start a prairie fire, 383; to take Lieutenant
von Hohnel back to Daitcho,
383; rhinoceros charge them during
the march to Daitcho, 385; porters
demoralized by rhinoceros charges,
388; camp scared at night by rhinoceros,
389; country seemed to abound
with rhinoceroses and lions, 389; lions
near the camp, 389; camped near the
Mackenzie River, 393; arrive at
Daitcho, 395; plans for future journeys,
400; farewell to Lieutenant von
Hohnel, 404; camp visited by hyenas,
409; rifle practice at Daitcho, 410;
men brought to the camp by Hamidi
unfit for work, 418; Hamidi’s men
bring false news from the coast, 419;
purchase of donkeys by George, 424;
making saddles for donkeys, 426; rainy
season at Daitcho, 427; anxious time
at Daitcho, 428; five men of the party
sent to Ukambani desert, 431; new
men complain of Somali and Soudanese,
431; the new men return to the
coast, 433; men sent to assist George
to cross the Tana, 436; natives ask
for medicine to stop plague of locusts,
439-
C h a p t e r X. — Expedition, porters
revolt and desert, 44&> Somali and Soudanese
protect Chanler, 449; Mwalim
Hamis leader of mutineers, 450; gate of
the camp, 451; Gwaharam and Beloochi
in camp, 453» letter to Hamidi, 453»
list of men left with Chanler, 454;
Hamidi denies all knowledge of mutiny,
455; Zanzibari traders refuse to take
charge of goods, 461; completely
broken up, 461; Gilo asks forgiveness,
463; Christmas dinner, 463; distributing
the trading-goods, 467; departure
for the coast, 470; Daitcho will
welcome Europeans, 471; set out for
the coast, 472; cataract on the Tana,
475; bridges across the Tana, 476.
C h a p t e r XI. — Expedition, at
Mitio’s village, 482; Abdee Achmet
with the donkeys, 482; Hamidi arrives,
483; Wakambaand their women,
485; at Kitinga, 486; an African
Switzerland, 487; at Dick’s trading-
post, 487; the dwarf Mgundu, 490;
meet Mr. Neumann, 491; German mission
station, 492; meet W. Watson
and Dr. Charters’ missionaries, 493;
slaves left at the Kibwezi mission, 495;
the Teita people, 497; at Mombasa,
498; at Zanzibar, 499; case of deserters
before the American Consul,
505; Mr. Seth A. Pratt represents Mr.
Chanler, 508; George at Zanzibar,
510; for home, 511.
Field\ London, letter concerning firearms,
79.
Fight with the Wamsara, 168.
Fish in the Guaso Nyiro River unfit for
food, 123; from the River Guaso
Nyiro filled with small worms, 123.
Flags carried at head of Zanzibari caravans,
215.
Fleas, camp at Daitcho infested with,
337-
Flowers on the banks of Guaso Nyiro
River, 124.
Forest on the slope of Mount Kenya,
100.
_Fumo Omari, raids Arab plantations and
native villages, 12; Sultan of Witu,
11.
Galla, 61; legend of the sacred book, 37;
village and tribe, 37.
Galla and Pokomo tribes, 62; mountains
located on map by Dr. Peters
invisible, 62; chief visits camp at
Tulu, 67; tribe threaten violence, 67.
Game, elephants, 82; zebra, oryx beisa,
walleri, and rhinoceros, 82; plentiful
on the Mackenzie River, 92; marabout
storks, 95; East African antelope
excellent food, 96 \ rhinoceros shot by
Lieutenant von Hohnel, 110.
George Galvin, servant to Chanler, 2,
10, 51, 57, 58, 66; left at Hameye,
73; as a sportsman, 77; carries a.
Mannlicher, 78; in charge of camp at
Hameye, 202, 203; reports runaways,
208; working at the loads, 208; skill
in arranging loads, 210; goes to the
Embe country, 228; purchasing donkeys
of the Embe, 229; builds zeriba
in Embe country, 240; keeps his
camp well supplied with meat, 335;
sleeps outside the palisade, 337;
hyena captures his dog, 337; his
shooting expeditions, 396; his comical
adventure with a baby rhinoceros, 397;
shoots a male lion, 398; starts for
Kibwezi with Lieutenant von Hohnel,
400; letter from, telling of purchase
of donkeys, 424; on an island in midstream,
436; unable to cross the Tana,
436; starts to join Chanler via Hameye,
443; arrives at Daitcho, 444; the
story of his sufferings, and attempts to
cross the Tana, 444; arrives at Zanzibar,
506; attacked by porters in Zanzibar,
506.
Gerguess, Mount, 280.
Germans at Witu, 11.
Gilo, the Galla interpreter, asks forgiveness,
463.
Giraffes, 129.
Grantii, 129.
Guaso Nyiro River, its source on the
western slopes of Mount Kenya, 107,
115; not emptied into the Tana, 115;
bridge over, 118; fall of sixty feet
named Chanler Falls, 118; its swift
current, 118; lava dust on one side,
mica on the other, 118; course ever
changing, 122; fish unfit for food,
123; mosquitoes troublesome, 123;
and Lorian Swamp, 140.
Guides, desertion of, 50.
Gwaharam and Abdurachman, Beloochi
in charge, of caravan, 237, 452.
Hameye Station, description of, 69.
Hameye, limit of navigation of the Tana,
69; shortest route from the Wamsara
to, 162; improvement of zeriba, 203.
Hamidi, headman of porters, 9; head-
2 M
man of porters, addresses the men
about desertion, 208; after deserters,
209; many weeks overdue from the
coast, 399; returns from the coast
with porters unfit for work, 418; communicates
with George across the
Tana, 438; builds a canoe, 443; probable
leader of deserters, 451; denies
all knowledge about desertions, 455;
returns to the camp at Daitcho, 455;
at one time employed in the construction
of Kibwezi mission, 495.
Hammock made with the midribs of a
palm, 401.
Hassan Burgan, 55.
Hassan Masai, interpreter, 297; sent to
Sayer, 463; the interpreter, his adventure
with an elephant, 365; and
men return from Sayer, 479.
Head covering for the tropics, 155.
Headman of porters, 9.
Herella, a Soudanese, 25.
Hippopotamus, 85; eaten by all members
of caravan except the Somali, 89;
furious antics to reach deep water, 132.
Hogs, wart, 287.
Hohnel, Lieutenant von, 1, 3; engages
Soudanese and Somali for expedition,
7; arrives at Lamoo, 10; goes to
Kismayu for camels, 11; arrives with
camels, oxen, etc., at Kismayu, 27;
his medicine chest, 29; in charge of
the rear guard, 36; sore feet, 46; at
Tuni, 51; leaves Tuni with river column,
57; gets an observation, 64;
visit to Galla chief, 68; power of
Mannlicher rifle, 79; starts on an expedition
with Chanler, 81; endeavours
to induce natives to bring a sheep and
make friends, 103; shooting antelope
with Mannlicher rifle, 107; shoots
male rhinoceros, n o ; climbs hill to
take bearings, i l l ; Christmas Day
working on his map, 117; injured his
knee, 119; Somali tells him of the
Rendile, 121; on the Marisi Alugwa
Zombo, 127 ; stricken with fever, 137;
shoots rhinoceros at distance of eighty