292 
Index 
at, at Zoological Gardens, Berlin, 
277 
Rhinoceroses, Lieutenant von Wiese 
brings down three, 18; Lieutenant 
Weiss sees, at Mtagata and 
Karagwe, 18 
Rhode, Mr., hunting tour with, i 
Rietbock seen at Katojo, 19 
Roads and bridges in Congo forest, 
241 ; made by Congo Government, 
226 
Ruanda, adapted for colonisation by 
white men, 50; administration 
compared with that of Bukoba, 
45 ; administration of, 45 ; affores¬ 
tation advisable in, 51; agricultural 
possibilities of, 50; belief in trans¬ 
migration of souls in, 49 ; caravan 
attacked by aboriginals of, 82 ; 
description of, 44 ; difference between 
Urundi and, 45 ; forms of greeting 
of natives, 55 ; health of inhabitants 
of 50; I determine to march to, 
via Lake Victoria, 2; Mildbraed 
among the mountains of, 66; 
mountains, flora of, 67 ; native ad¬ 
ministration of, 48; outbreak of 
fever rare in, 50 ; power of Resident 
of, 46; principle of government in, 
45 ; secret murder practised in, 48; 
temperature of, 50; through, to 
Lake Kiwu, 44; tribal division of 
the population, 47; wares, we get 
together an incomparable collection 
of, 62 ; we arrive at, 44 
Ruasa, we meet Dr. Czekanowski at, 
120; we visit the mission station 
at, 122 
Rubber, cultivation of, in Congo State, 
232; scarcity of, at Irumu, 232 ; 
yield of, at Mawambi, 243 
Rufua, we arrive at, 20; we hurry 
forward to, 20 
Rugege forest, charm of, described, 72 ; 
list of trees and tree shrubs in, 
71 ; Mildbraed and Schubotz deter¬ 
mine to visit, 63; Mildbraed’s 
report on his expedition to, 64; 
temperature at night in, 70 
Ruhikika, Sultan, we are welcomed 
by, i8 
Ruisamba, we arrive at, 182 
Rukarara, Mildbraed camps in vicinity 
of the, 69 
Russenje, 38 
Rutschuru, abundance of game at, 170; 
description of, 169; difficulty of 
crossing gorge at, 171 ; flora of, 
175; lion hunt at, 171 ; our recep¬ 
tion at, 169; plain of, fauna of, 
170; second lion hunt at, 172; 
steppe, barrenness of, 170; tem¬ 
perature on the plain of, 168; we 
push on to, 150 
Rutschuru River, Raven compelled to 
swim the, 175; we cross the, 169 
Ruwenzori, Czekanowski journeys to, 
193; dearness of provisions at, 
181 ; difficulties of our journey to, 
206; flora and fauna on our way 
to, 206; geology of, remarks con¬ 
cerning, 208; glaciers, 209; I get 
an excellent view of chain of 
mountains at, 198; population of, 
181 ; pursuits of, 181 ; record from 
my diary of our journey to, 208; 
timidity of natives on the road 
to, 207 
S 
St. Gustaye, the mission station of, 
19s 
Sabinjo, Mount, Kirschstein’s report 
on, 126; Lieutenant von Wiese, the 
first European to climb, 126 
Salambongo, a large Wambutti camp 
at, 229 
Salt, method of gathering at Katwe, 
192 
Salt lake, an inland, at Katwe, 192 
Sambia, we camp at, 195 
Schampf, ^odocarpus seen in the Valley 
of the, 74 
Schirati, military outpost of, 2 
Schubotz, Dr., appointed zoologist, 3; 
ascends Ulimbi, 218; brings down 
a pair of giant touracos, 74; 
congratulates me on my killing a 
lion, 34; discovers an abundance 
of plankton, 41 ; leaves Mildbraed, 
to proceed to Lake Albert, 219; 
returns to camp, 28; sets out to 
make an investigation of swamp 
fauna, 38; we miss, 28; visits 
Bugoie, 140 
ScJieitani^ of Namlagira, 153 
Scientific apparatus carried by expe¬ 
dition, 4 
Sea-eagle, the, 98 
Semliki, dangers of ferrying across, 
169; elephant hunt on the, 186; 
sport in the valley of the, 185; 
through the valley of the, to the 
Kilo goldfields, 195; we make 
excursions on the, 184; we visit 
the British Commission on the, 
221 
Shore dwellers of Lake Albert Edward, 
we examine, 184 
Signalling, methods of, 29 
