286 
Index 
Derche, Belgian Commandant of Rus- 
sisi-Kivvu territory, arrives at 
Kissenji to greet us, 140; our re¬ 
ception by, at Beni, 196 
Devastation of forests, deplorable, 68 
Discipline, need for, in dealing with 
natives of Africa, 166 
Djamba, arrival at, 257; avoiding the 
cataracts at, 257; description of, 
257; startled by the headman of, 
257 
Dogs, European, smitten by coastal 
fever, 23 ; I procure native, 23 
Ducker (small antelope) seen at Katojo, 
19 
Dufays, Father, visit from, at Niansa, 
62 
Dynamite, experiments with, for fishing 
purposes, 89, 230 
Dysentery fatal to many Europeans at 
Basoko, 264 
E 
Eala, arrival at, 270; description of, 
271 
Eland, I bring down an, 24 
Elands, troop of, Wintgens and I ob¬ 
serve, 24 
El Dorado of buffaloes, a real, 36 
Elephant, exciting adventure with an, 
188-9 5 hunt in the volcanic region, 
124; hunt on the Semliki, 186; 
I kill an, 124; I photo an injured, 
187; mountain, perilous adventure 
with, 134 ; trails, we come across, 
at great heights, 123 ; Wiese con¬ 
tributes a dwarfed variety of, 204 
Elephants, dimensions of, 125; killing 
of, forbidden west of Ruwenzori, 
220; on the Ituri, 255 
Engh, Commandant, 232 ; leaves us at 
Bomili, 256 
Engler, Professor, consultation with, 2 
English authorities, courtesy of, at 
Mombasa, ii 
English steam-launch, my journey in, 2 
Entebbe, I order larger part of our 
goods to, 7 ; our entertainment at, 
II ; the seat of the Government of 
Uganda, ii ; value of rice at, 8; 
we arrive at, ii 
Eruption, Kirschstein obtains photo¬ 
graphs of, 151 ; Kirschstein wit¬ 
nesses, at Namlagira, 150 
'Etapes^ Belgian, comfort of, 141 
Etiquette, African potentates keen on 
points of, 14 
Ethnological-anthropological results of 
the expedition, 281 
Ethnological apparatus carried by ex¬ 
pedition, 5 
Ethnologist, Dr. Czekanowski ap¬ 
pointed, 3 
Euphorbium steppe seen at Katojo, 19 
Europe, we despatch specimens to, 20 ; 
work in connection with expedition 
in, 10 
European hunters, licence from Brussels 
necessary for, in Congo State, 186 
European lady, our first meeting with, 
for a twelvemonth, 259 
Europeans, illness of, at Beni, 206 
Expedition, botanical results of the, 279 ; 
ethnological-anthropological results 
of the, 281 ; geological results of 
the, 278; results of the, 277; 
topographical results of the, 278 
zoological results of the, 280 
F 
Farinelli, Father Superior, our reception 
by, at St. Gustave, 195 
Fatalism of the negro, 161 
Fatality on the Ituri, 254 
Fauna, of Congo, 268 ; of Lake Kiwu, 
88 ; of Lake Luhondo, 120 ; of Lake 
Mohasi, Schubotz’s report on, 41 ; of 
Rutschuru Plain, 170; of Semliki 
Plain, 221 ; on our way to Ruwen¬ 
zori, 206 
Fever, Wiese suffers from, 40 
Ficus, fine specimens of, met with in 
Ruanda, 51 
Fire, driving lions from their lair by, 
177; at Kissenji, 81 
Firearms, use of, to obtain botanical 
specimens, 73 
Fireworks, thrilling display of natural, 
190 
Fishing, experiments with dynamite 
for, 89, 230 ; mode of, at Banalia, 
256 
Flandrcy the, 263 ; description of, 265 
Floating village of Katanda, 179 
Flora, Dr. Mildbraed’s report on, round 
Lake Mohasi, 42 ; of Congo forest, 
compared, 249; of Ruanda moun¬ 
tains, 67; on Muhawura, 163 ; on 
our way to Ruwenzori, 206 
Fogs on Mikeno, 147 
Food, difficulty of obtaining through 
rebellion of Kisliwombo, 20 
Forests, devastation of, 68 
