The heart of Africa, Vol. 2 (of 2) - Georg August Schweinfurth

LIST OF MAMMALIA OBSERVED DURING MY
TRAVELS FROM THE GAZELLE.
(WITH THEIR NATIVE NAMES).[99]

1. Troglodytes niger. Geoff. (Variety: Schweinfurthii. Gigl.)
Bongo: Dadda.
Niam-niam: Irangba or Manjarooma.
Monbuttoo: Nohzo.
Sehre: Sango.
2. Colobus guereza. Rüpp.
Bongo: Ndollo.
Niam-niam: Mbeggeh.
3. Cercopithecus griseoviridis. Desm.
Dyoor: Ngero or Angehro.
Bongo: Manga.
Niam-niam: Ngalangala.
Kredy: Ohlo.
4. Cercopithecus pyrrhonotus. Ehrb.
Dinka: Agohk.
Dyoor: Abworro.
Bongo: Gumbi.
Niam-niam: Gungbeh.
Golo: Toggwa.
Kredy: Nyagga.
5. Cercopithecus pygerythrus. F. Cuv.
Niam-niam: Ndumm.
6. Cynocephalus Babuin. Desm.
Dyoor: Bimm.
Bongo: Kungah.
Niam-niam: Bokkoo.
7. Cynocephalus sp.
Sehre: Mbeeri.
Golo: Filli.
Kredy: Booroo.
8. Otolicnus Teng. Geoffr. (Galago senegalensis. F. Cuvier.)
Dinka: Londorr or Nehngby.
Dyoor: Anyoi or Anynai.
Bongo: Ndohr.
Niam-niam: Bakumbosso.
9. Otolicnus Pelei. Temm. (Galago Demidoffii Fisch.)
Niam-niam: Mbottoo.
10. Megaderma frons. Geoffr.
11. Vesperugo sp.
Bongo: Beeroo.
Niam-niam: Tooreb.
12. Scotophilus leucogaster. Geoffr.
13. Nycteris hispida. Geoffr.
14. Phyllorrhina caffra. Lund.
15. Erinaceus sp.
Dyoor: Ohkoddo.
Bongo: Ndudoopirakpeh.
Niam-niam: Dunduleh.
Golo: Iddoo.
Kredy: Ohko.
Sehre: Mbarra.
16. Sorex sp.
Dyoor: Ushull.
Bongo: Tondo, or Shondo.
Niam-niam: Ndelly.
Golo: Diffee.
Kredy: Djanje-kreie.
17. Ratelus capensis. G. Cuv.
Dyoor: Ogang.
Bongo: Nyirr.
Niam-niam: Torubale.
18. Lutra inunguis. F. Cuv.?
Niam-niam: Limmu.
19. Canis familiaris. L.
Dinka: Dyong.
Dyoor: Grook.
Bongo: Bihee.
Niam-niam: Ango.
Mittoo: Weehy.
Golo: Ovio.
Kredy: Kohno.
Sehre: Borro.
Monbuttoo: Nessy.
20. Canis variegatus. Cretschm. (C. aureus auctorum.)
Dinka: Awaun.
Dyoor: Toh.
Bongo: Galah.
Niam-niam: Hoah.
Kredy: Glommu.
Golo: Ndaggeh.
Sehre: Ndeh.
21. Canis pictus. Desm.
Dinka: Kwaty.
Bongo: Well.
Niam-niam: Tiah.
Sehre: Sahr.
22. Octocyon Lalandii. H. Sm.?
Dinka: Paudey.
23. Hyæna crocata. Zimm.
Dinka: Angwee.
Dyoor: Utwomm.
Bongo: Heeloo.
Niam-niam: Wegge.
Mittoo: Moddaoo.
Golo: Mboo.
Sehre: Mboh.
24. Viverra civetta. Schreb.
Dyoor: Yuoll.
Bongo: Kurrukkoo.
Niam-niam: Teeya.
25. Viverra genetta. L.
Dinka: Augonn.
Dyoor: Anyara.
Bongo: Dongoh.
Niam-niam: Mbellee.
Golo: Nifah.
Kredy: Ndilly.
Sehre: Mehre.
26. Herpestes fasciatus. Desm.
Dinka: Agorr.
Dyoor: Gorr.
Bongo: Ngorr, or Dai.
Niam-niam: Nduttwah.
27. Felis leo. L.
Dinka: Kohr.
Dyoor: Moo.
Bongo: Pull.
Niam-niam: Mbongonoo.
Golo: Singilee.
Kredy: Ganye-kaza.
Sehre: Sirringinny.
28. Felis leopardus. Schreb.
Dyoor: Kwaty.
Bongo: Koggo.
Niam-niam: Mamah.
Kredy: Sellembey.
29. Felis caracal. L.
Dyoor: Nwoi.
Bongo: Mudyokpollah.
Niam-niam: Mobboroo.
30. Felis serval. Schreb.
Dinka: Dohk.
Bongo: Gregge.
Niam-niam: Ngaffoo.
31. Felis maniculata. Temm: Rüpp.
Dinka: Angow.
Dyoor: Bang, or Gwang.
Bongo: Mbira-oo.
Niam-niam: Dandalah.
Golo: Dahve.
Kredy: Lehje.
Sehre: Sahte.
Mittoo: Ngorroh.
32. Sciurus leucumbrinus. Rüpp.
Dyoor: Aiyeda.
Bongo: Remme.
Niam-niam: Bederry.
33. Sciurus superciliaris. A. Wagn.
Dinka: Allohl.
Dyoor: Anynai.
Bongo: Urenge.
Niam-niam: Bamumba, or Bakumbah.
Golo: Angah.
Sehre: Serenna.
34. Mus decumanus. Pall.
Bongo: Luny.
Niam-niam: Gwah.
35. Mus alexandrinus. Geoffr.
Dinka: Lohk.
Bongo: Higgeh-roo, or Rohpattah.
Niam-niam: Babilly.
Kredy: Ohtoh.
Sehre: Dyoo.
36. Golunda pulchella. Gray.
Dinka: Manyang.
Dyoor: Weeo.
Bongo: Yangah.
Niam-niam: Sikka.
Golo: Ngadze.
Mittoo: Gaggah.
37. Meriones Burtonii. A. Wagn.
Dinka: Maval kondo.
Dyoor: Omadda.
Bongo: Mokokoh, or Higgehnyakkah.
Niam-niam: Zakadda.
Golo: Fyako.
Kredy: Iltee.
Sehre: Dyoo.
38. Mus gentilis. Brants.
Bongo: Mangbelle.
Niam-niam: Ndekkitelly.
39. Aulacodus Swinderianus. Temm.
Bongo: Bohko.
Dinka: Lony.
Dyoor: Nyanyahr.
Niam-niam: Remvo or Alimvoh.
Golo: Elle.
Sehre: Abattara.
Kredy: Mbadja.
Mittoo: Wohko.
40. Lepus æthiopipus. Ehrbg.
Dinka: Anyorr.
Dyoor: Ap-woio.
Bongo: Battah.
Niam-niam: Ndekutteh.
Kredy: Ohzo.
41. Hystrix cristata. L.
Dyoor: Shyow.
Bongo: Kehoa.
Niam-niam: Nzingeneh.
42. Orycteropus æthiopicus. Sundev.
Dyoor: Mohk.
Niam-niam: Kahre.
43. Manis Temminckii. Sund.
Dyoor: Kong.
Bongo: Konn.
Niam-niam: Bashishee.
44. Elephas africanus. Blum.
Dinka: Akonn.
Dyoor: Lyady.
Bongo: Kiddy.
Niam-niam: Mbarah.
Mittoo: Kiddy.
Golo: Offio.
Kredy: Morrongoh.
Sehre: Shah.
45. Rhinoceros bicornis. L.
Dyoor: Umwoh.
Bongo: Basha.
Niam-niam: Kangah.
Kredy: Gruruppo.
46. Hippopotamus amphibius. L.
Dinka: Nyang.
Dyoor: Fahr.
Bongo: Habba.
Niam-niam: Duppoh.
Golo: Fyongoo.
Kredy: Mrungoo.
Sehre: Diffoh.
47. Hyrax sp.
Bongo: Mberedoo.
Niam-niam: Attaboo.
Lehsy: Keltoh.
Golo: Ngaffe.
Kredy: Ozo.
Sehre: Nogoun.
48. Phacochœrus Aeliani. Rüpp.
Dinka: Dyehr.
Dyoor: Kull.
Bongo: Bohdoo.
Niam-niam: Tibba.
Mittoo: Wadoh.
Kredy: Bonghoh, or Boddoh.
Golo: Vungbah.
Sehre: Badzo.
49. Potamochœrus penicillatus. Gray.
Niam-niam: Mokkuroo, or Djomborr.
Monbuttoo: Napazo.
50. Camelopardalis giraffa. L.
Dinka: Mehr.
Dyoor: Wehr.
Bongo: Killiroo.
Niam-niam: Basumbarrighy.
Golo: Ndakkala.
Kredy: Govisisee.
Sehre: Bagga.
51. Sus sennaariensis. Fitz.
Dinka: Angow.
Dyoor: Amayok.
Bongo: Mondoh.
Niam-niam: Gurrwa.
Mittoo Madi: Legych.
52. Antilope Oreas. Pall.
Dinka: Golgwall.
Dyoor: Odyerr.
Bongo: Mburreh.
Niam-niam: Mburreh.
Mittoo: Kehr, or Mburreh.
Bellanda: Odehr.
Kredy: Kobbo.
Sehre: Kovo.
Golo: Kobbo.
53. Antilope leucophæa. Pall. (Æjoceros. Ham. Sm.)
Dinka: Amomm.
Dyoor: Ommar.
Bongo: Manya.
Niam-niam: Bisso.
Golo: Vunnungoo.
Bellanda: Omahr.
Sehre: Dehngah.
54. Antilope nigra. Harris. (Ægoceros. Ham. Sm.)
55. Antilope caama. Gray. (Acronotus. H. Sm.)
Dinka: Alalwehl.
Dyoor: Purroh.
Bongo: Karia.
Niam-niam: Songoroh, or Soggumoo.
Mittoo: Borro.
Golo: Kotzo.
Kredy: Kreia.
Sehre: Dangah.
Babuckur: Borro.
Monbuttoo: Nakkibbee.
56. Antilope leucotis. Licht. Peters. (Kobus. A. Sm.)
Dinka: Teel.
Dyoor: Teel.
Bongo: Kalah.
Niam-niam: Tagba.
Mittoo: Kalla.
Sehre: Boddy.
Kredy: Ngaio.
Golo: Ngallah.
Monbuttoo: Nehpedde.
57. Antilope defassa. Rüpp. (Kobus. A. Sm.)
Dinka: Pohr or Fohr.
Dyoor: Ummoowoh.
Bongo: Booboo.
Niam-Niam: Mbagga.
Mittoo: Lehby.
Kiedy: Adyec.
Golo: Boggo, or Weendy.
58. Antilope megaloceros. Heugl. (Kobus. A. Sm.)
Dinka: Abohk.
59. Antilope arundinacea. Gray. (Eleotragus.)
Dinka: Kao.
Dyoor: Rohr.
Bongo: Yolo.
Niam-niam: Yoro.
Golo: Ngallah.
Sehre: Dyiang.
60. Antilope scripta. Pall. (Tragelaphus. Blainv.)
Dinka: Pehr, or Fehr.
Dyoor: Rohro.
Bongo: Tobbo.
Niam-Niam: Boddy.
Golo: Kuffoo.
Mittoo: Ehboo.
Kredy: Leuje.
Sehre: Ya-oo, or Yavoh.
Bellanda: Rodda.
61. Antilope Addax. Licht.
Dinka: Anyidohl.
Bongo: Owel.
62. Antilope senegalensis. H. Lin. (Dumalis. Gray.)
Dinka: Tyang.
Dyoor: Tahng.
Bongo: Tanghe.
63. Antilope madoqua. Rüpp. (Cephalolophus. H. Sm. Hens.)
Dinka: Lohdy.
Dyoor: Nettyade.
Bongo: Heggoleh.
Mittoo: Kulleh.
Niam-niam: Bongbalyah.
Golo: Leffa.
Kredy: Kehdo.
Sehre: Ngogoh.
Shillook: Akony.
64. Antilope grimmia. Licht. (Cephalolophus. H. Sm.)
Dinka: Amook.
Dyoor: Nyepael.
Bongo: Deelg.
Niam-niam: Bafoo.
Mittoo: Lehloo.
Mittoo-Madi: Heeboo.
Sehre: Dee.
65. Antilope pygmæa. Licht. (Cephalolophus. H. Sm.)
Bongo: Mburrumoo.
Niam-niam: Mourrah.
Sehre: Nzerre.
Monbuttoo: Nelunbokoh.
66. Antilope sp. minor rufescens. (Cephalolophus. H. Sm.)
Bongo: Dongboh.
Niam-niam: Kohtumoh.
67. Capra hircus. L.
Dinka: Tonn (male); Tohk (female).
Dyoor: Byell.
Bongo: Binya.
Niam-niam: Wu-sindeh.
Mittoo: Oanya.
Golo: Orego.
Kredy: Ehne.
Sehre: Mvirry.
Monbuttoo: Memmeh.
68. Ovis aries. L.
Dinka: Amahl.
Dyoor: Rohmo.
Bongo: Romboh.
Kredy: Ndillimee.
Mittoo: Kameleh.
Sehre: Dzagga.
69. Bos taurus. L. (B. Zebu, var. Africana).
Dinka: Wehng (common); Tonu (male); Ngoot (female).
Bongo: Shah.
Niam-niam: Hilty.
Mittoo: Ehshah.
Golo: Moddoh.
Kredy: Modoh.
Dyoor: Dyang.
70. Bubalis Caffer. Gray.
Dinka: Anyarr.
Dyoor: Dyooy.
Bongo: Kobby.
Niam-niam: Mbah.
Golo: Meende.
Kredy: Sobbo, or Mbah.
Sehre: Mbah.
71. Manatus senegalensis. Desm. M. Vogelii?
Nubians: Kharoof-el-Bahr.

DOUBTFUL SPECIES, KNOWN ONLY FROM INFORMATION DERIVED FROM NATIVES.

72. Sorex sp.?
Bongo: Higgeh Karia.
73. Mus sp.?
Bongo: Mobiddy.
74. Mus sp.?
Bongo: Highee Deeloo.
75. Chrysochloris sp.? (Talpa?)
Bongo: Brumur.
Niam-niam: Tundooah.

FOOTNOTES:

[99] The native names will also show the geographical distribution of the various animals. I am indebted to Professor R. Hartmann for the names of all but the doubtful species.

INDEX.

A-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. (Vide Gazelle.)
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 mot of, 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-sac on 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].
(Vide Akka.)
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 musicale of 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 mot of, 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].