Chapter XIX: Appendix: II (2)
Army of Uganda, ii. 189.
Artémise frigate, i. 1.
Atmosphere, brilliancy of the, in Ugogo, i. 297.
Asclepias in the Usagara mountains, i. 165.
Ashmed bin Nuuman, the Wajhayn or “two faces,” i. 3.
Assegais of the Wasagara tribe, i. 237. Of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 22. Of
East Africa generally, 301.
Ass, the African, described, i. 85. Those of the expedition, 151. Loss
of, 180. Fresh asses purchased from a down caravan, 209.
Asthma, or zik el nafas, remedy in East Africa for, i. 96.
Atheism, aboriginal, ii. 342.
Bakera, village of, i. 92.
Bakshshish, in the East, ii. 84, 85. The propriety of rewarding bad
conduct, 85. Influence of, ii. 172.
Balochs, the, of Zanzibar, described, i. 14. Their knavery, 85. Their
behaviour on the march, 127. Sketch of their character, 132. Their
quarrels with the “Sons of Ramji,” 163. Their desertion and return,
173. Their penitence, 177. Their character, 177, 178. Their discontent
and complaints about food, 212, 221. And proposed desertion, 273, 278.
Their bile cooled, 274. Their injury to the expedition, 319. Their
breakfast on the march, 345. Their manœuvres at Kazeh, 376. Their
desertion, ii. 111. Influenced by bakhshish, 217. Their quarrel with
the porters, 253. Doing “Zam,” ii. 276. Sent home, 277.
Bana Dirungá, village of, i. 71.
Banadir, Barr el, or harbour-land, geography of, i. 30.
Bangwe, islet of, in Lake Tanganyika, ii. 53. Described, 99.
Banyans, the, of the East Coast of Africa, i. 19.
Baobab Tree of East Africa, i. 47.
Barghash, Sayyid, of Zanzibar, a state prisoner at Bombay, i. 3.
Barghumi, the, of East Africa, ii. 294.
Bark-cloth, price of, at Uvira, ii. 121.
Basket making in East Africa, ii. 316.
Basts of East Africa, ii. 317.
Battle-axes of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 23. Of the East Africans, 307.
Bazar-gup, or tittle-tattle in the East, i. 12.
Bdellium Tree, or Mukl, of Ugogo, i. 299. Uses of, among the Wagogo,
300.
Beads, mode of carrying, in the expedition, i. 145. Account of African
beads of commerce, 146. Currency at Msene, 398. Those most highly
valued in Ujiji, ii. 72. Bead trade of Zanzibar, 390.
Bedding required for the expedition, i. 154.
Beds and bedding of the East Africans, i. 370.
Beef, roast, and plum-pudding at Msene, i. 400.
Bee-hives, seen for the first time at Marenga Mk’hali, i. 200. Their
shape, 200. Of Rubuga, 317.
Beer in East Africa, ii. 285. Mode of making it, 286.
Bees in K’hutu, i. 120. But no bee-hives, 120. Wild, attack the
caravan, i. 176, 248, 249. Annoyance of, at K’hok’ho, 276. Of East
Africa, ii. 287.
Beetles in houses at Ujiji, ii. 91, _note_. One in the ear of Captain
Speke, 91, _note_.
Belok, the Baloch, sketch of him, i. 135.
Bérard, M., his kindness, i. 22.
Berberah, disaster at, referred to, i. 68.
Bhang plant, the, in Zungomero, i. 95. Smoked throughout East Africa,
96. Effects produced by, 96. Used in Ujiji, ii. 70.
Billhooks carried by the Wasagara tribe, i. 238.
Birds, mode of catching them, i. 160. Scarcity of, in East Africa,
270. Of Ugogo, 300. Period of nidification and incubation of, ii. 13.
Of Unyamwezi, 16. Of Ujiji, 60.
Births and deaths amongst the Wazaramo, customs at, i. 115, 116, 118,
119.
Bivouac, a pleasant, i. 245.
Black Magic. See Uchawi.
Blackmail of the Wazaramo, i. 70, 113. Of the Wak’hutu, 121. Of the
Wazegura, 125. At Ugogo, 252. Account of the blackmail of East Africa,
253. At Kirufuru, 264. At Kanyenye, 265. In K’hok’ho, 274. At Mdaburu,
279. At Wanyika, 407. At Ubwari island, ii. 114.
Blood of cattle, drunk in East Africa, ii. 282.
Boats of the Tanganyika Lake, described, ii. 94.
Boatmen of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 101.
Bomani, “the stockade,” village of, i. 47. Halt at, 47. Vegetation of,
47, 48. Departure from, 51.
Bombax, or silk cotton tree, of Uzaramo, i. 60.
Bonye fiumara, accident to a caravan in the, ii. 270.
Books required for the expedition, i. 155.
Borassus flabelliformis, or Palmyra tree, in the plains, i. 180. Toddy
drawn from, 181.
Bos Caffer, or Mbogo, in the plains of East Africa, i. 181. Described,
181. In Ugogo, 300.
Botanical collection stolen, i. 319. Difficulty of taking care of the
collection on the upward march, 320. Destroyed by damp at Ujiji,
ii. 81.
Boulders of granite on the Mgunda Mk’hali, i. 284. Picturesque effects
of the, 285, 286.
Bows and arrows of the Wagogo, i. 504. Of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 22. Of
the East Africans, 301. Poisoned arrows, 305.
Brab tree, or Ukhindu, of the Mrima, i. 48.
Breakfast in the caravan described, i. 345. An Arab’s, at Kazeh,
ii. 167.
Buffaloes on the road to Ugogo, i. 247. In Unyamwezi, ii. 15. On the
Rusugi river, ii. 40.
Bumbumu, Sultan, of the Wahehe, i. 239.
Burial ceremonies of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 25.
Burkene, route to, ii. 179.
Burton, Captain, quits Zanzibar Island, i. 1.
The personnel and materiel of the expedition, i. 3, 10, 11.
Smallness of the grant allowed by government, i. 4, _note_.
The author’s proposal to the Royal Geographical Society, i. 5.
Anchors off Wale Point, i. 8.
His difficulties, i. 19.
His MS. lost, i. 21.
Melancholy parting with Col. Hamerton, i. 22.
Lands at Kaole, i. 22.
Melancholy reflections, i. 24.
Transit of the valley of the Kingani and the Mgeta rivers, i. 41.
The first departure, i. 43, 46.
Tents pitched at Bomani, i. 51.
Delay the second, i. 49.
Departure from Bomani, i. 51.
Arrives at the village of Mkwaju la Mvuani, i. 52.
The third departure, i. 53.
Halt at Nzasa, in Uzaramo, i. 54.
Start again, i. 57.
First dangerous station, i. 59.
Second one, i. 63.
Adventure at Makutaniro, i. 70.
Author attacked by fever, i. 71.
Third dangerous station, i. 73.
Encamps at Madege Madogo, i. 79.
And at Kidunda, i. 79.
Loses his elephant-gun, i. 80.
Arrives at a place of safety, i. 81.
Enters K’hutu, i. 82.
Has a hammam, i. 82.
Thoroughly prostrated, i. 84.
His troubles, i. 86.
Prepares a report for the Royal Geographical Society, i. 89.
Advances from Dut’humi, i. 91.
Halts at Zungomero, i. 127.
Leaves Zungomero, i. 158.
Arrives at Mzizi Mdogo, i. 161.
Recovery of health at, i. 161.
Leaves Mzizi Mdogo, i. 165.
Halts at Cha K’henge, i. 167.
Desertion of the Baloch, i. 173.
Their return, i. 174.
Halts at Muhama, i. 178.
Again attacked by fever, i. 179.
Resumes the march, i. 180.
Contrasts in the scenery, i. 184.
Fords the Mukondokwa river, i. 188.
Reaches Kadetamare, i. 189.
Loss of instruments, i. 189.
Halts at Muinyi, i. 193.
Resumes the journey, i. 194.
Halts at Ndábi, i. 196.
Resumes the march and rests at Rumuma, i. 198.
Abundance of its supplies, i. 198.
Reaches Marenga Mk’hali, i. 203.
Approaches the bandit Wahumba, i. 203.
Leaves Marenga Mk’hali, i. 204.
Halts at the basin of Inenge, i. 208.
Wholesome food obtained there, i. 208.
Exchange of civilities with a down caravan, i. 208.
Painful ascent of the Rubeho, or Windy Pass, i. 213.
Halt at the Great Rubeho, i. 215.
Ascent of the Little Rubeho, i. 215.
Descent of the counterslope of the Usagara mountains, i. 219.
First view of the Ugogo mountains, i. 220.
Halts at the third Rubeho, i. 221.
Marches on the banks of the Dungomaro, i. 222.
Reaches the plains of Ugogo, i. 223.
Losses during the descent, i. 224.
Halts at Ugogi, i. 241.
Engages the services of fifteen Wanyamwezi porters, i. 244.
Leaves Ugogi, i. 244.
The caravan dislodged by wild bees, i. 248.
Loses a valuable portmanteau, i. 249.
Halts on the road for the night, i. 250.
Leaves the jungle-kraal, i. 250.
Sights the Ziwa, or Pond, i. 251.
Provisions obtained there, i. 255.
Recovery of the lost portmanteau, i. 257.
Joins another up-caravan, i. 257, 258.
Enters Ugogo, i. 259.
Astonishment of the Wagogo, i. 263.
Delayed at Kifukuru for blackmail, i. 264.
Leaves Kifukuru, i. 265.
Accident in the jungle, i. 265.
Interview with Magomba, sultan of Kanyenye, i. 266.
Hurried march from Kanyenye, i. 271.
Arrives at Usek’he and K’hok’ho, i. 272.
Difficulties of blackmail at K’hok’ho, i. 274.
Departs from K’hok’ho, i. 275.
Desertion of fifteen porters, i. 275.
Trying march in the Mdáburu jungle, i. 277.
Reaches Uyanzi, i. 279.
Traverses the Fiery Field, i. 283.
Arrives at the Mabunguru fiumara, i. 285.
Losses on the march, i. 285.
Reaches Jiwe la Mkoa, i. 286, 288.
And Kirurumo and Jiweni, i. 289.
Marches to Mgono T’hembo, i. 290.
Arrives at the Tura Nullah, i. 291.
And at the village of Tura, the frontier of Unyamwezi, i. 292, 313.
Proceeds into Unyamwezi, i. 314.
Halts at the Kwale nullah, i. 315.
Visited by Abdullah bin Jumah and his flying caravan, i. 315.
And by Sultan Maura, i. 316.
Reaches Ukona, i. 318.
Leaves Ukona and halts at Kigwa or Mkigwa, i. 319.
Enters the dangerous Kigwa forest, i. 319.
Loss of papers there, i. 319.
Reaches the rice-lands of the Unyamyembe district, i. 321.
Enters Kazeh in grand style, i. 322.
Hospitality of the Arabs there, i. 323.
Difficulties of the preparations for recommencing the journey,
i. 377.
Sickness of the servants, i. 379.
Author attacked by fever, i. 380.
Leaves Kazeh and proceeds to Zimbili, i. 386.
Proceeds and halts at Yombo, i. 386, 387.
Leaves Yombo and reaches Pano and Mfuto, i. 389.
Halts at Irora, i. 389.
Marches to Wilyankuru, i. 390.
Hospitality of Salim bin Said, i. 391.
And of Masid ibn Musallam el Wardi, at Kirira, i. 392.
Leaves Kirira, and marches to Msene, i. 395.
Delayed there, i. 399.
Marches to the village of Mb’hali, i. 401.
And to Sengati and the deadly Sorora, i. 401.
Desertions and dismissals at Sorora, i. 402.
Marches to Kajjanjeri, i. 403.
Detained there by dangerous illness, i. 403.
Proceeds and halts at Usagozi, i. 406.
Some of the party afflicted by ophthalmia, i. 406.
Quits Usagozi, and marches to Masenza, i. 406, 407.
Reaches the Mukozimo district, i. 407.
Spends a night at Rukunda, i. 407.
Sights the plain of the Malagarazi river, i. 407.
Halts at Wanyika, i. 407.
Settlement of blackmail at, i. 408.
Resumes the march, i. 408.
Arrives at the bank of the Malagarazi river, i. 408.
Crosses over to Mpete, i. 410.
Marches to Kinawani, ii. 35.
And to Jambeho, ii. 36.
Fords the Rusugi river, ii. 37.
Fresh desertions, ii. 38.
Halts on the Ungwwe river, ii. 40.
First view of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 42.
Arrives at Ukaranga, ii. 44.
And at Ujiji, ii. 46.
Visits the headman Kannena, ii. 81.
Incurs his animosity, ii. 82, 84.
Ill effects of the climate and food of Ujiji, ii. 85.
Captain Speke sent up the Lake, ii. 87.
Mode of spending the day at Ujiji, ii. 87.
Failure of Capt. Speke’s expedition, ii. 90.
The author prepares for a cruise, ii. 93.
The voyage, ii. 99.
Halts and encamps at Kigari, ii. 101.
Enters the region of Urundi, ii. 101.
Reaches and halts at Wafanya, ii. 106.
Sails for the island of Ubwari, ii. 112.
Anchors there, ii. 113.
Leaves there and arrives at Murivumba, ii. 114.
Reaches the southern frontier of Uvira, ii. 115.
Further progress stopped, ii. 117, 119.
Returns, ii. 121.
Storm on the Lake, ii. 123.
Passes the night at Wafanya, ii. 123.
A slave accidentally shot there, ii. 124.
Returns to Kawele, ii. 124.
Improvement in health, ii. 129.
The outfit reduced to a minimum, ii. 130.
Arrival of supplies, but inadequate, ii. 132.
Preparations for the return to Unyanyembe, ii. 155.
The departure, ii. 157.
The return-march, ii. 160.
Pitches tents at Uyonwa, ii. 161.
Desertions, ii. 161.
Returns to the ferry of the Malagarazi, ii. 164.
Marches back to Unyanyembe, ii. 165.
Halts at Yombo, ii. 166.
Re-enters Kazeh, ii. 167.
Sends his companion on an expedition to the north, ii. 173.
His mode of passing time at Kazeh, ii. 173, 198.
Preparations for journeying, ii. 200.
Shortness of funds, ii. 221.
Outfit for the return, ii. 229.
Departs from Kazeh, ii. 231.
Halts at Hanga, ii. 232.
Leaves Hanga, ii. 240.
Returns through Ugogo, ii. 244.
The letters with the official “wigging,” ii. 247.
Takes the Kiringawana route, ii. 249.
Halts at a den of thieves, ii. 252.
And at Maroro, ii. 255.
Marches to Kiperepeta, ii. 256.
Fords the Yovu, ii. 258.
Halts at Ruhembe rivulet, ii. 261.
And on the Makata plain, ii. 262.
Halts at Uziraha, ii. 263.
Returns to Zungomero, ii. 264.
Proposes a march to Kilwa, ii. 265.
Desertion of the porters, ii. 266.
Engages fresh ones, ii. 267.
Leaves Zungomero, and resumes the march, ii. 276.
Re-enters Uzaramo, ii. 277.
And Konduchi, ii. 278.
Sights the sea, ii. 278.
Sets out for Kilwa, ii. 372.
Returns to Zanzibar, ii. 379.
Leaves Zanzibar for Aden, ii. 384.
Returns to Europe, ii. 384.
Butter in East Africa, ii. 284.
Cacti in the Usagara Mountains, i. 165. Of Mgunda M’Khali, 286.
Calabash-tree of East Africa, described, i. 147. In the Usagara
mountains, i. 164, 229. Magnificence of, at Ugogo, 260. The only large
tree in Ugogo, 299.
Camp furniture required for the expedition, i. 152.
Cannibalism of the Wadoe tribe, i. 123. Of the people of Murivumba,
ii. 114.
Cannabis Indica in Unyamwezi, i. 318.
Canoes built of mvule trees, ii. 147. Mode of making them, 147.
Canoes on the Malagarazi river, i. 409. On the “Ghaut,” 411.
Capparis sodata, verdure of the, in Ugogo, i. 300.
Carriage, cost of, in East Africa, ii. 414.
Caravans of ivory, i. 17. Slave caravans, 17, 62. Mode of collecting a
caravan in East Africa, 143. Attacked by wild bees, 4, 176. And by
small-pox, 179. In East Africa, description of, 337. Porters, 337-339.
Seasons for travelling, 339. The three kinds of caravan, 341. That of
the Wanyamwezi, 341. Those made up by the Arab merchants, 342. Those
of the Wasawahili, &c., 344. Sketch of a day’s march of an East
African caravan, 344. Mode of forming a caravan, 348. Dress of the
caravan, 349. Ornaments and arms worn by the porters, 349. Recreations
of the march, 350. Meeting of two caravans, 351. Halt of a caravan,
351. Lodgings on the march, 353. Cooking, 355, 356. Greediness of the
porters, 356, 357. Water, 359. Night, 359. Dances of the porters, 360.
Their caravan, 361, 362. Rate of caravan travelling, 362. Custom
respecting caravans in Central Africa, ii. 54. Those on the Uruwwa
route, 148. Accident to a, 270.
Carissa Carandas, the Corinda bush in Uzaramo, i. 60.
Carpentering in East Africa, ii. 309.
Carvings, rude, of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 26.
Castor plants of East Africa, i. 48. Mode of extracting the oil, 48.
Cats, wild, in Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Cattle, horned, of Ujiji, ii. 59. Of Karagwah, 181.
Cattle trade of East Africa, ii. 413.
Cereals of East Africa, ii. 414.
Ceremoniousness of the Wajiji, ii. 69.
Ceremony and politeness, miseries of, in the East, i. 392.
Cha K’henge, halt of the party at, i. 167.
Chamærops humilis, or Nyara tree, of the Mrima, f. 48.
Chawambi, Sultan of Unyoro, ii. 198.
Chhaga, ii. 179.
Chiefs of the Wazaramo, i. 113.
Chikichi, or palm oil, trade in, at Wafanya, ii. 107.
Childbirth, ceremonies of, in Unyamwezi ii. 23. Twins, 23.
Children, mode of carrying, in Uzaramo, i. 110.
Children, Wasagara mode of carrying, i. 237.
Children, mode of carrying amongst the Wanyamwezi, ii. 22.
Children, education of, in Unyamwezi, ii. 23, 24.
Chomwi, or headman, of the Wamrima, i. 16. His privileges, 16, 17.
Chumbi, isle of, i. 1.
Chunga Mchwa, or ant, of the sweet red clay of East Africa, described,
i. 201, 202.
Chungo-fundo or siyafu, or pismires of the river banks of East Africa,
described, i. 186.
Chyámbo, the locale of the coast Arabs, i. 397.
Circumcision, not practised by the Wazaramo, i. 108. Nor in the
Unyamwezi, ii. 23.
Clay chewed, when tobacco fails, in Unyamwezi, ii. 28.
Climate of--
Bomani, i. 49.
Dut’humi, i. 89, 92.
East Africa, during the wet season, i. 379.
Inenge, i. 208.
Kajjanjeri, ii. 403.
Karagwah, ii. 180.
Kawele, ii. 130.
Kirira, i. 394.
Kuingani, i. 44.
Marenga Mk’hali, i. 203.
Mrima, i. 102, 104.
Msene, i. 400.
Mohama, i. 179.
Mzizi Mdogo, i. 161.
Rumuma, i. 199.
Sorora, i. 401.
Tanganyika Lake, i. 142.
Ugogo, i. 243, 259, 297.
Ujiji, ii. 81.
Unyamwezi, ii. 8-14.
Usagara, i. 221, 222, 231.
Wafanya, ii. 107.
Zungomero, i. 94, 127, 156, 161, 163.
Cloth, mode of carrying, in the expedition, i. 145. As an article of
commerce, 148.
Clothing required for the expedition, i. 154. Of travellers in East
Africa, ii. 201.
Clouds in Unyamwezi, ii. 12.
Cockroaches in houses in East Africa, i. 370.
Cocoa-nut, use of the, in East Africa, i. 36.
Cocoa-tree, its limits inland, i. 160.
Coffee, wild, or mwami, of Karagwah, ii. 180, 181, 187.
Commando, pitiable scene presented after one, i. 185.
Commerce of the Mrima, i. 39. Of Zungomero, 95. Of Uzaramo, 119. Of
Ugogo, 308. Of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 29. Of the Nyanza Lake, 215.
African, 224. Of Ubena, 270. Of Uvira, ii. 120. Of East Africa, 387.
Conversation, specimen of, in East Africa, ii. 243, 244.
Copal tree, or Msandarusi, of Uzaramo, i. 63.
Copal trade of East Africa, ii. 403.
Copper in Katata, ii. 148. In East Africa, 312.
Cotton in Unyamwezi, i. 318. In Ujiji, i. 57. In East Africa, 417.
Cowhage on the banks of the Mgeta river, i. 166.
Cowries of Karagwah, ii. 185. Of East Africa, 416.
Crickets of the Usagara mountains, i. 162. House, in East Africa,
i. 370.
Crocodiles of the Kingani river, i. 56. In Unyamwezi, ii. 15. In the
Sea of Ujiji, 60. Of the Ruche River, 158.
Crops of the Mrima, i. 102, _et seq_.
Cucumbers at Marenga Mk’hali, i. 201. Wild, of Unyanyembe, ii. 285.
Cultivation in the Mukondokwa hills, i. 196, 197. In the Usagara
mountains, 229.
Currency of East Africa, stock may be recruited at Kazeh, i. 334. Of
Msene, i. 398. Of Ujiji, ii. 73. Of Karagwah, 185. Of Ubena, 270.
Cynhyænas of Ugogo, i. 302. In Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Cynocephalus, the, in Unyamwezi, ii. 15. The terror of the country,
15.
Dancing of the Wazaramo women, i. 55. African, described, 360;
ii. 291, 298.
Darwayash, the Baloch, sketch of him, i. 137.
“Dash,” i. 58. _See_ Blackmail.
Datura plant of Zungomero, i. 95. Smoked in East Africa, 96. In
Unyamwezi, 318.
Day, an African’s mode of passing the, ii. 289, 290.
Death, African fear of, ii. 331.
Defences of the Wazaramo, i. 111, 117.
Dege la Mhora, “the large jungle bird,” village of, i. 72. Fate of M.
Maizan at, 73.
Det’he, or Kidete of East Africa, ii. 293.
Devil’s trees of East Africa, ii. 353.
Dialects of the Wazaramo, i. 107. The Wagogo, 306. The Wahumba, 311.
The Wanyamwezi, ii. 5. The Wakimbu, 20. The Wanyamwezi, 30.
Diseases of the maritime region of East Africa, i. 105. Of the people
of Usagara, 233. Of Ugogo, 299. Of caravans in East Africa, 342. Of
Unyamwezi, ii. 11, 13, 14. Of East Africa, 318. Remedies, 321.
Mystical remedies, 352, 353.
Dishdasheh, El, or turban of the coast Arabs, i. 32.
Divorce amongst the Wazaramo, i. 118. Amongst the East Africans
generally, ii. 333.
Drawing materials required for the expedition, i. 155.
Dress, articles of, of the East Africans, i. 148. Of the Wamrima, 33,
34. Of the Wazaramo, 109. Of the Wak’hutu, 120. Of the Wasagara, 253.
Of the Wahete, 239. Of the Wagogo, 305. Of the Wahumba, 312. Of the
Wakalaganza, 406. Of the Wakimbu, ii. 20. Of the Wanyamwezi, 21. Of
the Wajiji, 64. Of the Warundi, 146. Of the Wavinza, 75. Of the
Watuta, 77. Of the Wabuta, 78. Of the people of Karagwah, 182. Of the
Wahinda, 220. Of the Warori, 271.
Dodges of the ferrymen, ii. 164, 165.
Dragon-flies in Unyamwezi, ii. 18.
Drinking-bouts in East Africa, ii. 295, 335.
Drinking-cups in East Africa, ii. 295.
Drums and drumming of East Africa, ii. 295.
Drunkenness of the Wazaramo, i. 118. Of the Wak’hutu, 120. And
debauchery of the people of Msene, 398. Prevalence of, near the Lake
Tanganyika, ii. 59. Of the Wajiji, 69.
Dogs, wild, in Unyamwezi, ii. 16. Pariah, in the villages of Ujiji,
60. Rarely heard to bark, 60.
Dolicos pruriens on the banks of the Mgeta river, i. 166.
Donkey-men of the expedition, i. 143.
Dub-grass in the Usagara mountains, i. 171.
Dunda, or “the Hill,” district of, i. 54.
Dunda Nguru, or “Seer fish-bill” i. 69.
Dungomaro, or Mandama, river, arrival of the caravan at the, i. 222.
Description of the bed of the, 223.
Dut’humi, mountain crags of, i. 65, 83, 86. Illness of the chiefs of
the expedition at, 84. Description of the plains of, 86.
Eagles, fish, of Ujiji, ii. 60.
Ear-lobes distended by the Wasagara, i. 235. And by the Wahehe, 239.
By the Wagogo, 304. And by the Wahumba, 312. Enlarged by the
Wanyamwezi, ii. 21.
Earth-fruit of India, i. 198.
Earthquakes in Unyamwezi, ii. 13.
Earwigs in East African houses, i. 370.
Ebb and flow of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 143. Causes of, 143, 144.
Education of children in Unyamwezi, ii. 23, 24.
Eels of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 68.
Eggs not eaten by the Wanyamwezi, ii. 29. Nor by the people of Ujiji,
59.
Elæis Guiniensis, or Mehikichi tree, in Ujiji, ii. 58.
Elephants at Dut’humi, i. 87. In Ugogi, 242. At Ziwa, or the Pond,
251. On the road to Ugogo, 247. On the Mgunda Mk’hali, 287, 289. In
Ugogo, 300. On the banks of the Malagarazi river, 408. In Unyamwezi,
ii. 15. Near the sea of Ujiji, 60. In East Africa, 297.
Elephant hunting in East Africa, ii. 298.
English, the, bow regarded in Africa, i. 31.
Erhardt, M., his proposed expedition to East Africa, i. 3.
Ethnology of East Africa, i. 106. Of the second region, 225, _et seq._
Euphorbiæ at Mb’hali, i. 401. In Ugogo, 300. In the Usagara mountains,
i. 165.
Evil eye unknown to the Wazaramo, i. 116.
Exorcism in East Africa, ii. 352.
Falsehood of the coast clans of East Africa, i. 37. General in East
Africa, ii. 328.
Faraj, sketch of him and his wife, the lady Halimah, i. 129.
Fauna of Ujiji, ii. 60.
Fetiss-huts of the Wazaramo described, i. 57. Of East Africa, 369;
ii. 346.
Fetissism of East Africa, ii. 341, _et seq._
Fever, marsh, cure in Central Asia for, i. 82. The author prostrated
by, 84. Delirium of, 84. Of East Africa generally described, 105. The
author and his companion again attacked by, at Muhama, 179. Common in
the Usagara mountains, 233. Seasoning fever of East Africa, generally,
379. Miasmatic, described, 403. Low type, 406. Seasoning fever at
Unyamwezi described, ii. 14.
Fire-arms and Gunpowder in East Africa, ii. 308.
Fires in Africa, ii. 259.
Fish of the Kingani river, i. 56. Of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 59.
Varieties of, 67. Narcotised in Uzaramo, 67. At Wafanya, 108.
Considered as an article of diet in East Africa, 280.
Fishing in the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 66.
Fisi, or cynhyæna, of Uzaramo, i. 63. The scavenger of the country,
i. 64.
Flies in Unyamwezi, ii. 18. Fatal bite of one in, 19.
Flowers of Usagara, i. 328. At Msene, 397.
Fly, a stinging, the tzetze, i. 187.
Fog-rainbow in the Usagara mountains, i. 222.
Food of the Wamrima, i. 35. Of the Wazaramo, 56. Of the people of
Zungomero, 95, 96, 97. Of the Wak’hutu, 120. Of the expedition, 151,
198. Of the people of Marenga Mk’hali, 201. Of the Wagogo, 310, 311.
Of Rubuga, 317. Of Kazeh, 329. Of Arabs of, 331-334. Of Wilyanhuru,
392-394. Of Unyamwezi, ii. 28, 29. Of Ujiji, 70, 88. Of Karagwah, 180,
181. Of Uganda, 196, 197. Of the Warori tribe, 273. East Africa
generally, 280.
Fords in East Africa, i. 336.
Fowls not eaten by the Wanyamwezi, ii. 29. Nor by the people of Ujiji,
59.
Frankincense of Ugogo, i. 299.
Frogs in Unyamwezi, ii. 17. Night concerts of, 17. Of the sea of
Ujiji, 61.
Frost, Mr., of the Zanzibar consulate, i. 3, 21.
Fruits of East Africa, i. 48, 201. Of Usagara, 228. Of Yombo, 337. Of
Mb’hali, 401. Of Ujiji, ii. 58.
Fundi, or itinerant slave-artizans of Unyanyembe, i. 328. Caravans of
the, 344.
Fundikira, Sultan of Unyamwezi, notice of him, ii. 31.
Fundikira, Sultan of Ititenza, i. 326.
Funerals of the Wazaramo, i. 119. Of the Wadoe, 124.
Funza, brother of Sultan Matanza of Msene, i. 396.
Furniture of East African houses, i. 371. Kitanda, or bedstead, 371.
Bedding, 371. Of the houses of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 26.
Gadflies, annoyance of, at K’hok’ho, i. 276.
Gaetano, the Goanese servant, sketch of his character, i. 131. Taken
ill, 380. His epileptic fits at Msene, 395, 399.
Gama river, i. 123.
Gambling in East Africa, ii. 279.
Game in Uzaramo, i. 59, 71. In the Doab of the Mgeta river, 81. In
K’huta, 120. In the plains between the Rufuta and the Mukondokwa
mountains, 181. In Ugogi, 242. At Ziwa, or the Pond, 251. At Kanyenye,
268. Scarcity of, in East Africa generally, 268.
Ganza Mikono, sultan of Usek’he, i. 272.
Geography of the second region, i. 225, _et seq_. Of Ugogo, 295. Arab
oral, ii. 144-154.
Geology of the maritime region of East Africa, i. 102. Of the Usagara
mountains, 227. Of the road to Ugogo, 247. Of Mgunda Mk’hali,
i. 282-284. Of Ugogo, i. 295. Of Unyamwezi, ii. 6.
Ghost-faith of the Africans, ii. 344.
Gingerbread tree, described, i. 47.
Ginyindo, march to, ii. 253. Quarrel of the Baloch and porters at,
253.
Giraffes in Ugogi, i. 242. Native names of the, 242, 243. Use made of
them, 243. At Ziwa, or the Pond, 251. On the Mgunda Mk’hali, 289. In
Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Girls of the Wanyamwezi, strange custom of the, ii. 24.
Gnus in the Doab of the Mgeta river, i. 81. At Dut’humi, 87.
Goats of Ujiji, ii. 59.
Goma pass, the, i. 168, 170.
Gombe, mud-fish in the nullah of, i. 334.
Gombe Nullah, i. 395, 397, 401, 403, ii. 8.
Goose, ruddy, Egyptian, i. 317.
Gourd, the, a musical instrument in East Africa, ii. 294.
Gourds of the Myombo tree in Usagara, i. 229.
Government of the Wazaramo, i. 113. Of the Wak’hutu, 120, 121. Of the
Wanyamwezi, ii. 31. Of the Wajiji, 71. Of the northern kingdoms of
Africa, 174. Mode of, in Uganda, 192. Forms of, in East Africa, 360.
Grain, mode of grinding, in East Africa, i. 111, 372. That of Msene,
397, 398. Of Ujiji, ii. 57.
Grapes, wild, seen for the first time, ii. 41.
Grasses of the swamps and marshes of the Mrima, i. 103, 104. The dub
of the Usagara mountains, 171.
Graveyards, absence of, in East Africa, ii. 25.
Ground-fish of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 68.
Ground-nut oil in East Africa, ii. 285.
Grouse, sand, at Ziwa, i. 251.
Guest welcome, or hishmat l’il gharib, of the Arabs of Kazeh, i. 329.
Gugu-mbua, or wild sugar-cane, i. 71.
Guinea-fowls in the Doab of the Mgeta river, i. 81. Of the Rufuta
plains, 183. Of Ugogi, 242.
Guinea-palm of Ujiji, ii. 58.
Gul Mohammed, a Baloch of the party, sketch of him, i. 139. His
conversation with Muzungu Mbaya, ii. 244.
Gulls, sea, of the sea of Ujiji, ii. 60.
Gungu, district of, in Ujiji, ii. 53. Its former and present chiefs,
53. Plundered by the Watuta tribe, 76.
Hail-storms in Unyamwezi, ii. 10.
Hair, mode of dressing the, amongst the Wazaramo, i. 108. And the
Wak’hutu, 120. Wasagara fashions of dressing the, 234. Wagogo mode,
304. Amongst the Wanyamwezi, ii. 26. Wabuha mode of dressing the, 78.
And in Uganda, 189.
Halimah, the lady, sketch of, i. 129. Taken ill, 200. Returns home,
ii. 277.
Hamdan, Sayyid, of Zanzibar, his death, i. 2.
Hamerton, Lieut.-Col., his friendship with the late Sultan of
Zanzibar, i. 2. Interest taken by him in the expedition, 3. His
objections to an expedition into the interior _viâ_ Kilwa, 5. His
death, 66. His character, 69.
Hamid bin Salim, his journey to the Wahumba tribe, i. 311.
Hammals of the Wanyamwezi, character of the, ii. 162.
Hammam, or primitive form of the lamp-bath, i. 82.
Hanga, journey to, ii. 232. Difficulties with the porters there, 232.
Hartebeest in the Doab of the Mgeta river, i. 81.
Hawks of the Usagara mountains, i. 162.
Hembe, or “the wild buffalo’s horn,” his village, i. 72.
Hides, African mode of dressing, i. 236.
Hilal bin Nasur, his information respecting the southern provinces,
ii. 228.
Hippopotami on the east coast of Africa, i. 9, 12, 24, 56. In
Unyamwezi, ii. 15. In the Ruche river, 52, 158. In the sea of Ujiji,
60.
Hishmat l’il gharib, or guest welcome of the Arabs of Kazeh, i. 323,
329.
Hogs of Ugogo, i. 300.
Home, African attachment for, ii. 333.
Honey in Ujiji, ii. 59. Abundance of, in East Africa, 287. Two kinds
of, 288.
Houses of Kuingani, i. 43. The wayside, or kraals, 53, 181, 230. Of
the Wak’hutu, 97, 121. Of the Wazaramo, 110. Of the Wagogo, 306. Of
the Arabs in Unyanyembe, 328, 329. Of stone, ignored by Inner Africa,
93. Of the country beyond Marenga Mk’hali, called “Tembe,” 207. The
Tembe of the Wahete, 240. The Khambi or, Kraal, 354. The Tembe of the
Usagara, 366. Houses of East Africa generally described, 364, ii. 334.
Pests of the houses, i. 370. Furniture, 371. Of the Wanyamwezi,
ii. 26. Of Karagwah, 182, 183.
Hullak, the buffoon, i. 46.
Hunting season in East Africa, ii. 296.
Hyænas in Ugogo, i. 276. In Ujiji, ii. 60.
Hyderabad, story of the police officer of, i. 217.
Ibanda, second sultan of Ukerewe, ii. 214.
Id, son of Muallim Salim, his civility at Msene, i. 399.
Iguanas of the Usagara mountains, i. 162.
Ihara or Kwihara, physical features of the plain of, i. 326.
Ikuka of Uhehe, march to, ii. 252.
Illness of the whole party at Ujiji, ii. 85, 86.
Immigration in Central Africa, ii. 19.
Imports and exports in East Africa, ii. 387.
Indian Ocean, evening on the, i. 1. View of the Mrima from the, 8.
Industry, commercial, of the Wanyamwezi, ii. 29.
Inenge, basin of, i. 208. Halt at the, 208.
Influenza, the, in Unyamwezi, ii. 13.
Influenza, remedy in East Africa for, i. 96.
Inhospitality of Africans, ii. 131, 327.
Inhumanity of the Africans, ii. 329.
Insects in East Africa, i. 186, 187, 201, 202. In houses in East
Africa, 370. In Ujiji, ii. 61.
Instruments required for the expedition, i. 153. Breakage of, on the
road, 169. Accidents to which they are liable in East African travels,
189, 191.
Intellect of the East African, ii. 337.
Iron in Karagwah, ii. 185. In Urori, 27. And in Ubena, 27. Of East
Africa generally, 311.
Ironga, sultan of U’ungu, defeats the Warori, ii. 75.
Ironware of Uvira, ii. 121.
Irora, village of, i. 389. Halt at, 389. Sultan of, 389. Return to,
ii. 166.
Irrigation, artificial, in K’hutu, i. 86.
Isa bin Hijji, the Arab merchant, exchange of civilities with, i. 208,
211. Places a tembe at Kazeh at the disposal of the party, 323.
Isa bin Hosayn, the favourite of the Sultan of Uganda, ii. 193.
Ismail, the Baloch, illness of, i. 381.
Ititenya, settlement of, i. 326.
Ivory, caravan of, i. 17. Frauds perpetrated on the owners of tusks,
17. Mode of buying and selling in East Africa, 39. Touters of
Zungomero, 97. Mode of carrying large tusks of, 341, 348. Price of,
at Uvira, ii. 120, 121. Ivory of Ubena, 270. Trade in Ivory, 408.
Iwanza, or public-houses, in Unyamwezi, ii. 1, 27. Described, 27, 279,
285.
Iwemba, province of, ii. 153.
Jackal, silver, of Ugogi, i. 242.
Jambeho, arrival of the party at the settlements of, ii. 36.
Cultivation of, 36. Scarcity of food in, 36. Revisited, 163.
Jami of Harar, Shaykh, of the Somal, i. 33.
Jamshid, Sayyid, of Zanzibar, his death, i. 2.
Jasmine, the, in Usagara, i. 228.
Jealousy of the Wazaramo, i. 61.
Jelai, Seedy, the Baloch, sketch of him, i. 137.
Jezirah, island of, ii. 212.
Jiwe la Mkoa, or the round rock, arrival of the party at, i. 286.
Description of it, 287; ii. 242. Halt at, 242.
Jiweni, arrival of the expedition at, i. 289. Water at, 289.
Jongo, or millepedes, in Unyamwezi, ii. 18.
Jua, Dar el, or home of hunger, i. 69.
Juma Mfumbi, Diwan of Saadani, his exaction of tribute from the Wadoe,
i. 123.
Jungle, insect pests of the, i. 186. Fire in the jungle in summer,
ii. 163.
Jungle-thorn, on the road to Ugogo, i. 246. Near Kanyenye, 271.
Kadetamare, arrival of the party at, i. 189. Loss of instruments at,
189, 190.
Kaffirs of the Cape, date of their migration to the banks of the Kei,
ii. 5.
Kafuro, district of, in Karagwah, ii. 177.
Kajjanjeri, village of, arrival of the party at, i. 403. Deadly
climate of, 403.
Kannena, headman of Kawele, visit to, ii. 81. Description of him, 81.
His mode of opening trade, 82. His ill-will, 83, 84. Agrees to take
the party to the northern extremity of the lake, 93. His surly and
drunken conduct, 97. Starts on the voyage, 98. His covetousness, 109.
His extravagance, 120. His drunkenness and fate, 156.
Kanoni, sultan of the Wahha tribe, ii. 79.
Kanoni, minor chief of Wafanya, visit from, ii. 107. His blackmail,
107. Outrage committed by his people, 124.
Kanyenye, country of, described, i. 265. Blackmail at, 265. Sultan
Magomba of, 265.
Kaole, settlement of, described, i. 12, 13. The landing place of the
expedition, 22.
Karagwah, kingdom of, ii. 177. Extent of, 177. Boundaries of, 178.
Climate of, 180. People of, 181. Dress of, 182. Weapons of, 182.
Houses of, 182. Sultan of, 183. Government of, 183.
Karagwah, mountains of, ii. 48, 144, 177.
Kariba, river, ii. 146.
Karindira, river, ii. 146.
Karungu, province of, ii. 149.
Kasangare, a Mvinza sultan, his subjects, i. 328.
Kaskazi, or N. E. monsoon, i. 83.
Kata, or sand-grouse, at Ziwa, i. 251.
Katata, or Katanga, copper in, ii. 148.
Katonga, river, ii. 187.
Kawele, principal village of Ujiji, ii. 53. Attacked by the Watuta
tribe, ii. 76. Return of the expedition to, 126.
Kaya, or fenced hamlets, i. 407.
Kazeh, arrival at, i. 321, 322. Abdullah bin Salih’s caravan plundered
at, 321. Hospitality of the Arabs there, 323. Revisited, ii. 167.
Kazembe, sultan of Usenda, ii. 148. Account of him, 148.
Khalfan bin Muallim Salim, commands an up caravan, i. 179. His caravan
attacked by small-pox, 179, 201. His falsehoods, 179. Spreads
malevolent reports at Ugogo, 262.
Khalfan bin Khamis, his penny wise economy, i. 288. Bids adieu to the
caravan, 291. Overtaken half-way to Unyanyembe, 221. His civility at
Msene, 399.
Khambi, or substantial kraals, of the wayside described, i. 53, 134.
Khamisi, Muinyi, and the lost furniture, ii. 168.
K’hok’ho, in Ugogo, dangers of, i. 272, 274. Its tyrant sultan, 274.
Insect annoyances at, 276.
Khudabakhsh, the Baloch, sketch of him, i. 138. His threats to murder
the author, 174. His illness in the Windy Pass, 214. His conduct at
Wafanya, ii. 110. Reaches Kawele by land, 111.
K’hutu, expedition enters the country of, i. 86. Irrigation in, 86.
Hideous and grotesque vegetation of, 91. Climate of, 92. Salt-pits of,
92. Country of, described, 119. Roads in, 335. Return to, ii. 264.
Desolation of, 264.
K’hutu, river i. 86.
Kibaiba river, ii. 146.
Kibuga, in Uganda, distance from the Kitangure river to, ii. 186. Road
to, 186, 187. Described, 188.
Kibuya, sultan of Mdabura, blackmail of, i. 279. Description of him,
279.
Kichyoma-chyoma, “the little irons,” Captain Speke afflicted with,
ii. 234. The disease described, 320.
Kidogo, Muinyi, sketch of him, i. 140. His hatred of Said bin Salim,
164. His advice to the party at Marenga Mk’hali, 203. His words of
wisdom on the road to Ugogo, 250. His management, 254. His quarrel
with Said bin Salim, 255. Makes oath at Kanyenye, that the white man
would not smite the land, 267. Loses his heart to a slave girl, 314.
His demands at Kazeh, 377. Dismissed at Sorora, 402. Flogs Sangora,
403. Sent home, ii. 277.
Kidunda, or the “little hill,” camping ground of, i. 79. Scenery of,
79.
Kifukuru, delay of the caravan at, i. 264. Question of blackmail at,
264. Sultan of, 264.
Kigari, on the Tanganyika Lake, halt of the party at, ii. 101.
Kigwa, or Mkigwa, halt of the caravan at, i. 319. The ill-omened
forest of, 319. Sultan Manwa, 319.
Kikoboga, basin of, traversed, ii. 262.
Kikoboga river, ii. 263.
Kilwa, dangers of, as an ingress point, i. 4, 5.
Kimanu, the sultan of Ubena, ii. 270.
Kinanda, or harp, of East Africa, ii. 298.
Kinawani, village of, arrival of the caravan at, ii. 35.
Kindunda, “the hillock,” i. 64.
Kinganguku, march to, ii. 251.
Kingani river described, i. 56. Valley of the, 56. Hippopotami and
crocodiles of the, 56. Fish of the, 56. Its malarious plain, 69. Rise
of the, 87.
Kingfishers on the lake of Tanganyika, ii. 61.
Kipango, or tzetze fly, of East Africa, i. 187.
Kiperepeta, march to, ii. 256.
Kiranga-Ranga, the first dangerous station in Uzaramo, i. 59.
Kirangozi, guide or guardian, carried by mothers in Uzaramo, i. 116.
Kirangozi, or guide of the caravan, his wrath, i. 221. Description of
one, 346. Meeting of two, 351. His treatment of his slave girl,
ii. 161. His fear of travelling northward, 172.
Kiringawana mountains, i. 233.
Kiringawana route in the Usagara mountains described, ii. 249.
Kiringawana, sultan, ii. 258.
Kirira, halt of the party at, i. 392. Hospitality of an Arab merchant
at, 392-394. Climate of, 394.
Kiruru, or “palm leaves,” village of, i. 82.
Kirurumo, on the Mgunda Mk’hali, i. 289. Water obtained at, 289.
Kisanga, basin of, described, ii. 257.
Kisabengo, the chief headman of Inland Magogoni, i. 88. Account of his
depredations, 88.
Kisawahili language, remarks on the, i. 15, _note_; ii. 198.
Kisesa, sultan, his blackmail, ii. 114.
Kitambi, sultan of Uyuwwi, recovers part of the stolen papers, i. 320.
Kitangure, or river of Karagwah, i. 409; ii. 144, 177, 186.
Kiti, or stool, of East Africa, i. 373.
Kittara, in Kingoro, road to, ii. 187. Wild coffee of, 187.
Kivira river, ii. 197.
Kiyombo, sultan of Urawwa, ii. 147.
Kizaya, the P’hazi, i. 54. Accompanies the expedition a part of their
way, 55.
Knobkerries of Africa, ii. 306.
Kombe la Simba, the P’hazi, i. 54.
Konduchi, march to, ii. 274. Revisited, 276.
Koodoo, the, at Dut’humi, i. 87.
Koodoo horn, the bugle of East Africa, i. 203.
Kraals of thorn, in the Usagara mountains, i. 230. Of East Africa,
354.
Krapf, Dr., result of his mission, i. 6. His information, 7. His
etymological errors, 36, _note_.
Kuhonga, or blackmail, at Ugogo, i. 252. Account of the blackmail of
East Africa, 253.
Kuingani, “the cocoa-nut plantation near the sea,” i. 42. Described,
43. Houses of, 43. Climate of, 44.
Kumbeni, isles of, i. 1.
Kuryamavenge river, ii. 146.
Kwale, halt at the nullah of, i. 315.
Kwihanga, village of, described, i. 396.
Ladha Damha, pushes the expedition forward, i. 11. His conversation
with Ramji, 23.
Lakes,--Nyanza, or Ukerewe, i. 311, 409, ii. 175, 176, 179, 195.
Tanganyika, ii. 42, _et seq._; 134, _et seq._ Mukiziwa, ii. 147.
Lakit, Arab law of, i. 258.
Lamp-bath of Central Asia, i. 82.
Land-crabs in the Doab of the Mgeta river, i. 81.
Language of the Wagogo, i. 306. Of the Wahumba, 311. Of the
Wanyamwezi, ii. 5. Of the Wakimbu, 20. Of the Wanyamwezi, 30.
Specimens of the various dialects collected, 198. Of the East
Africans, 336.
Leeches in Unyamwezi, ii. 18.
Leopards in Ugogo, i. 302. In Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Leucæthiops amongst the Wazaramo, i. 109.
Libellulæ in Unyamwezi, ii. 18.
Lions in Uzaramo, i. 63. Signs of, on the road, 172. In Ugogo, 300,
301. In Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Lizards in the houses in East Africa, i. 371.
Locusts, or nzige, flights of, in Unyamwezi, ii. 18. Varieties of, 18.
Some considered edible, 18.
Lodgings on the march in East Africa, i. 353. In Ugogo, 354. In
Unyamwezi, 354. In Uvinza, 354. At Ujiji, 351.
Looms in Unyamwezi, i. 318; ii. 1.
Lues in East Africa, ii. 321.
Lunar Mountains, ii. 48, 144.
Lurinda, chief of Gungu, ii. 53. Supplies a boat on the Tanganyika
lake, 87. Enters into brotherhood with Said bin Salim, ii. 125.
Lying, habit of, of the African, ii. 328.
Mabruki, Muinyi, henchman in the expedition, sketch of the character
of, i. 130. His slave boy, ii. 162. His bad behaviour, 173.
Mabruki Pass, descent of the, ii. 263.
Mabunguru fiumara, i. 283. Shell-fish and Silurus of the, 284. Arrival
of the party at the, 285.
Macaulay, Lord, quoted, i. 393.
Machunda, chief sultan of Ukerewe, ii. 214.
Madege Madogo, the “little birds,” district of, i. 79.
Madege Mkuba, “the great birds,” district of, i. 79.
Magic, black, or Ucháwi, how punished by the Wazaramo, i. 113, 265.
Mode of proceeding for ascertaining the existence of, ii. 32. _See_
Mganga.
Magogoni, inland, country of, i. 87.
Magomba, sultan of Kanyenye, i. 265. Blackmail levied by, 265.
Interview with him and his court, 266. Description of him, 266.
Magugi, in Karagwah, ii. 177.
Maizan, M., his death, i. 6. Sketch of his career, 73.
Maji m’ote, or “hot water” ant, of East Africa, i. 187.
Maji ya W’heta, or jetting water, the thermal spring of, i. 159.
Return to, ii. 264.
Majid, Sayyid, sultan of Zanzibar, i. 2. Gives letters of introduction
to the author, 3.
Makata tank, i. 181. Forded by the expedition, 181. Return to, ii.
262.
Makata plain, march over the, ii. 261.
Makimoni, on the Tanganyika lake, ii. 126.
Makutaniro, adventures at, i. 69.
Malagarazi river, i. 334, 337. ii. 36, 39, 47, 49. First sighted by
the party, 407. Described, 408, 409. Courses of the, 409. Crossed,
410. Return of the party to the, 164.
Mallok, the Jemadar, sketch of his character and personal appearance,
i. 133. His desertion, and return, 173. Becomes troublesome, 381, 382.
His refusal to go northwards, ii. 172. Influence of bakhshish, 172.
Sent home, ii. 277.
Mamaletua, on the Tanganyika lake, halt of the party at, ii. 115.
Civility of the people of, 115.
M’ana Miaha, sultan of K’hok’ho, i. 272. Description of him, 274.
His extortionate blackmail, 274.
Mananzi, or pine-apple, of East Africa, i. 66.
Manda, the petty chief at Dut’humi, i. 89. Expedition sent against
him, 89.
Mandama, or Dungomaro, river, arrival of the caravan at the, i. 222.
Description of the bed of the, 223.
Mangrove forest on the east coast of Africa, i. 9. Of the Uzaramo, 62.
Manners and customs of the Wamrima, i. 35, 37. Of the Wasawahili, 37.
Of the Wazaramo, 108 _et seq._ Of the Wak’hutu, 120. Of the Wadoe,
124. Of the Wasagara, 235. Of the Wagogo, 309, 310. Of the Wahumba,
312. Of the Wanyamwesi, ii. 23. Of the Wambozwa, 152.
Mansanza, sultan of Msene, i. 396. His hospital, 396. His firm rule,
396. His wives, 396, 399. His visits to the author, 399.
Manufactures of Msene, i. 398.
Manyora, fiumara of, i. 80.
Manwa, Sultan of Kigwa, his murders and robberies, i. 319. His
adviser, Mansur, 319.
Maraim, Abd, or Washhenzi, the, i. 30.
Mariki, sultan of Uyonwa, ii. 78.
Marema, sultan, at the Ziwa, i. 254.
Marenga Mk’hali, or “brackish water,” river, i. 200, 201, 259. Climate
of, 203. Upper, water of the, 247, 271.
Maroro, basin of, its fertility, ii. 254. The place described, 255.
Maroro river, i. 231.
Marriage amongst the Wazaramo, i. 118. In Unyamwezi, ii. 24. In East
Africa generally, 332.
Marsh fever, i. 82, 84. Delirium of, 84.
Martins in the Rufuta plains, i. 183. In Unyamwezi, ii. 17.
“Marts,” custom of, in South Africa, ii. 54.
Marungu, land of, ii. 149. Provinces of, 149. Roads in, 149.
Description of the country, 150. History of an Arab caravan in, 151.
People of, 152.
Maruta, sultan of Uvira, ii. 116. Visit from his sons, 117.
Description of them, 117. His blackmail, 120.
Masenza, arrival of the party at the village of, i. 406, 407.
Masika, or rainy season, in the second region, i. 231, 232. Of East
Africa, 378.
Mason-wasps of the houses in East Africa, i. 370.
Masud ibn Musallam el Wardi, sent to Msimbira to recover the stolen
papers, i. 325. His hospitality, 392.
Masui, village of, ii. 229, 231.
Masury, M. Sam., his kindness to the author, i. 22.
Mat-weaving in East Africa, ii. 316.
Maunga Tafuna, province of, ii. 153.
Maura, or Maula, a sultan of the Wanyamwezi, i. 316. Visits the
caravan, 316. His hospitality, 316. Description of him, 316.
Mauta, Wady el, or Valley of Death, i. 69.
Mawa, or plantain wine, ii. 180, 197. Mode of making, 287.
Mawiti, colony of Arabs at, i. 326.
Mazinga, or cannons, bee-hives so called in the interior, i. 200.
Described, 200.
Mazita, account of, ii. 212.
Mazungera, P’hazi of Dege la Mhora, i. 75. Murders his guest, M.
Maizan, 75, 76. Haunted by the P’hepo, or spirit of his guest, 76.
Mbarika tree, or Palma Christi, of East Africa, i. 48.
Mbega, or tippet-monkey, in Unyamwezi, ii. 15.
Mb’hali, village of, described, i. 401.
Mbembu, a kind of medlar, in Ugogo, i. 300.
Mbogo, or Bos Caffer, in the plains of East Africa, i. 181. Described,
181. In Ugogo, 300. On the Rusugi river, ii. 40.
Mboni, son of Ramji, carries off a slave girl, i. 290.
Mbono tree of East Africa, i. 48.
Mbugani, “in the wild,” settlement of, described, i. 397.
Mbugu, or tree-bark, used for clothing in Ujiji, ii. 64. Mode of
preparing it, 64.
Mbumi, the deserted village, i. 185.
Mbungo-bungo tree, a kind of nux vomica, i. 48.
Mbuyu, or calabash tree, of East Africa, described, i. 47.
Mchikichi tree of Ujiji, ii. 58.
Mdaburu, trying march in the jungle of, i. 277, 278. Description of,
279.
Mdimu nullah, i. 88.
Meals at Ujiji, ii. 89. In East Africa, 280, 334.
Measures of length in East Africa, ii. 388.
Medicine chest required for the expedition, i. 155.
Melancholy, inexplicable, of travellers in tropical countries,
ii. 130.
Metrongoma, a wild fruit of Yombo, i. 387.
Mfu’uni, hill of, i. 170. Its former importance, 171.
Mfuto mountains, i. 326.
Mfuto, clearing of, i. 389.
Mganga, or medicine-man of East Africa, described, i. 38. His modus
operandi, 44; ii. 358. His office as a priest, 350. As a physician,
352. As a detector of sorcery, 356. As a rain-maker, 357. As a
prophet, 358. His minor duties, 359.
Mganga, or witch of East Africa, i. 380.
Mgazi river, i. 86.
Mgege fish of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 67.
Mgeta river, the, i. 80, 159, 160, 166; ii. 268. Head of the, 80.
Mode of crossing the swollen river, 80. Pestilence of the banks of
the, i. 127. Fords of the, i. 336; ii. 268.
Mgongo T’hembo, the Elephant’s Back, arrival of the caravan at,
i. 290. Description of, 290. Inhabitants of, 290.
Mgude, or Mparamusi, tree, described, i. 47, 60, 83.
Mgute fish of the Tanganyika Lake, ii. 67.
Mgunda Mk’hali, or “the Fiery Field,” i. 281. Description of, 281,
282. Stunted vegetation of, 282. Geology of, 282. Scarcity of water
in, 283. Traversed by the caravan, 283. Features of the, 283, 292.
Miasma of Sorora and Kajjanjeri, i. 403.
Mikiziwa Lake, in Uguhha, ii. 147.
Milk of cows in Ujiji, ii. 60. As food in East Africa, 283.
Preparations of, 283.
Millepedes, or jongo, in Unyamwezi, ii. 18.
Mimosa trees, i. 83. Flowers of the, in Usagara, 228. Trees in
Usagara, 229. In Unyamwezi, 318. Of the Usagara mountains, 165.
Miyandozi, sultan of Kifukaru, i. 264. Levies blackmail on the
caravan, 264.
Mji Mpia, “new town,” settlement of, described, i. 397. Bazar of, 397.
Mkora tree, uses of the wood of the, i. 374.
Mkorongo tree, uses of the, in East Africa, i. 374.
Mkuba, or wild edible plum of Yombo, i. 387.
Mkuyu, or sycamore tree, its magnificence in East Africa, i. 195. Its
two varieties, 195, 196.
Mkwaju la Mouani, the “Tamarind in the rains,” the village of,
described, i. 52.
Mninga tree, wood of the, i. 373. Use of the wood, 373.
Mnya Mtaza, headman of Ukaranga, ii. 45.
Mohammed bin Khamis, sailing-master of the Artemise, i. 8.
Mohammed, the Baloch, the Rish Safid, or greybeard, sketch of him,
i. 134. At Kazeh, 381.
Molongwe river, ii. 146.
Money in East Africa, ii. 388.
Mombas Mission, the, i. 6, 7.
Mongo Nullah, the, i. 289. Water obtained at the, 289.
Mongoose, the, at Dut’humi, i. 87.
Monkeys of Muhinyera, i. 64. Of Usagara mountains, 162. In Unyamwezi,
ii. 15.
Monkey-bread, ii. 221.
Monsoon, the N. E., or Kaskazi, of East Africa, i. 83, 102. In
Unyamwezi, ii. 9. Origin of the S. W. monsoon, 50. Failure of the
opportunity for comparing the hygrometry of the African and Indian
monsoons, 93.
Moon, Land of the. _See_ Unyamwezi.
Moon, her splendour at the equator, i. 162. Halo or corona round the,
in Unyamwezi, ii. 11, 12.
Morality, deficiency of, of the East Africans, ii. 335.
Morus alba, the, in Uzaramo, i. 60.
Mosquitoes of East Africa described, i. 182. On the Ruche river,
ii. 52, 158.
Mouma islands, ii. 153.
Moumo tree (Borassus flabelliformis), of East Africa, i. 47, 180.
Toddy drawn from, 181.
Mountains:--
Dut’humi, i. 65, 83, 86, 119.
Jiwe la Mkoa, i. 286, 287, 295.
Karagwah, ii. 48, 144, 177.
Kilima Ngao, ii. 179.
Kiringawana, i. 233.
Lunar, ii. 144, 178.
Mfuto, i. 326.
Mukondokwa, i. 180, 185, 194, 203, 233.
Ngu, or Nguru, i. 87, 125, 225.
Njesa, i. 226.
Rubeho, i. 203, 211, 214, 218, 245.
Rufuta, i. 167, 170, 180.
Uhha, ii. 160.
Urundi, i, 409; ii. 48.
Usagara, i. 101, 119, 159, 160, 215, 219, 225, 297.
Wahumba, i. 295.
Wigo, i. 159.
Mountains, none in Unyamwezi, ii. 6.
Mpagamo of Kigandu, defeated by Msimbira, i. 327.
Mparamusi, or Mgude, tree, i. 47, 60, 83.
Mpete, on the Malagarazi river, i. 410.
Mpingu tree, i. 373. Uses of the wood of the, 373.
Mporota, a den of thieves, halt at, ii. 252.
Mrima, or “hill-land,” of the East African coast, described, i. 8, 30.
Inhabitants of, 30. Their mode of life, 35. Mode of doing business in,
39. Vegetation of the, 47. Geography of the, 100. Climate of the, 102,
104. Diseases of the, 105. Roads of the, 105, 106. Ethnology of the,
106.
Mororwa, sultan of Wilyankuru, i. 391.
Msandarusi, or copal-tree, of Uzaramo, i. 63.
Msene, settlement of, arrival of the party at, i. 395. Description of,
395, 396. Sultan Masawza of, 396. Prices at, 397. Productions of, 397,
398. Currency of, 398. Industry of, 398. Habits of the people of, 398.
Climate of, 399.
Msimbira, sultan of the Wasukuma, i. 319. Papers of the party stolen
and carried to him, 320. Refuses to restore them, 320. Send a party to
cut off the road, 321. Defeats Sultan Mpagamo, 327.
Msopora, Sultan, restores the stolen goods, ii. 166.
Msufi, a silk-cotton tree, in Uzaramo, i. 60.
Msukulio tree of Uzaramo, i. 61, 83.
Mtanda, date of the establishment of the kingdom of, ii. 5.
Mtego, or elephant traps, i. 287. Disappearance of the Jemadar in one,
288.
Mt’hipit’hipi, or Abras precatorius, seeds of, used as an ornament,
ii. 181.
Mtogwe tree, a variety of Nux vomica, i. 48. In Unyamwezi, 318, 401.
Mtumbara, Sultan, and his quarrel, ii. 157.
Mtunguja tree of the Mrima, i. 48.
Mtungulu apples in Ugogo, i. 300.
Mtuwwa, in Ubwari island, halt of the party at, ii. 114. Blackmail at,
112.
Mud-fish, African mode of catching, i. 315.
Mud-fish in the Gombe nullah, i. 334.
Mud, Yegea, i. 83.
Muhama, halt at the nullah of, i. 176, 178.
Muhinna bin Sulayman of Kazeh, his arrival at Kawele, ii. 133. His
extortion, 133.
Muhinna bin Sulayman, the Arab merchant of Kazeh, i. 323.
Muhiyy-el-Din, Shafehi Hazi of Zanzibar, i. 7.
Muhiyy-el-Din, Kazi, of the Wasawahili, i. 33.
Muhonge, settlement of, described, i. 63.
Muhonyera, district of, described, i. 63. Wild animals, 63.
Mui’ Gumbi, Sultan of the Warori, ii. 271. Defeated by Sultan Ironga,
75. Description of him, 271.
Muikamba, on the Tanganyika Lake, night spent at, ii. 115.
Muingwira river, ii. 211.
Muinyi Wazira, engaged to travel with the expedition, i. 52. Sketch of
his character, 129. Requests to be allowed to depart, 314. His
debauch and dismissal, 399. Reappears at Kazeh, ii. 168. Ejected, 168.
Muinyi, halt of the party at, i. 193. Determined attitude of the
people of, 194.
Muinyi Chandi, passed through, i. 390.
Mukondokwa mountains, i. 180, 185, 196, 197, 203, 233. Bleak raw air
of the, 197.
Mukondokwa river, i. 88, 181, 188, 192, 311. Ford of, 188. Valley of
the, 192.
Mukozimo district, arrival of the party at the, i. 407. Inhospitality
of the chiefs of, 407.
Mukunguru, or seasoning fever, of Unyamwezi, ii. 14.
Mulberry, the whitish-green, of Uzaramo, i. 60.
Murchison, Sir R., his triumphant geological hypothesis, i. 409. His
notice respecting the interior of Africa, 409, _note_.
Murunguru river, ii. 154.
Murivumba, tents of the party pitched at, ii. 114. Cannibal
inhabitants of, 114.
Murundusi, march to, ii. 250.
Musa, the assistant Rish Safid of the party, sketch of him, i. 138.
Musa Mzuri, handsome Moses, of Kazeh, i. 323. His return to Kazeh,
ii. 223. His history, 223. His hospitality, 226. Visits the expedition
at Masui, 231. His kindness, 231.
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