Through Timbuctu and across the great Sahara /

by A. H. W. Haywood

INDEX

• Abdul Karim, [228]
• Abeibera, wells, [282], [284]
• Acheb, a desert herb, [292], [330]
• Addax in the Sahara, [284]
• Adrar country, [266], [270], [271], [273], [277], [278], [280], [284], [297], [298], [310], [316]
• Africa, [17]
• Agamhor, wells of, [257]
• Ahnet wells, [307], [310], [311], [312], [314]
• Akka, [173], [174]
• Algeria, [134], [287], [338], [339]
• Algerian rams, [180]
• Algiers, journey to, [17], [323], [339]
• Alimamy, West African chief, [57]
• Amool Gragim, [307]
• Ansongo, [134], [223]
• Arabs, Berabeesh, [231]
• Chaamba, [324]
• Kountah, [226], [231], [250], [253], [265]
• Saharan, [304], [316], [318], [320], [321], [323], [327], [329]
• Western Soudan, [192], [219], [231], [245], [272], [282], [289]
• Architecture, Western Soudan, [154]
• Aresou, a Saharan plant, [300]
• Armas, race of, [244]
• Arrej, or camel saddle, [296]
• Artesian wells, [319], [335], [340]
• Atlas Mountains, [193]
• Azalai, salt caravan, [230]
• Bagwé River, [36]
• Baiima, [22]
• Balandougou, [92], [103]
• Ballaini, a musical instrument, [54]
• Bamako, [70], [73], [85], [90], [103], [104], [107], [111], [113], [118], [119], [120], [133], [195], [233], [240], [241]
• Bamba, [239], [241]
• Bambara language, [18], [69]
• people, [122], [123], [136], [141], [192], [227], [236]
• Maaundée, [207], [208], [217]
• Bandiagara, [128], [157]
• Bani River, [150], [156], [157], [159], [176]
• Baobab tree, [68]
• Bara Issa, River, [173], [182], [190], [191], [195], [204], [219], [220], [222]
• Barges, Niger, [103], [145], [154], [176], [233], [235]
• Barley, [318], [338]
• Barter, articles of, [234]
• Barth, explorer, [228]
• Beehives in Guinea, [66]
• Beni-Abbes, [318], [330], [340]
• “Bend” of Niger, [128], [130], [131], [164], [177], [187], [193], [206], [229], [235], [239], [243]
• Beyla slaves, [271]
• Bird life, [38], [39], [40], [41]
• Biskra, [318], [323], [335], [336], [337], [338]
• Bo, Sierra Leone, [20]
• Bobo Djilassu, [67], [141], [144], [148]
• Boia tramway, [22]
• “Borgou” herb, [171], [177], [186], [221], [238], [239], [243]
• Bosos, fishermen, [151], [192], [221], [222]
• “Boucle,” the, [128]
• Boundary of Algeria-Soudan, [287]
• Bouramaka Yaroro, [203]
• Bourassa wells, [284], [285], [287]
• Bourem, [242], [243], [253]
• Braimah, my hunter, [78], [81], [82], [86], [87]
• Bread, cost of, [190]
• Breeding of Soudan horses, [140], [222]
• Bullock transport, [217]
• Bunce River, [23]
• “Bundu” society, [23], [31], [44]
• Buré, [101]
• Burial rites of Korankos, [43], [44]
• Bushcow in Konnoh country, [34]
• Bush fires in West Africa, [37], [38], [52]
• Bushfowl in French West Africa, [39], [110], [179], [218]
• Bustard, [40], [164], [178], [218]
• Butter-making at Bamako, [130]
• Camels on the Niger, [132], [144], [217], [231]
• Camels in the Sahara, [245], [250], [252], [257], [258], [259], [260], [261], [262], [268], [276], [279], [286], [287], [292], [295], [298], [300], [320], [328], [332]
• Camping on the Niger, [148]
• Cancer, tropic of, [280]
• Canoe-building, [193], [195]
• Canoes on the Niger, [185], [193], [222], [226]
• Caravans in the desert, [242], [269], [286], [305], [323], [324], [339]
• Carriers, French Guinea, [49], [52], [81], [92], [94]
• Kissy, [26]
• Mendi, [26]
• Upper Senegal and Niger, [113]
• Castes, in French Guinea, [57], [58]
• Cattle, [171], [197], [238]
• Cave-dwellers, [215]
• Chaamba Arabs, [324], [330]
• Chad, Lake, [110]
• Charlotte Ville, [160], [161]
• Chiefs in French Guinea, [93]
• Chop-box, definition of, [21], [141]
• Chotts, [340]
• Clay in the Niger Valley, [195], [243]
• Coach to Biskra, [336]
• College, Arabic, at Djenné, [161]
• Colomb-Béchar, [318], [323]
• Cook, my native, on the journey, [18], [70], [236]
• Corn-growing, [318]
• Cotton-growing in Sierra Leone, [27]
• West Africa, [28], [150]
• Couscous, [234], [275], [286], [306]
• Cowbird, peculiarity of, [41]
• Cram-cram grass, [238], [265], [268], [291]
• Creoles, description of, [20]
• Crested crane, [241]
• Crocodiles, [146], [147]
• Crown-bird, [241]
• Dahomey, [130], [245]
• Dakar, [153], [228]
• Dances, native, [65], [66]
• Daru, head-quarters of Frontier Force, [25]
• Dates, in the Sahara, [275], [286], [318], [319], [320], [328], [330], [334]
• Date palms, [239], [317], [318], [319], [336]
• Defile of Tosaye, [241], [242]
• De Franco, Captain, [140]
• Déglet-nour, dates, [319], [334]
• Délou, waterbucket of the desert, [250]
• Diafarabé, [154], [176]
• Dialakoro, hunting village, [78]
• Digue, Commandant, [133]
• Dioula, trader of Western Soudan, [63]
• Djenné, Holy City of Western Soudan, [153], [154], [157], [159], [161], [167], [176], [192], [229]
• Domaggaran, [311]
• Donkeys in the Western Soudan, [223], [231], [284]
• Douentza, in the Niger “Bend,” [202], [207], [208], [210]
• Doulajan, [80], [82]
• Doves in the Sahara, [256]
• Driver ants, [168]
• Drums, use of, as signals, [76]
• Duck on the Niger, [70], [148], [172], [174], [175], [188], [218], [240]
• Duiker “crowned,” [60]
• Dum palms, in the Niger Valley, [190], [193], [197]
• Egrets on the Niger, [165]
• Eguerrer, Oueds, [265]
• El Bashir, camel driver, [285], [286], [287], [297]
• El Gouirat, wells of, [316]
• El Guettera, spring, [328], [329], [330]
• El Jibal, [312]
• El Djouf, the “Belly of the Desert,” [340]
• Elephant bathing at night, [211], [212]
• Elephant in the Niger Valley, [18], [59], [80], [82], [84], [85], [95], [96], [211]
• Elephant skulls at Gao, [243]
• Erg, the Great, [331]
• Erg-Iguidi, [272]
• Escort to Kidal, my, [245], [246], [251], [267]
• Es-Souk, [229], [277]
• Ethel, Saharan vegetation, [290], [291], [298]
• Explorers in North and West Africa, [227], [228]
• Falama, French Guinea, [76], [78], [85], [89], [111]
• Fama, the, of San Sanding, [151]
• Farakoro village, [46], [47]
• Faranah, French Guinea, [51], [53], [56], [84]
• Feliko, River, [36]
• Ferrière, Captain, [225]
• Fetish charms of hunters, [83], [86], [87]
• Fie River, [90], [95], [99], [101], [102]
• Firearms, antiquated, [197]
• Fishing on the Niger, [105]
• Fish-tanks on the Niger, [186], [238]
• “Flamboyant” tree, [144]
• Fogaras, [318]
• Foggaret-El-Zoua, [328]
• Foucauld, Vicomte de, [325]
• Freetown, [17]
• Frontier Force Battalion, [25]
• Frontier rock, Sierra Leone, [36]
• Fruit in Guinea, [66]
• Fruit in Upper Senegal and Niger, [123]
• Fuel for Niger launches, [144], [148]
• Fulani, [57], [64], [74], [186], [190], [192], [199], [200], [202], [207], [209], [217], [222], [238]
• Fulani cattle, [171], [197], [238], [240]
• Futa Jallon country, [63], [64], [72], [200]
• Gadel, Commandant, [236]
• Gangaber, on the edge of the Sahara, [247]
• Gao, [225], [226], [233], [234], [237], [243], [251], [252], [254], [257], [274], [279], [284], [295], [317], [338], [340]
• Garangis, caste of, [57]
• Garden in French West Africa, [65], [123], [149]
• Gauba, the ostrich farm, [179], [182], [184]
• Gazelle of the Sahara, [179], [196]
• “Red-Fronted,” [178], [240], [255]
• Gazelle, “Loder’s,” [265], [284], [297], [298], [330]
• Geese on the Niger, [70], [172], [174], [175], [188], [218]
• Giraffe in the Niger basin, [18], [241], [246], [247]
• Giraffe skins for manufacture, [246]
• Goats on the Niger, [156], [238]
• in the Sahara, [256], [273], [289]
• Gold in French Guinea, [91], [101]
• “Gold mohur” tree, [144]
• Goose, the “bio-lou” species, [175]
• Great Erg, [230]
• Grhess, a variety of date, [319]
• Ground nuts, [62], [63], [130]
• Guerba, a leather vessel, [249], [250], [308], [309], [315]
• Guides in the desert, [248], [250], [261], [263], [264], [269]
• Guinea-fowl, [39], [110], [179], [270]
• Guinée, a trade cloth, [234], [256], [270]
• Gundam, near Timbuctu, [228]
• Haarta, Saharan plant, [300]
• Haartebeest, [83], [178], [204], [206]
• Habbés, cave-dwellers, [215], [216]
• Halley’s Comet, in the desert, [287]
• Harmatan, a north-east wind, [24], [42], [43]
• Hassy, Arabic term for well, [331]
• Hausas in the Western Soudan, [192], [203], [236], [311]
• Head-dress of West Africans, [123]
• Highwaymen in the desert, [312]
• Hippopotamus, [79]
• Hoare, a Mendi charm, [29]
• Hoggar Tuaregs, [287], [300], [310], [311], [312], [313], [325]
• Holy City of the Western Soudan, [153]
• Hombori Mountains, [215]
• Hornbill, habitat of, [38]
• Horos, castle of, [57]
• Horses, native, [71], [125], [131], [139], [140], [201], [209], [222], [231]
• Hotels in Western Soudan, [132], [134]
• Hourst Expedition, [138]
• Hrabis, caste of, [57]
• Human Leopard Society, [30]
• Hump of the camel, peculiarity, [280], [295]
• Hunters, types of, [78], [195], [207], [208], [210]
• Hunting, native methods of, [60]
• in French West Africa, [78]
• Huts, native, [190], [202]
• Hyenas, [83]
• Iforas in the Sahara, [270], [271], [272], [273], [274], [276], [277], [278], [283], [287], [310], [324], [326]
• Ihagareen, Tuareg chiefs, [271]
• Illimane, Mount, [311]
• Imbelram, wells of, [315]
• Imrads among Tuaregs, [271]
• Inifel, the wells of, [331], [332]
• In Ouzel, well at, [285], [286], [287], [288], [289], [290], [294], [297]
• Insalah, [249], [251], [269], [274], [275], [279], [315], [330], [331], [340]
• Insects in the “bush,” [116]
• Inundations of the Niger, [158], [190], [201], [220]
• Inzize, [305]
• Issa-Ber, River, [173], [176], [182], [184], [186], [190], [222]
• Ivory Coast, [130]
• Jilingé village, [98], [99], [100], [101], [102]
• Joliba River, [36], [156]
• meaning of the word, [36]
• Jomongonas, [98], [99], [101]
• “Juju” in West Africa, [29], [83], [87], [88]
• Kaballa, in Sierra Leone, [47]
• Kabara, port of Timbuctu, [173], [177], [220], [221], [223], [237]
• Kadi, a native judge, [153]
• Kamaraia, [54]
• Kangaba, [90], [110], [111]
• Kanioumé, [207]
• Kankan, French Guinea, [70], [73], [74], [75], [103], [115], [131]
• Kano, [192]
• Kari-Déna, Tuareg chief, [272]
• Kati Plateau, [118], [120], [124], [125]
• Kayes, Senegal Colony, [129], [130], [150], [151]
• Kerchouel, [254]
• Kidal, [245], [246], [250], [251], [252], [254], [256], [266], [267], [268], [270], [274], [275], [276], [277], [281], [298], [326]
• Kiénéfala, rapids on the Niger, [136], [137], [241]
• Kissidougou, [52], [55]
• Kissy carriers, [26]
• mode of carrying, [27]
• country, [32]
• wars, [32]
• Koh, in West Africa, [44], [45], [80], [106], [110], [184], [221], [240]
• Kofung secret society, [44]
• Kola nuts, [86], [87], [203]
• Konakry, [63], [228]
• Kondundu, Sierra Leone, [35]
• Konnoh country and people, [32], [33]
• bushcow in, [34]
• Koran, use of in charms, [29]
• Korankos, rites of, [43], [44], [45]
• Korioumé, [223]
• Koulikoro, on the Niger, [122], [127], [129], [133], [148], [150], [151], [195], [222]
• Koulouba, [126], [127]
• Kouroussa, [56], [60], [63], [64], [67], [68], [70], [73], [103]
• Kruto, Sierra Leone, [43]
• Ksour, Arabic village, [317], [320]
• Kundema, Sierra Leone, [35]
• Kurorua, lake of, [215], [216]
• Kwarra, name for the Niger, [156]
• Ladies, European, in West Africa, [55], [73], [120], [134], [222]
• Laing, Major, [227]
• Lake District of Middle Niger, [206], [207]
• Langel, Lieutenant, [134]
• Laperine, Colonel, [316], [317]
• Launch, journey on, [141], [144]
• Lenz, explorer, [228]
• Leopard in Niger Valley, [83], [181]
• raid by, [181]
• Level, Mr., [150]
• Limba natives, [44]
• Lion in Niger Valley, [18], [83], [179], [187], [197], [198], [199]
• cubs as pets, [165], [166]
• Litham of Tuaregs, [270], [271], [312]
• Macina Province, [131], [157], [159], [161], [243]
• Madambougou, graves at, [138]
• Mafindo, village of, [27]
• Mafou River, game on, [56], [59], [60]
• Mahomed, my guide, [269], [277], [282], [284], [286], [288], [289], [297], [298], [299], [304], [307], [308], [312], [313], [316], [326]
• Maize in West Africa, [62], [111]
• Maje, explorer, [139]
• Malbranque, Mr., [176]
• Malinké language and people, [18], [57], [64], [71]
• Mamadu, my servant, [69], [70], [81], [89], [92], [93], [94], [96], [100], [102], [110], [112], [118], [185], [188], [189], [236]
• Mandingoes, distribution of, [33], [67]
• Mannagézé, [116]
• Marabout, a Niger bird, [241]
• Markets of French West Africa, [74], [112], [122], [130], [131], [192]
• Marriage customs, Sierra Leone, [31]
• Mauretania, [107], [144], [274]
• Méhari, riding camel, [270], [324]
• Méhariste, [322], [329], [331], [333]
• Meli River, passage of, [32]
• Mendi carriers, [26]
• mode of carrying, [27]
• paganism of, [29]
• secret societies, [29]
• Mendis, charms of, [29]
• Meshoui, an Arab dish, [334]
• Mesoued, for desert travel, [248], [313]
• Millet-growing, [111], [158], [192], [202]
• Milo River, [73], [76]
• Mimosa trees, [163], [178], [204], [206], [246], [254], [266], [289], [290]
• Moa River, Sierra Leone, [25]
• Mohammedanism, progress of, [33], [109], [200]
• Mopti, on the Niger, [123], [156], [157], [158] to [170], [171], [173], [175], [176]
• Mopti, King of, [159], [160]
• Monoroues, stern-wheelers, [142]
• Moorish occupation, [224], [229], [230], [239]
• Moors in Western Soudan, [74], [107], [108], [109], [131], [239], [244]
• Morocco, [225], [227], [228], [325], [331]
• Mosques, [230], [244]
• at Djenné, [153]
• Mosquitoes, [96]
• Mossis, [192]
• Mouyidir in the Sahara, [314], [315]
• Musa, my Hausa cook, [236], [285], [287], [288], [289], [297], [304], [313], [316], [327], [328]
• Musa-Benaïsch, [330]
• Music of natives, [54]
• Nafadié, [103]
• Niafounké, [110], [141], [173], [177], [178], [179], [182], [185], [191], [222]
• Niandan, River, [70], [71]
• Niangaye, Lake, [204], [205], [206], [207], [208], [210], [215], [216], [218], [219]
• Niansumana, [76]
• Niéger, Captain, [322], [323]
• Niger, Middle, [17], [67], [134], [157], [159], [171], [172], [179], [200], [219], [222], [229], [240], [244], [251], [276], [318], [328], [339]
• Niger, navigation of, [70], [73], [122], [134], [135], [136]
• Niger, sources of, [36], [46]
• Upper, [17], [51], [56], [63], [70], [77], [89], [90], [92], [99], [100], [101], [103], [104], [105], [107], [109], [110], [111], [115], [118], [132], [135], [172], [244]
• Niger Valley, [18], [327]
• Nightjar, standard-winged, [41]
• Night marching in the Sahara, [264], [300]
• Nioro, Western Soudan, [140]
• Oases of the Sahara, [268], [315], [316], [317], [328], [333], [334], [335], [336], [337], [340]
• Obb, Commandant, [223]
• Odienné, Ivory Coast, [82], [85]
• Ophthalmia in the desert, [308]
• Oribis, [60], [110]
• Oriole, the golden, [39]
• Ornaments, native, [77], [123]
• Oryx, white (leucoryx), [265], [284]
• Ostriches, [132], [182], [183], [218]
• Ostrich farm, Middle Niger, [182], [183]
• Othman, a guide, [297], [298], [312], [313], [316]
• Ouargla oasis, [323], [332], [333], [334], [335]
• Oued Mya, [332], [333], [340]
• Oueds in the Sahara, [242], [265], [268], [274], [290], [328], [330]
• Ouillimiden Tuaregs, [253], [272]
• Oysters in Lake Dhebo, [173]
• Palm-wine drinking, [50]
• Pasturage in the Sahara, [253], [257], [260], [291], [320], [328], [330], [332]
• Pelicans on Lake Niangaye, [218]
• Pendembu railway terminus, [19], [22]
• a night at, [26]
• Pigeon, varieties of, [40], [148]
• Plantain-eater, violet, [38]
• Poro secret society, [29], [30], [31], [44]
• Potters at work in the “Bend” of the Niger, [185]
• Presents to natives, [97], [98]
• Rahla, a riding saddle, [296]
• Railway, Algerian, [311], [336], [337], [338], [339]
• French Guinea, [63], [64], [130]
• Oran, [323]
• Senegal and Niger, [120], [129], [130], [133], [161]
• Sierra Leone, [21], [22], [23], [24], [25]
• Trans-Saharan, [339]
• Rapids on the Niger, [136], [137], [241]
• Reed-buck, Bohor, [221]
• Réné Caillé, [141], [228]
• Reservoir of Lake Dhebo, [172], [173]
• Rice-growing, [111], [157], [192], [202], [243]
• mill at Mopti, [161], [162]
• Rio del Oro, [325]
• Roads in French Guinea, [53], [54], [75], [107], [111]
• in Sierra Leone, [35], [36]
• in Western Soudan, [122], [161]
• Rubber vine, [62], [74]
• trade, [74], [75], [115]
• Saddle of native horses, [188], [189]
• Saddles, camel, [248], [275], [295], [296]
• Sahara, edge of the, [178], [193], [242], [252], [256], [272], [290], [325]
• Central, [266], [280], [310], [316], [317], [321], [325], [339]
• journey across, [17], [248], [249], [307]
• languages of the, [19]
• vegetation of the, [290], [291], [292], [300], [331]
• Salt caravans, [202], [230]
• mines of the Sahara, [74], [307]
• Salutations, native, [145]
• Samory, King, [67], [68], [69], [91]
• Sand-banks, [70], [145], [237]
• -dunes, [239], [319], [331], [334]
• -flies, [96], [149]
• -grouse, [178], [218]
• -storms in the desert, [288], [289], [302], [303], [306], [321]
• Sankaran, plains of, [46], [48], [51]
• Sankarani River, [78], [85], [90], [91], [95], [99], [101]
• Sansanding, on the Niger, [151], [152], [153]
• Saraféré, [173], [187], [191], [192], [193], [195], [197], [201], [203], [207]
• Sarafinian, Customs post, [48]
• Scorpion, incident at Bo with, [24]
• Sébi, the haunt of lion, [187], [201]
• Ségou, on the Niger, [149], [150], [151], [152]
• Senafou, a native of, [90]
• Senegal River, [74], [107], [110], [129], [132], [150], [233], [234]
• navigation of, [129]
• haartebeest, [204], [205], [206], [208]
• Seriamou, [220]
• Sétif, Algeria, [339]
• Shea-butter tree, [116], [117]
• Sheep of the Niger, [156], [180], [238]
• of the Sahara, [256], [273], [289], [290]
• Shi, tree of, [116]
• Sibo, Niger Valley, [184]
• Sierra Leone, Colony of, [17], [245]
• railway of, [19]
• Siguiri district, [75], [97], [101], [104], [111]
• Sikasso, Upper Senegal and Niger Colony, [144], [159]
• Sirocco, [230]
• Slavery in French Guinea, [58]
• among the Arabs, [327], [328]
• Smuggling on Sierra Leone border, [48]
• Sofas of King Samory, [67], [68], [92]
• Sohré, caste of, [57]
• Sokolo, Western Soudan, [140]
• Sokrar, camel driver, [333]
• Sonrhais of the Niger, [154], [186], [192], [221], [222], [227], [229], [236], [237], [238], [244], [272], [277]
• Sotuba, rapids of, [137]
• Spears as a native arm, [209], [271]
• St. Louis, Senegal Colony, [129], [161]
• Stone Age in the Sahara, [277]
• Suk, a charm of the Mendis, [29]
• Sun spectacles, use of, [267], [270], [271]
• Susu native as my cook, [18]
• people, [64]
• Tademayt, plateau of, [330]
• Tamanrasset, [325]
• Tanezrouft of the Sahara, [245], [279], [287], [294], [297], [298], [299], [300], [301], [306], [310], [311], [315], [326], [327]
• Tango-Maré, [219]
• Taoundert, [285], [287]
• Taudény, salt mines, [230], [240]
• Tea, Arabic, [283]
• Teal, [218], [240]
• grey, [175], [190], [204]
• Telegraph, electric, [239], [246]
• Telegraphy, native, [76]
• Telemsi, “Oued” or “Wad,” [242], [265]
• Tell, the country of, [326]
• Tellak, a camel dagger, [271]
• Tellis, a camel bag, [319]
• Temacheq, Tuareg language, [272], [313], [326]
• Tembiko River, [36]
• Tembikunda Mountains, [34], [42], [156], [172], [240], [241]
• Tennis at Koulikoro, [135]
• Tide on Lake Niangaye, [205]
• Tidikelt, [315], [317]
• Timbuctu, [17], [69], [110], [121], [125], [135], [141], [151], [164], [167], [176], [177], [179], [191], [195], [202], [217], [220], [222], [223], [243], [272]
• Timissao, [297], [298], [299], [300]
• Tindéran, wells of, [263], [264], [265]
• Tinsida, in the “Bend” of the Niger, [216]
• Tirailleurs, Senegalese, [251]
• Tirik, Jibal el, [297]
• Tit, Touat oasis, [322], [323]
• Tobacco-growing in Western Soudan, [149]
• Tobacco, its value to travellers, [28], [283]
• Tombola, [104], [106], [109]
• Tondibi, [243]
• Tosaye, defile of, [241], [242], [243]
• Touat oasis, [282], [322], [330], [340]
• Touggourt, [323], [335], [336]
• Trade in French West Africa [73], [74], [75], [108], [130], [161]
• Trapping game in Guinea, [62]
• Tribal marks, [90]
• Tripoli, [228], [318], [331]
• Trypansomiasis, [33], [140]
• Tsetse fly, where met, [32], [140]
• Tuaregs of the Sahara, [19], [192], [202], [219], [224], [229], [238], [240], [253], [263], [270], [271], [272], [273], [274], [275], [283], [287], [289], [310], [316], [325], [326]
• Tunisia, [230], [340]
• Tusks of elephants, [214]
• Twins, custom of killing, [45]
• Upper Senegal and Niger Colony, [110], [120]
• Lieut. Governor of, [126], [127]
• Vedette, a Niger launch, [142]
• Villages, Fulani, [190], [191]
• Wagadugu, town of, [192]
• Wart-hog in French Soudan, [162], [163], [164], [167], [179], [184]
• Wasulu country for sport, [56], [60], [75], [80], [82], [83], [84], [89], [90], [95], [96]
• Waterbuck in the Niger Basin, [59], [81], [184]
• Waterfowl on the Niger, [70], [148], [172], [174], [175], [184]
• Water, means of transporting, [249], [250]
• Water-skins in the desert, [249], [267], [273], [275], [294], [295], [308], [309], [316]
• Wells in the Sahara, [225], [249], [250], [253], [254], [257], [263], [264], [267], [273], [274], [282], [284], [285], [297], [298], [299], [307], [315], [316], [331], [332], [333], [335], [340]
• Wheat, African, [228], [234], [338]
• White ants in Africa, [167], [168]
• Widow weaver, a bird of West Africa, [41]
• Winds of the Niger, [176]
• Winds in the desert, [192]
• Winds on Lake Niangaye, [205]
• Wool-making on the Niger, [181]
• Yakubu, a character at Timbuctu, [226], [227]
• Yellimamis, caste of, [57]
• Yonni tramway, [22]
• Zaberma, [236]
• Zariba for lion, [179]
• Zinder, on the Niger, [253]
• Zmeila, wells of, [333]

Map showing the Route of Captain Haywood’s Journey

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