Index 293 
Sindano, we obtain skin and skeleton 
of okapi at, 203 
Skulls and skeletons, we secure, 83 ; 
Dr. Czekanowski collects, en route 
to Buanja, 17 
Sleeping sickness, activity of, at 
Kasindi, 184; checked by use of 
atoxyl, 185; prevalent at Nouvelle 
Anvers, 270 
Smuggling prevalent at Beni, 197; 
prevalent at Mboga, 220 
Songola, okapi skin and skeleton ob¬ 
tained at, 203 
Sport in the Valley of the Semliki, 
Snowstorm on Karissimbi, 160 
Souls, transmigration of, belief in, in 
Ruanda, 49 
Ssekera, peak of, 67; brake ferns 
found on, 67 
Stanley on the Congo forest, 248-9 
Stanley Pool, we cross, 271 
Stations, formation of, 8; Lieutenant 
von Wiese proposes to establish, 
along line of march, 7 
Steppe, we set fire to, for signalling 
purposes, 29 
Stores, loss of, at Yambuya, 260 
Storm at Irumu, 235 ; we encounter a, 
on Mikeno, 145 
Strophanthus used for poisoned arrows, 
200 
Stuemer, Captain von, friendliness of, 
9 ; takes leave of us, 19 
Sultan’s palace at Gera, description of, 
14 
Summary of the outcome of our labours, 
277 
Sybil, we embark on the, ii 
T 
Tamate, recommended to us by Gra- 
wert, 102 
Tanganjika carriers, we engage, 81 
Tattooings and skin markings of the 
natives, 39 
Temperature, at night in Rugege forest, 
70; change of, affects Wiese’s 
health, 221 
Termites, or white ants, strange erec¬ 
tions of the, 245 
Territoire conteste, Kissenji in the, 79 
Thysville, arrival at, 273 
Timidity of natives on the road to 
Ruwenzori, 207 
Tillemans, chef de posie, meets us at 
Irumu, 231 
Tobacco pouches, otter skins used as, 
95 
Tomb of Luabugiri, 77 
Topographer and mathematician, Lieu¬ 
tenant Weiss appointed as, 3 
Topographical results of the expedi¬ 
tion, 278 
Totem, reverence of clans for, 49 
Totems of clans of Wanjaruanda, 49 
Touracos, Schubotz brings down a pair 
of giant, 74 
Transmigration of souls, belief in, in 
Ruanda, 49 
Transport of goods of expedition, ne¬ 
gotiations for, 4 
Trees and tree-shrubs in Rugege forest, 
list of, 71 ; of the Congo forest, 
list of, 218 
Tschego (chimpanzee), 135 
Tscfiingogo, northern, we traverse un¬ 
known territory of, 128 
“ Tusculanum,” at Barumbu, 267 
U 
Uelle, River, route decided on to reach 
basin of, 2 
“ Ufumbiro,” 164 
Ugliness of the Wambutti women, 200 
Ulimbi, “ chupa,” or visitors’ book, 
on, 216 
Vmuzimu, or totem, 49 
Umuziru, 49 
Untrodden regions, thoughts on explor- 
ing, 25 
Urundi and Ruanda, difference between, 
45 
Usambara, East, i 
Usambara, West, i 
V 
Vangermais, Lieutenant, of the Belgian 
Boundary Commission, pays us a 
visit, 220 
Vegetables, fresh, presented to us at 
Niansa, 62 
V6riter, Lieutenant, 168; falls into an 
elephant pit, 219 
Vendetta, Czekanowski on the, 48; as 
a means to cement clans, 48 
Vert, Commandant van, Commissaire 
g6n6ral at Basoko, greets us, 263 
Victoria, Lake, and the Kagera Basin, 
II ; I journey thence by the English 
railway, 2 ; my exciting journey 
across, 2 
' Ville de Bruges, accident to, 269 
