39 
Akeley, Carl, 57, 340, 341-345 
Akeley, Mrs., 340, 345 
Ali, the tent-boy, 273, 331 
Allen, Mr., 345 
American flag, 17, 81, 369 
American Mission-stations, 100, 101 ; 
Industrial, 144, 363 ; Mission at Sobat, 
visit to, 454 
Antelope, 47, 123, 271 ; roan antelope, 
324, 326, 434 
Ants, 361, 383 ; damage done by, 427 ; 
driver ants, 427 
Arabs, 273 
Ardwolf (a miniature hyena), 282 
Askaris, or native soldiers, 18, 84 
Asser, Colonel, 435 
Athi Plains, 42 
Attenborough, Messrs., 207 
Baboons, 215, 216 
Bahima herdsmen, 374 
Bahr el Ghazal, 451 
Bahr el Zeraf, 453 
Baker, Sir Samuel, 62 
Bakhari, a gun-bearer, 271 ; ostriches 
described by, 274, 331 
Banana plantation, 257 
Bateleur eagle, the, 376 
Bats, 302, 391, 392 
Beetles, Goliath, 383 
Belgian Government, courtesy of, 389 
Belgian troops, soldiers of, 437 
Birds, 32, 33; honey-bird, 106, 194 ; 
extraordinary habit of, 335, 338 ; 
whydah finches, 130, 131, 141 ; “ lily 
trotters,” 208 ; wealth of bird-life, 
208, 213, 217 ; water birds, 221, 225, 
284, 335, 376, 383, 384, 391, 398, 426, 
427 ; wagtails, 435, 455, 459 
Bishops in Africa. See Hanlon, Streicher, 
Tucker 
Black-water fever, 444 
Boar, 202 
Boers, the, 37, 38, 39, 40 ; identity of 
interest between Britons and, 41, 112, 
347 
Bondoni, 37, 80 
Bongo, 358, 359 
Borani caravan, a, 279 
Botha, Mr., 346 
Boyle, Mr., 365 
Brandy, moderate use of, 456, 457 
Brooks, Mr., 345 
Browne, Mr., District Commissioner, 231 
Buffalo, 57, 126, 131, 132, 133 et seq. t 
240 ; bulls, 282 ; disease wiped out 
herds of, 283, 284, 302, 303, 304, 421, 
422 ; great muscular power of, 423 
Bulpett, Mr., 106 
Burroughs, John, 335 
Bushbuck, 227, 271, 334, 338, 377, 411, 
412 
Bustard, 189, 281, 411 ; great bustard, 
137, 193 
Butiaba, 385 
Butler Bey, 436 
Buxton, Edward North, 4 ; books on 
sport of, 322 
“Bwana,” Swahili title of, 99, 430 
Cambridge Museum, 345 
Camp, pitching, 83 ; at Kilimakiu, 86 ; 
fires in, 397 
Caravan, a, 279 
Carnegie, Andrew, Appendix A 
Champagne, case of, 444, 455 
Chapman, Abel, 62 
Chapman, Captain, 347, 348 
Cheetah, 76, 121, 281 
Christians, 274 
Christmas Day, march on, 376 
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