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Index 
“ Mecklenburg Creek,” 86 
Medicines carried by expedition, 6 
Mhoro Falls, vve rest at, 79 
Mhungo, Mount, flora of the country 
round, 12S ; we encamp at, 128 
Mikeno, ascent of, promises to be dilfl- 
cult, 14:2 ; description of summit of, 
146 ; difficulties of camping on, 142 ; 
flora on, 144; fogs on, 147 ; Kirsch- 
stein to ascend, 141 ; night tem¬ 
perature on, 143; our ascent of, 
145 ; we encounter a storm on, 145 
Mildbraed, Dr., appointed botanist, 3 ; 
determines to visit the forest of 
Rugege, 63 ; greets us at Irumu, 
231 ; leaves Rukarara camp, 73 ; 
observations of, on formation of 
Muhawura, 163; reports on the 
flora of Karissimbi, 158-9 ; returns 
to Beni, 218; runs short of water 
in Rugege forest, 75; secures a 
bush-buck, 99 
Milies, Madame, wife of the chef de 
secteur^ 259 
Mogandju, attempt to grow cotton trees 
at, 262 ; description of, 261 ; we 
anchor at, 261 ; we leave, 262 
Mohasi, Lake, Dr. Mildbraed’s report 
on flora of district round, 42 ; 
hippopotami seen in, 42 ; personnel 
of commissariat caravan to, 8; 
Schubotz’s report on the fauna of, 
41; study of swamp flora of, 23 ; 
we arrive at, 39; we set out for 
the west end of, 40; we start for, 
Mohasi, West, we send tidings of our 
arrival to, 40 
Mombasa, courtesy of English authori¬ 
ties at, II ; I journey to, via Naples, 
2 ; we reach, ii 
Monkey, Batwa bring in a live, 107; 
hunting difficult in Africa, 104 
Monkeys, Batwa method of catching, 
107; specimens of, obtained in 
Congo forest, 204 
Mountain elephant, perilous adventure 
with, 134 
Mountains of Ruanda, description of, 
66 
Mpororo, personnel of commissariat 
caravan to, 8 ; Weiss and Kirsch- 
stein march off to, 18 
Mposo, River, we catch sight of, 273 
Mpungu, Mount, Weiss and von Wiese 
determine to construct signalling 
station on, 30 
Msinga of Ruanda, Sultan, 20; am¬ 
bassadors from, visit us, 53 ; as a 
stage manager, 61 ; delivers his 
presents, 57; efforts of, at shoot¬ 
ing, 62 ; I receive an invitation to 
visit, 37; list of presents of, 58; 
my conversation with, 57; my 
presents to, and the interest they 
excited, 59 ; my return visit to, 58 ; 
we indulge in shooting to please, 
62 ; we take leave of, 63 
Mtagata, hot springs at, 18; rhino¬ 
ceroses seen at, 18 
Mtashe, River, we follow the course of 
the, 128 
Muansa, journey of Wiese to, 9 
Muera joins our expedition, 199 
Mugarura Island, description of, 96; 
we pitch our camp at, 95; we 
rest on, 79 
Muhawura, flora on, 163 ; Kirschstein’s 
observations on, 163 ; Mildbraed’s 
observations on, 163 
Mules as mounts, 9 
Murder, secret, practised in Ruanda, 
48 
Mutahangarua of Kisiba, Sultan, 14; 
as a beginner in the German lan¬ 
guage, 15 ; displays an interest in 
European matters, 15 
N 
Names, meaning of, among the Batwa, 
133 
Namlagira, breakfast on, 149; crater 
of, 82 ; description of, 147; elephant 
trails discovered on, 149; Kirsch- 
stein descends the crater of, 152 ; 
Kirschstein keeps meteorological 
observations of, 154; Kirschstein 
witnesses eruption of, 150; scheitani 
(devil) supposed to dwell on, 148; 
we start on our ascent of, 147 
Naples, embarkation for Mombasa at, 
II 
Native dogs, 23 
Ndama, Mount, we explore region 
round, 32 ; we take up quarters 
opposite, 29 ; Weiss reports on posi¬ 
tion at, 31 
Negro, fatalism of the, 161 
Ngoma, description of, 81 ; we visit, 81 
Ngombe Njama, Dr. Mildbraed goes to, 
233 
Ngono, River, we reach and cross the, 
Niansa, diverting scene at, 56; our 
arrival at, 55; our reception at, 
55 ; reason for interest of inhabit¬ 
ants in our arrival, 55 ; we leave, 
for eastern bay of Lake Kiwu, 63 ; 
