I N D E X
.A
A birikimo, or dwarfs of the interior
6l5. .
Abyssinia, cattle plague in, 347, 348
Acacia-tree, distribution of, 345
Accounts, complicated, 36, 71
Aden, trade with E. Africa, 60, 348,
5°3 > possible extension, 568
•African natives, method of treating
S°2, 5°3
After-rains of Zanzibar and Uganda,
510
Agave fibre, 234, 577, 578, 719
Agricultural customs, Giryama, 105
h i ; Watilcu, 476
development of Zanzibar, and its
needs (see Capital, Roads, and
Scotch planters), 547—552, 561,
562 ; future, of Pemba, 611
implements, 43, 57, 334, 556
methods, native, 18, 22, 23, 4 3 , '
60, 77, in Zanzibar, 518, 519,
520, 523, 526, 529, 552, Swahili,
523; Arab, 523
products, 58—64; of the Wa-
Giryama, i j i , 112
Seasons; 57, 58
Ahmed Bedwin, a hunter, 278, 296,
300
Akidi, native officer, 374
Al-Hatliera, Arab name for Pemba
Island, 588 ■
Ali-bin-Issa; his sugar-mill, 519
Ali-bin-Jumah, the head-man, 35, 41
42, 43. 52, 57, 65, 67, 69, 71, 72,
86, bad reports of, 156, 157, imprisoned,
176
Ali-bin-Salim, Liwali of Mombrui, 14,
17, his friendliness, 33, 36, 43, 54,
71, 72, 85, 86, 156, his project for a
school) 300, interest in proposed
Indian shops, 264, 304
Alimentary plants in Zanzibar, 548,
569
Allspice, see Pimento
Aloes (Furcrtea and Sansevieria), distribution
of, 4 ; used in rope-making,
9 3 ; 103, H9. y p l unused by, Wato-
ro, 123, 127, 132, 186, 187, 188; as
fibre-producing plants, 230—236,
317, native natnes for, 321, a
species described, 325, 326, 327
33°, 398, 399, 423, English firm
about to work the fibre, 519, 545,
in Zanzibar, 548, in Pemba, 599,
report on values of, 624
Amadi-bin-Sultan Fuma Bakari Na-
batian, descendant of former Sultan
of Patta, 387, 388
Amadi Koropana, a bad character
493
Amasha valley and spring, 288
Amboyna, clove culture in, 557 562
732—736
American aloes, in Zanzibar, 548
cotton for experimental culture
41
drill used for tents, 457
rubber . (see Ceara and Para
rubber, and Appendix D), soil
suited for, 484 ; trees in South
India, 701
system of cotton cultivation, 360,
' 36i, 362, 363, 418
Amudu, head-man of Burkau, 465
Anglo-German treaty of 1888, advantages
of, 508
Angola, 230
Animi (Zanzibar copal), 153
'Ankoli, cattle plague in, 348
Anoko tribe, marriage customs of,
616
Anstruther, Keith, Superintendent ot
Melindi, 76, 87, his road, 90, 116,
117. toll desired, 118, 125, 136,
169, 179
Antelopes (A. bubalis), 78, 81, 84,
191, 298, 321, proof against tsetsefly.
356