Antelopes (Dyke’s), 303
Anthrax (see also Cattle disease), 348,
349
Anti-slavery decree of 1890, its effect
on agriculture, 22, 207, 342, 539,
543. 549
Ants, a terror to cobras, 267
red, called ‘ siafu’ 176, 177, 480,
484
white, 81, and mangrove wood,
221J 353i»a-ttack roots of clove
trees, 558
Apes, legend of their origin, 107
Aphis, 638
Appendices : A. Further information
respecting the Wa-Giryama,
6l5
B. Reports and Valuations on
East African Products, 624
C. Meteorology of British East
Africa, 656
D. Notes on American rubber-
producing trees, 678
E. Extracts relating to Fibre
plants, 707
F. Sir John’s Kirk’s Garden at
Zanzibar, 726
G. The Clove Tree, 731
Arab, baths, 85
cultivation, 404, 567
cultivators, their difficulties, 22,
207, 238, 278, interest in the
first plough, 309, 506, 594
dread of cattle plague, 23
' hospitality, 88
hostile influence on the Watoro,
272
ladies in trouble, 175
manners and customs, 278, death
custom, 525
of Muscat, runs amok, 175
settlers on east coast of Africa
(see Patta), 443
shikaries (see Ahmed Bedwin)
slave caravan, effort to intercept,
157—174
and Swahili New Year, 14
weapons, 382
Arabia, 263, colonists from, 382
Arabs, or Swahilis, 11 ; dreaded, 84,
and their runaway slaves, 121,
I23> I5®, 169, 195 > their houses,
225 ; 267, relations with their slaves,
278, 281 ; on the march, 296, 299 ;
good points in character of, 300
Arabs of Zanzibar and Pemba, a
mixed race, 509, 510; cultivators,
519, 525> 526, 534. 539i their coconut
growing, 523; death custom,
525 ; dwelling, 530; clove-growing,
553. 554 5 financial position of, in
Pemba, 611
Arbagundi lake and village, 165, 166;
village on fire, 171, 172, 318
Arbitration of author among Wanika-
labourers, 237, 238
Area affected by cattle disease, 347, 341
Area of the author’s exploration, 1
Areca palms (Areca catechu), distribution
of, 332, in Zanzibar, 516, 521, 530,
533. 534. 542. 8 Pemba, 593. See
also Betel
Arnotto plant (Bixa orellana, L.), common
in Zanzibar, 548, but not
worth cultivating, 574
Aroboko, indiarubber at, 88, 150,
151, 153; slave settlement, 154, 156,
227
Arrack, 3
Arrows (see also Weapons) of the
Pokomo, 334, broad-headed, of the
Waboni, 481, poisoned, of the Wa-
boni, etc., 336, 337, why marked,
338, poisoned, of the Wa-Giryama,
not used in inter-tribal fights, 285,
used by the Wa-Galla, 336, against
the Somalis, 465
Arrow-root (Tacca pinnatifida, called
‘ uwanga ’), 368, 369, 488, 518, 523,
571
Arura, 371, wild cotton of, 372
Ashakababo lake, 323, 324, described
326, 327, road to, 328, 329
Asiatics (see Arabs, Indians, etc.), in
British East Africa, 616, 617
Askaris (soldiers) (see Selim, andpas-
• . sim)
Assam, shade-tree of (Albizzia stipulate),
580
Attack on Jelori and Melindi threatened,
177; but proves a false alarm,
183...
Australian importation of silk-cotton,
569
salt-bush, 248
“ she-oak ” (see Casuarina)
silky oak (Grevillea robusta), a
shade-tree, 563, 580
Author’s illness, its cause, bad water,
306, 346, 383, 389, wettings, 460;
497. 499, 50I> faithful nursing by
Dumgu, 502; 503
Author’s mission, its area, 1, scope,
12, and aim, 451
Avatula of Jongeni, a rebellious chief,
465, 492
Avocado pear (Persea gratissima,
Gaertn.) in Zanzibar, 548
Ayesha bin Sofriani, wife of Nasur bin
Suliman, and her allowance, 175
Ayubu and his caravan, 199, 200 202
Azizi, officer of the Beluchi askaris,
185, 191, 199
B
B a a z i , or pea (Cajanus indicus) (see
irfso Peas), as a styptic, 518 ; 523,
Baba, a head-man, 87, useless, 93, 116,
Baboon, killed by leopard, 196
Baboons mistaken for lions, 305
Bagamoyo, cultivation of vanilla by
French missionaries at, 595
Bahamas, Sisal hemp in, 576, 577
Bajimali, 383, products of, 385
Bajoni or Watiku (see also Guniahs),
inhabitants of Faza and Pafta, 73,
,381 ; origin, weapons, and characteristics,
382,-383, 389, 393, 470;
. askaris, 382, 384, 386; chief, and
distribution, 391, 394, 395, 399,422,
42S, 427 5 kill an English officer,
440, 461
Bale river, 103
Bambaria ground-nut (Voandzeia sub-
terranea) in Zanzibar, 542, 44.8
Bamboos, 68
Bananas (masa spp.), distribution and
cultivation of, 18, 40, 51, 57, 59, 65,
67,68, 69, 88, 120, 122,123,137,143,
in Giryama, 102, 103; 204, uses, 220,
238,248, 286,328,329, 330,341, 369,
376, 401, 403, 404; in Zanzibar,
5i6, 5i 7, 519. 525, 528, 533, 534,
535, 530, 54°, 542, 544, 545, 548, an
important product, 570, 571 ; fibre
used in clove culture, 556 ; tree used
forshade, 580; inPemba, 590,593,598
Bandani village, 407
Banians (see Indians)
Bantu language in relation to Giryama
and Swahili, 113
religion, 114
tribe, and cattle disease, 348
the, of Zanzibar, 510
Baobab (Adansonia digitata), distribution
of, and uses, 2, 34, 74, 143, 144,
244, 34G 345, 354, 368, 37°, 37i, 377,
380, 394, 403, 405, 433, 456, in
legend, 106
Baratarue lake, 221
Barbary beans (see also Beans), 255
Barghash, Seyd, see Seyd Barghash
Barley, red, experiments with, 255
Barley, report on, 653
Barometric determinations of height
above sea-level, 221
Bazi, see Baazi
Beads as money, 337
Beans, 18, kunde beans, 48, 478 ■ prices
of, 63, 143; 64, 84, 87, 88, 94, 120,
I22, 123, 136, 143, 144, 147, i49>
162, 328, 332, 333, 335, 341, 34S,
.37° , 377, 388, 405, 435, 474,
478, in Zanzibar, 548, 589
Bechai, a variety of Guinea corn, 477
Beehive huts of the Gallas, 336
Beer, Giryama method of making,
109
Beeswax, report on, 626
Beetles (Heteronychus atratus), inimical
to sugar-cane, 569
Kandapauwa, and Kuruminiya, of
Ceylon, inimical to coco-nuts,
5.65
Rhinoceros, 219, 565
Belesoni, or Belazoni, or M’Beledzoni,
Canal, 4, 312, 332, 339, 340, 342,
366
Belozo or Muho village, 329
Beluchi soldiers, 183, 185
Benin,, tsetse fly of, 357
Benoni-bin-Seyyid, Sultan, brother of
present Sultan of Zanzibar, his
shamba, 536
Bere Bere lake, 405
Berkeley, E. J., Administrator (now
H. B. M.’s Commissioner in Uganda),
84, 128, 157, 169, 174, 175, 176,
201, 281, 282, 286, 295, goes to
Uganda, 304, presentation to, 305
Betel (Piper betel, L.), in Zanzibar, 567
Betel nut palms (Areca catechu, L.), 40,
64, 68, 142, in Zanzibar, 520, 547,
566. See also Areca
Bikombe, the porter, 132, 133, 134,
137, 145
Bilati, 337
Bird-scarers, 475, 476, 479
Bird-Thompson (see Thompson, Bird-)
Birth customs and beliefs, of the Wa-
Galla, 337, of the Wa-Giryama, 103,
105, 202, of the Wanika, 141
Blacksmiths’ work of the Wa-Giryama,
97
Black snake (see Snakes)
Blanche, H.M.S., at Weti, 588
Blantyre, 233
Blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus), 545
Boase fibre, 233
Boma Upandi, 35, shamba, 35, 48, 70,
Indian shops established at, 264, a
stern husband at, 278
Bomani, ‘ mtaa ’ trees of, 370
Bomas, where used, 34
Bombay, Observatory, 512 ; trade with
Zanzibar, 523, 524, 560, 561, 568
Bomzo swamp, 457