532 
INDEX 
Mahdism, 445 
Mali, Kermit’s tent-boy, 332 
Mammals, large, list of, Appendix B. ; 
small, 34,154,203 ; list of, Appendix B 
Man-eater, adventure with a, 10 
Marabou stork, 271, 427 
Masai, 34, 105, 158 ; kraal of the, 165, 
189 ; lions’ attack on, 203, 204 ; 
guides, 205, 226 ; dance of the, 232 ; 
villages of, 267 
Massart, M., 436 
Mau escarpment, 360 
McCutcheon, John T., the cartoonist, 
340, 345 
McMillans, 41, 104, 223, 225 
Mearns, Surgeon - Lieutenant - Colonel 
Edgar A., 3, 137, 154, 202, 203, 226, 
335, 397, 423, 444, 454, Appendix D 
Medlicott, 69-72 
Meru Boma, 254, 257, 278, 284 
Meru, wild hunters, 257 
Mice, varieties of, 154, 213, 229 ; tree- 
mouse, 301, 383, 399 
Middleton, Captain, 436 
Millais, John G., “A Breath from the 
Veldt.” Appendix E 
Milne, Dr., 320 
Missions : American, 100, 101 ; French 
Catholic, 144 ; American Industrial, 
144 ; Kijabe, 226 ; Kampalla, head¬ 
quarters of the, 366 ; Church of Eng¬ 
land, 369 ; Catholic, 369 ; Medical, 
369 ; Mission of the White Fathers, 
371 ; Sobat, 454 
Mohammedanism, 14 
Mombasa, 2, 6 
Mombasa Club, dinner at, 7 
Mongalla, 444 
Mongoose, interesting anecdote of a, 
286, 358 
Monkey, Colobus, 357, 425 
Monkeys, 245 ; swim across a river, 309, 
358, 376, 425, 434 
Moose, anecdote of a, 287 
Mosquitoes, 375, 390, 421 
Mother Paul, 370 
Mouton, Mr., 347-349 
Mua Hills, 42 
Mules, 399, 436 
Music, instruments of, 382 
Nairobi, 60, 143, 144, 223 ; race week 
at, 225 ; plague of wild beasts in, 320, 
362 ; good-bye to friends at, 363 
Nairobi Falls, 126 
Nairobi River, 104, 126 
Naivasha, Lake. See Lake 
Nakuru, 318, 363 
Nandi, the, 347, 348, 350 ; lion killed 
by spears of, 350 ; rejoicings of, 351 
Naples, arrival at, 5 
Naturalists, work of the modern, 17 ; 
pre-eminence of the, 188 ; need of 
ample observation by trustworthy 
field, 281 ; troubles of hunting as a, 
298 ; difficult profession of, 407 
’Ndorobo, primitive lives of the, 200 ; 
Masai ’Ndorobo, 241, 242, 243, 245 ; 
accident to the, 250 ; characteristics of 
the, 355, 356, 357 
Neri, 228, 231, 268 
Neuman, Arthur, 306 
Newland, Mr., 352, Appendix A 
Nile, the, 428, 445, 454, 455 
Nimule, 428, 430, 432 
Njoro, 354 
Nuer, a, 450 
[ Nyanza lakes. SeeLake 
; Nyika village, a, 361 
j ’Nzoi River, 323, 333 
| Oribi, 327, 331, 334, 353, 392 
! Oryx, 270, 271, 276, 282, 292 
| Ostrich, 294, 295, 296 
Ostrich-farming, 129 
Otters, 211 
Owego Gazette, 221 
Owen, Colonel, 436, 444 
Ox-waggons, 147, 148, 346 
Pagans, 14 
Palms, 257 ; ivory-nut, 300 
Papyrus swamps, 125, 126, 207, 425 
Patterson, Colonel J. H., author ot 
“ The Man-eaters of Tsavo,” 9 
“ Pax Europaica,” results of the, 279 
Peary, news of finding of the Pole by, 
288 ; cable from, 288 
Pease, Sir Alfred, 20, 42, 61, 69, 72, 73, 
102 
Pease, Miss, 72, 73 
Pelican, 221 
Pennant, Captain Douglas, 320 
Percival, 37, 67, 69 
Piggott, L. Mr., District Commissioner, 
285 
Pigskin Library, 24, 159 ; additions to, 
362 ; Appendix F 
Pleistocene, 2 
Poe, quotation from, 387 
Police, New York, 370 ; note on, 370 
Porcupines, 215 
Porters, songs of the, 79, 431 ; character¬ 
istics of, costumes of, 81, 82 ; feasts 
of, 93, 427 ; white men christened by, 
99, 141 ; game hal-lalled for, 188 ; 
short-sightedness of, 205, 207, 275 ; 
rhino tosses a, 304, 325, 332 ; good-bye 
to the, 354 ; work of Uganda, 374 ; 
tags to designate, 412 ; faithfulness of 
the, 431 ; presents for, 431, 444; 
“ Posho,” food for the poi'ters, 266 
