Bangwé Island III. 15, 22;
channel of III. 15, 78.
Bankaro IV. 33.
Banza Mbuko IV. 215.
Baobab-trees I. 113, 125, 169',
178.
Baondo, a tribe III. 354.
Baraka, boatman, “thè humourist”
I. 247, 299—301, 305,
312— 313. III. 340. IV. 36,
117, I53- — B., Farjalla
HI. 268.
Barangi tribe IV. 5— n .
Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar
—see “Seyyid Barghash” .
Baris, murderers of Colonel
Linant de Bellefonds I. 275.
Barker, Frederick, engaged I.
6, 8; at Zanzibar I. 78;
with the Expedition on
march I. 132, 139, 147, 154,
190— 191, 198; atKagehyi
II. 4; sickness and death
I. 316. II. 1—3.
Barker’s Island I. 296.
Barua tribe III. 166. IV. 13.
Barumbé tribe IV. 33.
Ba-Samba III. 166.
Basessé, a tribe IV. 90—91,
94i 97) 1 6 3 - i 6 4> i 79-
Bassia Parkii IV. 73, 104.
Basundi tribe IV. 178, 185.
Baswa tribe III. 289, 290,
292, 294—297.
Bateké IV. 5, 49, 5 7—5 9 !
Western Bateké IV. 76, 89,
91, 96.
Batwa, or Watwa, the dwarf
people II. 297. III. 129—
135, 220.
Bays, Gulfs, Creeks and Coves
—- see “Bazzi” , “Beatrice” ,
“Buka” , “Burton” , “Cameron”
, ' “Gamfwa’s” , “Ga-
vubu’s Cove” , “Grant1” ,
“Igangwe Cove”, “Ikungu” ,
“Kadzi” , “Kasuma”, “Ki-
rando” , “Limba”, “Lugumb-
wa” , “Lukuga Creek” , “Mi-
kindini”, “Monyono” , “Mori”
, “Murchison” , “Nakidi-
mo” , “Numbi Cove”,' “Simon’s
Bay” , “Speke” .
Bazombo tribe IV. 178— 179.
Bazzi Bay I. 239.
Bdellium IV. 87.
Beads, variety in favour with
Wa-Nguru I. 115; with Wa-
rimi I. 145 (“ Kanyera”);
with Muiwanda I. 217 (“Mu-
tunda”); with Ujiji IV. 5
(“Sofi” , “Sami-sami” , “Mu-
tunda”); abstracted by Uledi,
the cox-wain IV. 122 — 123.
Beatrice Gulf I. 35. II. 251,
255) 258, 298, 311. III. 24,
Beech (African silver) IV. 105.
Bees-wax (dark) IV. 132.
Beetles III. 177.
Bellefonds, Colonel Linant de
I. 264—271, 273, 274, 275,
312. II. 109, 264.
Bells I. 180.
Bemba Lake, scene of Livingstone’S
death I. 1, 31, 32,
33. III. 142, 144. IV. 243.
Bemberri tribe III. 354.
Benangongo III. 147.
Bennett, Mr. J. Gordon -±-see
Gordon Bennett.
Benue, basin of III. 355.
Betel, wild IV. 105; betel-nut
I. 108.
Bhang-smoking I. 108. II. 343.
III. 240, 362. .
Bible, translating the I. 263,
272.II. 106— 107,108— i i i .
“Big head” II. 269, 324, 343
—see “ Blackmail” , “Ma-
gassa,” “Sambuzi” .
Billali, the gun-boy I. n 6 f
III. 2^>
Bilumbu (“the Livingstone”)
IV. 164.
Bird-lime and bird-snares IV.
76.
Birds III. 69—70. IV. 13—
see “Ornithology.”
Bisa (Livingstone’s death) III.
125-
Black buffalo IV. 13-\
Blackmail II. 173, 307, 308 —
3° 9> 3 >5) 327 — 333-
Black river III. 291. IV. 51.
Black ivory nut-tree III. 362.
IV. 105.
Blood - brotherhood , with
Mganga I. 156; proposed
to Shekka of Bumbireh I.
305; with king of Komeh
II. 37; with Mirambo II.
326; 'with chief of Kam-
punzu III. 186; with natives
of Mpika III. 227; of Vinya-
Njara III. 242; of Ru-
bunga III. 366. IV. 3—4;
made at Ikengo IV. 30; at
Chumbiri IV. 43! with
Itsi of Ntamo IV. 64. III.
. 197-
Boa constrictors III. 136.
Boars’ tusks -IV. 3.
Boat, Lady Alice - see Lady
Alice.
Boat’s crew I. 198. II. 285.
III. 25, 196 — see “Uledi,”
&c.
Bolobo district IV. 33> 4 1—
42, 49) 97-
“Boma,” a palisade III. 133,
I9"9-
Boma Kiengo, or Msera II.
'318.
Bombax I. 288. III. 177, 200,
Bongo Island III. 30.
Borassus palm I. 168. III. 32,
46, 361. .
Boswellia IV. 105— 106.
Botany — Abrus precatorius
III. 295; acacia I. 130, 136,
225, 262. IV. 109.
THROUGH th e d a r k c o n t in en t .
169, 210. II. 215, 286. III.
28, 31, 177- IV- IOS! Acacia
Arabica IV. 105 ; aloes
X. 289. II. 286. IV. 105;
Amoma III. 168, 362. IV.
87; Anacardium occidentale
(cashew - tree) IV. 105 ;
Arundo phragmites III. 362.
IV. 12; Asclepiada III. 305 ;
ash (African) IV. 105; Bal-
samodendrons IV. 105 ; Bassia
Parkii IV. 73, 104;
bdellium IV. 87; beech
(African silver) IV. 105;
betel-nuts I. 108. IV. 105;
“blaCk ivory nut” III. 362.
IV. 105; bombax I. 288.
III. 177, 200, 225, 262. IV.
109; Boswellia IV. 105—11
106; Burseracea IV. 105;
Calamus secundiflorus III.
344; camwood III. 215,
262, 356; “ candle-berry” -
tree IV. 105; caoutchouc
III. 262. IV. 133; capsicum
III. 262. IV. 87; E. Caput-
Medusa IV. 105; Garpodi-
nae III. 168; castor-oil III.
295; catechu IV. 105; cola-
nut-tree IV. 105; cottonwood
II. 213, 303. III. 361.
IV. 104; creepers and convolvuli
III. 100, 167; Cur-
tisia taginea IV. 34; custard-
apple III. 88; Cyperacea
III. 263. IV. 13; damson
(wild African), or “Singwe”
III. 88; date - palms III.
168, 262, 310; doum-palms
v o l . iv. 2B