INDEX 
A 
Abruzzi, Duke d’, on geology of 
Ruwenzori, 208, 210 
Adolf Friedrich cone, the, 156 
Afforestation advisable in Ruanda, 51 
Africa, first time of using photo-theo¬ 
dolite in, 22 ; monkey-hunting 
difficult in, 104; my determination 
to visit, I ; need for discipline in 
dealing with natives of, 166; plan 
matured for a further visit to, in 
1904, I ; reasons for visiting, i 
Agricultural possibilities of Ruanda, 50 
Albert Edward, Lake, ornithological 
wealth of, 178; we reach southern 
banks of, 177 
Albert, Lake, description of, 224; fauna 
of, 224; I determine to visit district 
between, and Lake Kiwu, 2 ; we 
reach the southern end of, 224 
*' Alpine ” growths on Mount Nina- 
gongo, 114 
Anaradjapura, hunting in the neigh¬ 
bourhood of, I 
Antelope, marsh, seen at Lake Mohasi, 
43 ; dwarf, my attempts to preserve 
alive, 244; striped, of the Congo 
forest, 204; Swala, seen at Katojo, 
19; various species of, obtained, 
204 
Anthropological specimens. Dr. Cze- 
kanowski collects, 17; results of 
expedition, 281 
Ape, anthropomorphous, 123 
Apparatus, scientific, carried by expe¬ 
dition, 4 
Arabises^ or Wangwana, description of, 
240 
Arrows, poisoned, of the Wambutti 
pygmies, 200 
Askari, bravery of, 162 ; dispersal of, 
247 ; distinctive clothing of, 4 ; drill 
and evolutions of, 59 ; drowning of 
a Congolese, 254; pluck of, 28; 
selected from the Daressalam com¬ 
pany, 4; thirty-five, assigned to me 
by the Colonial Office, 4 
Atoxyl, sleeping sickness checked by use 
of, 185 
Avakubi, an official dinner at, 246; 
arrival at, 246; description of, 246 ; 
we leave, 251 ; we start for, 244 
“ Awake ” rapids, 256 
Azande, community of interests among 
the, 49 
B 
Baboons, Wiese bags two, 244 
Bacteriologist, Dr. von Raven ap¬ 
pointed, 3 
Bamboo forests of Mount Ninagongo, 
description of, 117 
Banalia, encampment at, 259 ; mode of 
fishing at, 259 
Bananas, our consumption of, 8 
Band, negro, at Boma, 275 
Bangala, skin puffings on foreheads of, 
40 
Bark, manufacture of material for wear¬ 
ing apparel out of, 16 
Barrabarra^ 17, 241 
Barter, articles of, carried by expedi¬ 
tion, list of, 6; required by ex¬ 
pedition, 4 
Barth^lemy, Father Superior, inspires 
confidence in the Bat was, 132 ; 
secures a chimpanzee, 139 ; we bid 
farewell to, 139; we take supper 
with, 80 
Barumbu, plantation at, 267 
Basoko, arrival at, 263 ; bad reputation 
of, 264; description of, 263; our 
reception at, 263; we depart for, 
by steamer, 261 
Bastien, M., at Kiagod 4 , 221 
Batwa, description of the, 105 ; famous 
pygmy hunters, 104; meaning of 
names among the, 133 ; method of 
catching monkeys, 107; pygmy 
tribe of Ruanda, 47; skill and 
celerity of the, 131 
Batwas, bring in a live monkey, 107 ; 
comparison of physique of different 
283 
