INDEX.decorated lineA-Banga, tribe of, i. 522;entertaining, i. 531;their arrows, i. 534;trophy of their heads, ii.176,178;great body of, ii.180.Aboo Guroon, i. 185;repulsed by Tikkiboh, ii.95;visit to, ii.287;his death, ii.308.Aboo Maaref, i. 242.Aboo Odfa, a natural monument, i. 37.Aboo Sammat, i. 99; his liberality, i. 333, 417;his hospitality, i. 351;his speech, i. 397;his territory, i. 465;wounded, ii.171;present from, ii.277;attacked, ii.285.Abrey (cold cup), i. 373.Acacin,spirocarpa, i. 59;verugata, i. 76;fistula, i. 97.Adenia venenata, i. 135.Adimokoo the Akka, ii.127;his war-dance, ii.129.Agar, i. 225.Ahmed, i. 434;his death, ii.230.Ahmed Aga, ii.357,360,369.Akka, their country, ii.84;their height, complexion, and hair, ii.140;appearance, ii.141;their hands, skull, and eyes, ii.142;ears and lips, ii.143;dialect, ii.144;their treatment by the Monbuttoo, ii.145.Albizzia serico-cephalus, i. 144.Algiers, ii.435.Allagabo the Bongo, ii.205,460,487.Aloe, not found in Egypt, i. 105;with green blossom, ii.203.Alwaj district, i. 171.Ambatch (Herminiera), i. 61;canoes, i. 77.Amomum, i. 468.Analogy of rivers, i. 113.Anonaceæ, i. 497.Anona Senegalensis, i. 222.Antelopes:megaloceras, i. 63;madoqua, i. 188, 243; ii.464;caama, i. 195, 427;leucotis, i. 196, 241, 457; ii.233,445;leucophæa, i. 216;nigra, i. 242;grimmia, i. 243;arundinacea, ii.446;ellipsiprymna, i. 338;oreas, i. 359, ii.248;antelope chased by hyæna, ii.205.Ant-hills, i. 349; ii.196.Anthocleista, i. 470.Antinori, Marquis, i. 185; ii.80.Ants, invasion of, ii.227.Apostrophe to the Nile, i. 187.Arab nicknames, i. 82.Arabs, true, i. 28.Arash Kol, Mt., i. 57.Arbab, marriage of, i. 40.Arslan, my sheep dog, i. 56;stung by bees, i. 74;his death, i. 217.Assika, the river, ii.183.Atoborroo, i. 457.Awoory, i. 377.Babuckur, raid on, ii.222;persecution of, ii.257;their women, ii.258;value as slaves, ii.419.Baginze, Mt., ii.212;its position, ii.213;vegetation, ii.214.Baggara, i. 66;Rizegat, ii.341,395.Bahr-el-Arab, its mouth, i. 122;identity with the Bahr-el-Homr, ii.370;its importance, ii.392.Bahr-el-Ghazal, compared to the Havel, i. 115;its importance, i. 123, 125. (VideGazelle.)Bahr-el-Kooroo, ii.353.Baker, Sir Samuel: encounter with natives, i. 30;his opinion of soil by the White Nile, i. 56;suppression of slave expedition from Fashoda, i. 83;hindered at the grass barrier, i. 106;loss of pack-ass, i. 135;praise of Lepidosiren, i. 136;living on Melochia, ii.197;book of travels, i. 320; ii.198;condemns eleusine, i. 492;statement about Lake Mwootan, ii.162;peremptory measures, ii.410,429;indignation against, ii.485.Balæniceps rex, i. 117; ii.472.Bamboos (bambusa), i. 183;in blossom, i. 237;jungles, ii.251,253.Bastard-gemsbock, i. 216.Beads, i. 203, 502; ii.235.Beans, i. 249; ii.254.Bear-baboons, i. 198.Bearers, desertion of, i. 184;feeding them, i. 461, 475;consideration shown to them, i. 477;an exhausted bearer, i. 433;three of them murdered, ii.220.Bedouins, town, i. 28.Beery, the river, ii.377.Bees: attacked by a swarm, i. 73;suffering from their stings, i. 75.Bees’ wax, ii.167.Behnky, name for Niam-niam chieftains, ii.22.Bellanda, i. 200.Berber, i. 38;return to, ii.485.Bet-el-Gellahba, ii.394.Bishareen, i. 28;their sheep and goats, i. 32;ugliness of the women, i. 36.Blessing, the missionary, ii.482.Blippo (Gardenia malleifera), i. 440;used by Monbuttoo, ii.104.Boar, wild, i. 363.Bodumoh, the river, ii.202.Bongo: festival of, i. 183;their country, i. 257;vassalage, i. 259;population, i. 260;complexion, i. 261;stature, i. 263;skull and hair, i. 264;agriculture, i. 266;smoking, i. 269;goats, i. 270;dogs, i. 271;hunting, i. 272;money, i. 279;ornaments, i. 279;graves, i. 285, 303;music, i. 287;weapons, i. 299;games, i. 300;fear of ghosts, i. 305;belief in witches, i. 307;singing, i. 309;dialect, i. 311;sauces, i. 462;concert, ii.404;value as slaves, ii.419;chief, executed, ii.457.Bongwa, the chieftain, i. 543;his wife, i. 544;return to, ii.153.Boroo (or borru), ii.32,181.“Bride of the Fish,” i. 16.Bruce, the traveller, i. 113.Buffalo, attack of a wild, i. 64;frantic herd of them, i. 70;African species, i. 193;alarmed by, ii.259;herd of them, ii.265;calf killed, ii.347.Bunza, son of Munza, ii.57.Bushbock killed, ii.255.Bushmen, ii.139.Butterflies, i. 197.Butter tree, i. 220.Calamus, hedge of, i. 468.Calotropis, ii.343.Cannibalism: traces of, i. 517;amongst Niam-niam, ii.17,224;amongst Monbuttoo, ii.93.Caraïb (Bucerosia), i. 22.Caroob, i. 191.Carpodiuus, i. 192.Cat, wild (Felis Maniculata), i. 320.Cattle-diseases, ii.280.Cattle-raids on Dinka, i. 227; ii.465.Caves of Kulongo, i. 234.Charcoal, ignorance of, i. 208.Chimpanzees: abundance in Wando’s district, i. 497, 518;mode of catching, i. 521.Chinese hand-barrows, ii.307.Christianity and slave-trade, ii.432.Christ’s thorn (Zizyphus Baclei), i. 360.Cogyvor, or wizards, i. 331.Cola-nut, ii.49.Coldest day, ii.304.Colocasia, i. 445.Copper: taken as exchange, i. 502;known to Monbuttoo, ii.109;ornaments, ii.110;goods obtained for, ii.362;mines, ii.372.Cordia abyssinica, i. 558.Crocodiles, ii.336.Cussonia, ii.212.Cyanite, ii.47.Dal Kurdyook, a Dinka chief, ii.466.Damury, ii.345.Damvo, ii.212.Dangabor, Bongo ornament, i. 282.Dangadduloo, i. 372.Dapper, ii.136.Dar Aboo Dinga river, ii.390.Dar Ferteet, district of, ii.365,430.Darfoor, refuge for outlaws, i. 383;route to, ii.371;its copper-mines, ii.372.Defafang, an extinct volcano, i. 69.Dehms, ii.355,365;Dehm Nduggo, ii.360;Dehm Gudyoo, ii.380;Dehm Bekeer, ii.387.Deloo antelopes, i. 245.Depopulation of Africa, ii.437.Deraggo, i. 399.Dialect: Dyoor, i. 200;Bongo, i. 311;Niam-niam, ii.31;Monbuttoo, ii.102;Akka, ii.144;Golo, ii.350;Kredy, ii.368;Sehre, ii.396.Dinka: territory, i. 148;physical peculiarities, i. 149;ornaments, i. 153;weapons, i. 155;cookery, i. 157;houses, i. 159;domestic animals, i. 160;population, i. 167;character, i. 169;soil, i. 180.Displacement of Nile vegetation, i. 69.Djee, the river, ii.388,395.Doggoroo, the river, i. 327; ii.268.Doggudoo (or Dokkuttoo), i. 367.Dome-palms (Hyphæne thebaica), ii.185.Doomookoo, i. 240.Dracænæ, i. 21.Dualism of vegetation, i. 223, 505.Ducks, i. 120.Dueme, village on the White Nile, i. 59.Duggoo, i. 343.Dugwara, i. 389.Duisberg, German vice-consul at Khartoom, i. 42, 45; ii.482.Dumburre, ii.407.Dyafer, Pasha, Governor-general of Khartoom, i. 44; ii.479,483.Dyagbe, the river, i. 516.Dyoor, the river, mouth of, i. 124;old bed of, i. 125;dimensions of, i. 186; ii.283,312;fishing in, ii.451.Dyoor, nation; name and dialect, i. 200;complexion and ornaments, i. 201;women, i. 202;slimness, i. 204;spears and spades, i. 205;iron-smelting, i. 206;smelting-furnaces, i. 207;huts, i. 209;hunting snares, i. 211;character, i. 211;clay-floors, i. 212;affection, i. 212.Earth-nuts, i. 250.Eclipse of sun, i. 11.Egyptians, their troops, ii.357;their apathy, ii.435.Elephants: African contrasted with Indian, i. 139;traces of, i. 457;hunted by Niam-niam, ii.25;present of a young elephant, ii.277.Eleusine-corn, i. 248, 448, 492;beer made from, ii.13.El-Sett (the grass barrier), i. 107.El-Usher, ii.343.Encephalartus, i. 448; ii.375.Ensete (wild plantain), ii.215.Entada scandens, ii.62.Eriodendron anfractuosum, ii.351.Erkoweet, a summer retreat from Sunkin, i. 25.Euphorbiæ, i. 21;candelabra, i. 120.Extract of meat, ii.69,234.Faki, grave of a, ii.292;reverence for Fakis, ii.324;Fakis as slave-dealers, ii.413.Fan, analogy with Niam-niam, ii.19.Fanatical priest from Kano, i. 30;an offended, ii.342.Fanekama, ii.479.Farookh (black soldiers), ii.182,421.Fashoda, limit of Egyptian government, i. 78;return to, ii.479.Ferns, i. 507.Fever, immunity from, i. 128;deaths from, ii.486.Fig-trees of Monbuttoo, ii.88;gigantic tree in Bongo land, ii.343;in Seriba Moody, ii.405.Fire, alarm of, i. 316; ii.461;in Seriba, ii.290.Flags, i. 138.Flies on the Gazelle, i. 115.Fulbe, affinity of Monbuttoo with, ii.101.Funguses, i. 267.Gadda, the river, ii.251.Gallery-forests, i. 504;vegetation of, i. 506.Garden, my, i. 213.Gazelle, the river (Bahr-el-Ghazal), i. 112, 113, 123, 126; ii.473.Geer, the Seriba, i. 181, 230; ii.460.Geese, on the White Nile, i. 54.Gellahbas (slave-dealers), i. 228; ii.356,360,365,412,417.Ghattas, choice of, i. 45;contract with, i. 48;a bird named, i. 115;his Seribas, ii.270,289.Ghetty, the river, ii.336.Gimsah, sulphur works at, i. 12.Giraffes, i. 182.Gnats, i. 115.Gneiss-hills, i. 536; ii.387.Goat-suckers (Cosmetornis Spekii Sclatei), i. 357.Goggo, i. 394.Gourds, i. 252; ii.269.Government contract, i. 6;troops, ii.305.Grass, i. 229.Grass-barrier (El-Sett), i. 105.Grass-huts, ii.226.Greenstone prevalent, i. 32.Gresse, the river, ii.380.Gudyoo, Dehm, ii.379.Guinea-fowl, i. 460.Guinea-hog, ii.78.Gumango, the hill, i. 446;chasm, ii.346.Gum-arabic, i. 97.Gun-accident, i. 88;narrow escape from, i. 474, 497.Gyabir, the interpreter, i. 513;shot in the arm, i. 533;his cowardice, ii.284.Habbabkum, i. 65.Haliëtos vocifer, i. 96.Hartebeests, i. 195; ii.231,259,263,463.Hassanieh—their cattle, i. 58;their dogs, i. 59.Hegelig (Balanites), i. 66.Hellali, the swindler, ii.266,330,356,364.Herminiera (ambatch), i. 61.Heuglin, Theodor von, i. 129; ii.337,339,344.Hexabolus (Anonacea), i. 432.Hibiscus, i. 253.Hippopotamuses—in the White Nile, i. 56;in the Keebaly, ii.159;in the Dyoor, ii.314;their fat, ii.316;one dying, ii.473.Hoo, the river, i. 456; ii.200,225.Humboldt Institution, grant from, i. 4.Humboldtia (Kobbo-tree), i. 451.Hussīen, my Nubian servant, i. 416.Huts, of the Dyoor, i. 209;grass, ii.226.Hyæna-dogs (Canis pictus), ii.274.Hyæna-woman, i. 307; ii.475.Hyæna chasing an antelope, ii.205.Hydrographical law as affecting riverbanks, i. 54.Hyptis, i. 250.Ibba, the river (the Upper Tondy), i. 435.Ibrahim Effendi, ii.363.Idrees (Ghattas’s plenipotentiary), i. 178;his negligence, ii.297.Idrees, Wod Defter, ii.349.Indimma, ii.239.Inglery, Mohammed Aboo Sammat’s trumpeter, i. 490.Islamism, ii.434.Islands of Sixth Cataract, i. 40.Ismail Pasha,bon motof, i. 113.Issoo, the Upper Tondy, ii.210.Ivory, trade in Khartoom, i. 46;traffic unimportant, i. 175;Europeans in ivory trade, i. 177;cost of, i. 503.Izingerria—visit to, i. 547.Jackals, i. 236.Jewish school, i. 330.Kahpily, the river, ii.155.Kamrasi, inquiries for, ii.67.Kanna, ambassadors from, ii.55;march to, ii.240.Karra, the magic tuber, ii.399.Keebaly, the river, ii.151;its rapids, ii.158;its identity with the Upper Shary, ii.161.Khalil, i. 188; ii.302,318,409,453.Khareef, i. 324.Khartoom: merchants of, i. 5;arrival at, i. 42;reception in, i. 44;ivory trade of, i. 46;ship-building at, i. 51;return to, ii.481.Khaya-tree, i. 188.Kher, Mohammed, i. 71.Khor-el-Renuem, ii.353.Kigelin, i. 140.Kilnoky, i. 231.Kishy, bridge over the river, ii.203.Kissere (Arab bread), i. 249; ii.252.Kites, ii.231.Kobbe-trees (Humboldtia), i. 431.Kokkorokoo, the tree, i. 469.Kosaria palmata, i. 220.Krapf, ii.138.Kredy: their appearance, ii.367;boundaries, ii.368;huts, ii.375;corn-magazines, ii.376.Kubby, ii.157.Kudy, village of, i. 170; ii.466.Kulongo, i. 233.Kurbatches, ii.317.Kurdyook, Shol’s husband, i. 133; ii.469.Kurragera, southern limit of Aboo Sammat’s territory, i. 395.Kurkur, ii.273.Kurshook Ali, the Sandjak, ii.265;his death, ii.282.Kussumbo, woods on the, i. 541; ii.154.Kyatt worm, i. 166.Kyt,cul-de-sacon the Gazelle, i. 124, 127; ii.471.Lao, its water, i. 143; ii.467.Lassav (Capparis galeata), i. 23.Lavargue, French vice-consul at Berber, i. 39;his death, ii.486.Leopard killed, ii.255.Lepidosiren, i. 135.Le Saint, i. 129.Leucotis antelopes, i. 196.“L’homme à queue” told on the Nile, i. 68; ii.2.Lightning, women killed by, i. 317.Lindukoo, last stream of Nile-system, i. 486, 493;cataract on, i. 491; ii.191.Lions: limited in number, i. 361;carrying off a soldier, i. 367;track of a, ii.156;one shot, ii.311.Livingstone, Dr., i. 504; ii.99,186.Lizards (Agama colonorum), i. 322.Lollo, the river, ii.477.Longo, dirt in, ii.340.Loobah woman, i. 409.Madikamm, ii.201.Madoqua antelopes, i. 244.Maia Signora, i. 107; ii.474.Maize, i. 248;preparation by Niam-niam, ii.16;in Mbomo’s district, ii.254.Mabzac, i. 337.Manatus, in the Keebaly, ii.160.Mandeb (Mimosa aspirata), i. 61.Manioc, bearer poisoned by, i. 476;its cultivation, i. 525.Manzilly, the brook, i. 458.Maogoo, cattle from the, i. 546; ii.69;probable identity with the Malegga, ii.85.Marshes, mode of crossing, i. 498.Matamma, on the Nile, i. 39.Mbahly: nickname for Aboo Sammat, i. 481;Munza’s inquiries for, ii.38;his challenge, ii.177.Mbarik-pah, the leaf-eater, i. 513; ii.202.Mbomo, the Seriba, ii.247,253.Mbrwole, the river, i. 496; ii.188,189.Mehemet Ali, ii.431.Menagerie, a, ii.278.Merdyan’s Seriba, ii.204.Meshera, i. 48;arrival at the, i. 124;the mode of anchoring in, i. 130;start from the, i. 137;embarkation from the, ii.469.Mice, i. 273.Mimosa, stranding on a, ii.260.Minstrels, a Niam-niam, i. 445; ii.30,241.Mirakok, i. 145.Mittoo: tour in their country, i. 367;language, i. 403;fertility of soil, i. 405;ornaments, i. 411;bearers, i. 419;value as slaves, ii.419.Mofio, ii.389,417.Molmul, the river, ii.273,301.Momvoo: goats of the, ii.69;their country, ii.83.Monbuttoo: pipes, i. 548;canoes, i. 555;charm of country, i. 557;halls, ii.42;their curiosity, ii.53,59;women, ii.60,91;reports of territory, ii.81,82;government, ii.86;scenery, ii.86;produce, ii.87;hunting, ii.89;cannibalism, ii.92;potentates, ii.96;complexion, ii.100;dialect, ii.102;coiffure, ii.106;weapons, ii.107,111;smelting, ii.108;tools, ii.112;benches, ii.113;shields and seat-rests, ii.115;water-bottles, ii.116;basket-work and musical instruments, ii.117;architecture, ii.118;religion, ii.120.Money, iron, i. 279.Mongolongbo, valley of, i. 429.Mongono, ii.348.Monkeys, i. 488.Morokoh, the river, ii.251.Mummery, Munza’s brother, ii.72,74;his body-guard of Akka, ii.131.Mundo, of the Bongo, i. 241; ii.258.Mundo in Zileï Mountains, ii.210.Mungala, Niam-niam game, ii.28.Muntass Bey, Governor of Suakin, i. 24.Munza: messengers from, i. 556;view of his palace, i. 558;his friendship for Mohammed, ii.37;summons to, ii.39;waiting for, ii.41;his ornamental weapons, ii.43,94;his costume and appearance, ii.45;presents for, ii.47;his mode of smoking, ii.48;his oration, ii.51;his present to me, ii.52;his sister, ii.58;his wives, ii.58;his castle, ii.63;his arsenal, ii.64;his dance, ii.75;his sleeping apartments, ii.77;visits from, ii.77;his dish, ii.79;his harem, ii.96;his household, ii.97;his wardrobe, ii.98.Murhaga, ii.424.Musa sapientium, i. 447.Mvolo, district of, i. 384;animals in, i. 387.Mwata Yanvo, ii.99.Nabambisso, the river, ii.193.Nalengbe, Munza’s sister, ii.58,95.Names of places, i. 194.Ndoruma, ii.309.Nduppo, Wando’s brother, i. 478;his death, i. 517.Nembey, visit from, i. 540;arrival at, ii.153.Neophron pileatus, i. 97.Ngama, i. 411.Nganye, a Niam-niam chieftain, i. 436;visit to, i. 431;his family, i. 450;stay with, ii.243.Ngoly, i. 428; ii.263.Ngudoroo, the river, ii.388.Ngulfala, distillery in, i. 238; ii.403.Niam-niam: first sight of, i. 189;start to their country, i. 416;their huts, i. 449;their chiefs, i. 467;modesty of the women, i. 471;morning toilette, i. 491;names of, ii.3;their country, ii.3;their appearance, ii.5;clothing, ii.6;head-gear, ii.7;decorations, ii.8;trumbashes, ii.9;weapons, ii.10;hunting and agriculture, ii.12;beer, ii.13;pipes, ii.14;dogs, ii.15,241;architecture, ii.20;chieftains, ii.21;emblems of war, ii.23;handicraft, ii.25;greetings, ii.27;marriages and conjugal affection, ii.28;music, ii.29;dialect, ii.31;auguries, ii.32;superstition and treatment of dead, ii.34;attack by, ii.236;value as slaves, ii.419.Nile-boats, crowded, i. 50; ii.478.Nilometer, proposed, i. 41.No, Lake, i. 111, 112.Nsewne, the Akka, ii.132;his love of mischief, ii.144.Nubians: their pitiable condition, i. 41;their superstitions, i. 49; ii.322;how to deal with them, i. 421;their inconsistency, ii.165;their dislike to pure water, ii.275;soldiers, i. 176.Nueir, district of the, i. 117;their habits, i. 119.Nyemata, Mount, i. 67.Nyitti, i. 251.Nymphæa stellata and N. lotus, i. 114.O-bongo, ii.135.Oil palm, ii.89;oil from, ii.92.O-mareg, summer retreat from Suakin, i. 31.Ombet (dragon-tree), i. 22.Ori, Dr., letter to Antinori, ii.80;his death, ii.486.Oysters, river, ii.452.Papyrus, i. 109;at the Kyt, i. 126.Parkia-trees, ii.339.Parley with Niam-niam chiefs, ii.169.Parra africanus, i. 136.Parrots, grey, ii.9.Peneeo, the behnky, i. 436.Penicillaria, i. 248.Pepper, cayenne, i. 253;malaghetta, i. 468;Ashantee, ii.382.Petherick, i. 127.Piaggia, his visit to the Niam-niam, i. 434, 504;inquiries about, i. 480; ii.56;his lake, ii.65.Pillen-wasp (Eumenes tinctor), i. 321.Plantains, i. 198; ii.87,88.Platycerium elephantotis, i. 538.Plotus melanogaster, i. 114.Polopterus bichir, i. 135, 232.Poncet, the brothers, contract with the government, i. 382;their settlement, i. 393.Pongo, the river, ii.344.Popukky grass, i. 437, 447.Port Rek, i. 125; ii.467.Posts, memorial, i. 517.Pushyoh, a Treculia, i. 528.Pygmies: my incredulity about, i. 68;exchange a dog for a pygmy, ii.67;stories about, ii.153.(VideAkka.)Python Sebæ, killed near Fashoda, i. 83;and antelope killed together, i. 364.Quinine, i. 128;value of, i. 323.Rainfall, ii.281.Raphia vinifera, i. 199;used for building, ii.42.Rats, ii.405.Red Sea, voyage on, i. 11;heat on, i. 15;nights on, i. 18.Reed-rats, ii.384;hunting, ii.408,446.Reggo, i. 392.Rek, Port, i. 125; ii.467.Rhinoceros-bird (Tetmoceras abyssinicus), ii.205.Rice, i. 247.Riharn, my cook, i. 60, 486; ii.204.Rikkete, Wando’s brother, i. 479;entertaining, i. 486;visit to, i. 487;his wives, i. 489.Roah, the river, i. 367.Rock rabbits, i. 385.Rohl, the river, i. 376, 401.Rokko-coats of Monbuttoo, ii.104.Rokooba, ii.289.Roway, salt-works at, i. 16.Rye, the river, i. 448.Sabby(Seriba), i. 337, 340; ii.264.Sablook, i. 40.Salt-works at Cape Roway, i. 16.Sarcocephalus, i. 192.Schweinfurthia, i. 35.Scorbutic attack, ii.381.Scorpions, ii.456.Seebehr Rahama, ii.329;his Seriba, ii.354;his court, ii.361;departure from, ii.374.Sehre, ii.395,397,401.Seriba, i. 47;Ghattas’s, i. 172;destruction of a, i. 225;law, i. 226;controllers of, ii.426;Shereefee’s, i. 340.Sesame, i. 229.Seyleb (Sanseviera), i. 22.Shary, identity with the Welle, i. 553.Shekka, ii.370.Shereefee, his Seriba Duggoo, i. 343;his Seriba Dogguddoo, i. 344;dearth in his Seribas. ii.267;attacks Mohammed, ii.85;shielded by the Aga, ii.358.Shillooks: first sight of, i. 72;statistics, i. 85;their villages, i. 87;their animals, i. 91;pursuit by, i. 101;market, i. 101; ii.471.Shipbuilding in Khartoom, i. 51.Shol, the Dinka queen, i. 141;her riches and influence, i. 131;her appearance, i. 132;presents to, i. 134;her death, ii.338;remains of her huts, ii.469.Shoosh-grass (Panicum turgidum), i. 53.Short rations, ii.196.Singat, i. 24.Skins, abundance of, i. 481.Skulls, purchase of, ii.54;in Berlin Museum, ii.32.Slaves crowded in boats, i. 50; ii.478;as payment to soldiers, i. 175;dying of starvation, i. 346;feeding a caravan of, i. 368;complaints of female, i. 390;cruelty to, ii.414;price of, ii.418;comparative value of, ii.419;number of, ii.420;as soldiers, ii.421;private, ii.422;employed in husbandry, ii.425;treatment in Egypt, ii.436;on board the Nile boat, ii.470;at Wod Shellay, ii.480;confiscation of, ii.483.Slave-dealer from Tunis, i. 189.Slave-trade: independent of ivory trade, i. 46;population of Bongo-land diminished by, i. 260;tacitly acknowledged, i. 381;all enterprises involved in, i. 383;flourishing in 1870 and 1871, ii.410;sources of, ii.428;abolition of, ii.433;measures taken in Fanekama against, ii.478.Slave-traders: iniquity of, i. 190;rendezvous at Shekka for, ii.370;goods bartered by, ii.411;description of, ii.412;risks incurred by, ii.415;hospitality shown to, ii.416;classes of, ii.417.Smelting-furnaces: of the Dyoor, i. 207;of the Bongo, i. 208, 278.Sobat, the river, i. 100.Soirée musicaleof the Bongo, i. 354.Soldiers: Nubian, i. 176;black, i. 483.Soliman, son of Kurshook Ali, ii.452.Solar phenomenon, i. 326.Solongoh, ii.389.Sorghum, i. 245; ii.252.Sources of slave-trade, ii.428.Sparmannia, ii.200.Speke, i. 113, 319; ii.126.Spiro streptus, i. 214.Squirrels (Sciurus leucumbrinus), i. 387.Steps counted in walking, ii.300.Sterculia, ii.393.Steudner, Dr., i. 129;death of, ii.337.Suæda (samphire), i. 17.Suakin, sea-route to, i. 10;excursion from, i. 19;return to, ii.488.Suez, blunders in telegram, i. 7;scenes in governor’s divan, i. 8, 9;canal, i. 10.Sugar-canes, i. 547.Sulphur-works at Gimsah, i. 12.Sun, eclipse of, i. 11.Suppression of slave-trade, suggestions for, ii.439.Surroor, Aboo Sammat’s lieutenant, i. 465;his mbanga, i. 470;speaks Arabic, i. 473.Swamp-men, i. 119.Sway, the river, identical with the Dyoor, i. 453;crossing the, ii.228.Swords, ii.457.Take, village of, i. 145; ii.467.Telegram, i. 7; ii.482.Terminalia, i. 426.Thibaud, ii.482.Tikkitikki, ii.133;parting from friends, ii.149;successful shooting, ii.278,450;illness and death, ii.486.Tinné, Miss, fatality of expedition, i. 129;her headquarters, ii.332;her mother, ii.338.Tobacco, i. 160, 214, 254, 269; ii.14,87.Tokkuls, i. 178.Tombo, king, i. 480.Tondy, the river, i. 181;passage over, i. 336;suspension-bridge over, ii.43,44;crossing the, ii.269.Transport, means of, i. 139; ii.305;suggestion for, ii.307.Travelling costume, i. 425.Troglodytes niger, i. 519.Trumbash, i. 441; ii.9.Trumpet-tree, ii.157.Tubers, i. 250, 268, 445.Tudyee, the river, i. 366, 426.Tuhamy, arrival of, i. 542;his Seriba, ii.201,209.Turks, ii.359.Urostigma Kotschyana, ii.88;bast of, ii.102.Usnea(beard-moss), i. 26.Uzze, the river, i. 477.Valisneria, in the Gazelle, i. 123.Vasel, ii.485.Vayssière, the French hunter, i. 185.Vegetation of Nile displaced by civilization, i. 69.Viceroy,bon motof, i. 113;small power of, ii.441.Victoria regia, attempt to naturalize, i. 121.Vine, wild, ii.234.Vivera genetta, i. 490.Wando: animosity of, i. 482;river of, i. 496;Mohammed’s interview with, i. 501, 504;his nonchalance, i. 505;his present of food, i. 511;his augury, ii.33,49.Watches, ii.299.Water, bad, ii.400.—— -birds, ii.315.—— -lilies, i. 114.—— -plants, i. 121.—— -shed of Nile, i. 494.Welle, the river, i. 548, 554.White-ants: their hills, i. 120;of the trees, i. 539;as food, ii.197.White Nile, embarkation on, i. 49.Widow-ducks, i. 121.Wild boar shot, i. 363.Wod Shellay, i. 56; ii.480.Wounds, Mittoo treatment of, i. 371;by arrows, ii.279;Dyoor treatment of, ii.334.Wow, the Seriba, i. 91.Wow, the river, i. 190; ii.333.Yabo, i. 476.Yabongo, i. 476; ii.193.Yams, i. 250.Yanga’s grave, i. 285.Yolo-antelopes, ii.446.Yubbo, the river, i. 478; ii.192.Yumma, Kurshook Ali’s Vokeel, ii.384,389.Yuroo, i. 531.Zawa-trees, i. 447; ii.200.Zebra-ichneumon, i. 358.Zileï Mountains, ii.210.
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