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tribes of, 129-30 ; difficulty in taking 
measurements of, 132 ; of Bugoie 
forest, height of, 129; of Kwid- 
schwi, height of, 130; of Ruwen- 
zori, height of, 130 
Baudelet, Captain, chef de zone, at 
Rutschuru, 169 
Bawira, characteristics of the, 225 ; 
villages of the, description of, 225 
Bearers, engaging, from the Wassu- 
kuma, 9; mode of payment of, 22 ; 
recruiting from the Wahaia, 9; 
reprehensible behaviour of, at 
Kwidschwi, 102 
Bees at Katschuri, 52 
Beni, description of, 196; composition 
of commissariat to, 8; forest of, 
birds and lepidoptera of, 199 ; hail¬ 
storm at, 198; industries of, 196; 
smuggling prevalent at, 197; we 
arrive at, 196 ; we return to, by a 
circuitous route, 206 ; we start on 
a fourteen days’ excursion to the 
forest of, 199 
“ Bergfrieden,” 76 
Beringe, von, investigations of, in 
Virunga region, in 
Berlin, my departure from, 10 
Berlin Zoological Museum, advice from 
authorities of, induces me to visit 
eastern shores of Lake Victoria, i 
Bernstein, Mr., greets us at Irumu, 231 
Bethe, investigations of, in Virunga 
region, in 
Biological peculiarities of Congo forest, 
249 
Bisteau, M., accompanies us from 
Mogandju, 262 
Boats, description of, on Lake Kiwu, 
91 ; our fleet of, on Lake Kiwu, 78 
Boehm, Dr. Richard, 101 
Boguma, crocodiles found at, 223 ; de¬ 
scription of, 223 ; intense heat at, 
223 ; we camp at, 222 
Boisac, M., chef de paste, receives us 
at Kasindi, 183 
Bolero, Lake, description of, 120; pre¬ 
parations for trip to, 85 ; we start 
for, 120 
Boma, arrival at, 274; description of, 
274 ; negro band at, 275 
Bomili, arrival at, 256 
Bosobangi, arrival at, 253 
Botanical apparatus carried by expedi¬ 
tion, 5 
Botanical purposes, Mildbraed and Schu- 
botz visit Buddu forest for, 17 
Botanical results of the expedition, 279 
Botanical specimens, use of firearms to 
obtain, 73 
Botanist, Dr. Mildbraed appointed, 3 ; 
our, breaks into poetry, 109 
Boyton, Lieutenant, joins us at Bunya, 
226 
Brake ferns on Peak of Ssekera, 67 
Branca crater, the, 157 
Branca, Professor, consultation with, 2 
Brazzaville, a visit to, 272 
Bright, Colonel, welcomes us on our 
visit to the British Commission, 
221 
British Commission on the Semliki, we 
visit the, 221 
Brauer, Professor, consultation with, 2 
Buanja, Dr. Czekanowski rejoins us at, 
16; cave picture at, 16 
Buddu forest, Mildbraed and Schubotz 
visit German portion of, for zoolo¬ 
gical and botanical purposes, 17 
Buddu territory, we enter, 18 
Buffalo, Batwa knowledge of haunts 
of, 133 ; Batwa method of captur- 
ifig, 133 ; of the Congo State, 176 ; 
Raven badly injured by, at Ka¬ 
sindi, 205; Raven successful in 
killing, 133 ; we hunt the, for five 
37; Weidemann falls in with 
a, 38 
Buffaloes, a real El Dorado of, 36; 
we fail to shoot, 18; we receive 
tidings of a herd of, 17; Wintgens 
falls in with a herd of, 38 
Bukoba, benefits of European power 
in, 47; enthusiastic send-off from, 
14; I order indispensable part of 
our goods to, 7; our arrival at, 12 ; 
our departure from, for the interior, 
14; province, fine roads in, 17 ; we 
exchange greetings with sultans 
at, 13 
“ Bulamatari ” (Stanley), recollected by 
Dedoye, 224 
Bunya, Lieutenant Boyton, joins us at, 
226 
Biirgermeister, we embark on the, ii 
Burunga, we encamp at, 141 
Butagu, Mildbraed reports on the ad¬ 
vance through the Valley of the, 
210; Valley of the, description of, 
210; flora of, 210 et seq. 
Bush-buck, Mildbraed secures a, 99; 
seen on Wau Island, 98 
Busuenda, altitude of, 168 
Butterflies in the Kwidschwi forest, 107 
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Camping quarters on the Irumu-Stan- 
leyville route, description of, 239 
