FOOTNOTES

[1]Director of Tring Museum.

[2]Of the British Museum of Natural History.

[3]But this he did not do, for I never saw him again.

[4]Nigeria handbook

[5]Sometimes Madala!

[6]Made of pasteboard for small specimens and wood for large.

[7]Barth’s Travels in Central Africa. Vol. i, p. 370.

[8]Dr. Barth’s Travels in Central Africa. Vol. i, p. 399.

[9]“Abisgee,” Hausa name; an evergreen, willow-like bush, which has a pungent skunk odour. It bears large clusters of currant-like fruit in June and July. This bush was found only in Aïr, and it may be Boscia salicifolia, Oliver (Capparidaceæ).

[10]The mountains of Baguezan, Timia, Agalak, Goundaï, Agarageur, Faodet, and Tamgak may be said to form almost one continuous range, whereas Aguellal is a detached mountain range.

[11]Described by Lord Rothschild