Crocodiles, 17, 86, audacity of, 91, 98,
99, 344; 93. I2°, 129. 1693170,171,
■ 172, 173, impede transit, 260, 304,
1 pleasure in shooting, 273, Pokomo
hunters of, 324, 334 ; in the Ozi
river, 344, none in Bere-Bere lake,
■ 4° 5. 1° Tana river, 426, none in
' the Dodori river, 490, 493
Crops, rotation of, at Melindi, 15
Croton plants in Zanzibar, 507, 546
Croup personified, 108
Cucurbit (Telfairia occidentalism or
‘ M’bone’), uses of, 518, in Zanzibar,
.548
Cudrania, a dye wood, 728
Cultivation (see Agricultural Customs
and Routes marched), on Suli-
man’s sliambas, 40, 63, between
Magarini and Melindi, 44-48, between
Gongoniand Mombrui, 84,
in the Giryama country, 87 etseq.
on Pemba Island, 589-603, chief
points connected withj summarized,
606-611
on Zanzibar Island, 518, 519, 520,
Mr. Fraser’s experiments at Ko-
kotoni, 521 ; condition near Ko-
kotoni, 527-530, near Mdo,
534- 537, at Dunga, 538, 539,
in the Waha’dinu districts, 540,
541, at Jumbvi and Jonga, 542,
at Mwera, 543, at Kikokani,
544, at Mbweni, 545, 546,
summary of author ’s observations
.on cultivation in Zanzibar, 547-
560, 563; coco-nuts, 564, 565,
betel, 566, 5^7. mango' and
jack,' 567, bananas, 570, cassava,
arrowroot and grains, 571
Cultivation of cocoa, notes on, 587,
: 581
Cultivation and slavery, 22, 207, 297,
342, 48S, 609, 610
Currency of East Africa {see Money), 523
Custard apples, 40, 70, in Zanzibar,
: 547' - ■
Custom houses of B, E. A. Co., 146,251,
281
Customs,-see Duty and Revenue i
Cycad, a '-kind called Maktiniwa, 89,
other kinds, 103, 282,-288
1) -
D a g a r river-, no trace to be found of it,
377
Dagoreti, Lugafd s stockade at, 121 -
Dances of the Wa-Giryama, no,' 180 ;
of the Watiku, 427 ; of the Watoro,
267 ; a devil dance, 285
Dari (Metamah or millet),, valuation of,
641
Date palms, 24, fruit used as cailiel
food, 264; 345, 366; in Zanzibar,
5°7, 547
Death and funeral customs, and beliefs,
Arab, 525 ; Swahili, 243, 244; of
■ the Wa-Galla, 337; of the Wa-
Giryama, 104, 105, 107, 113; of the
Wa-Pokqmo, 333; of the Watoro, 243
Death, Origin of, Giiyama legend, 107
Debwane cloth, 491 •
Deer destroyed by cattle plague, 347
Demonology of the Wa-Giryaina, 104,
108
Denhardt, Herr C., his cotton aiid coconut
plantations. at Wange, 401, 417,
418
Dewfall and crops, 101
Dhurra (ree Dari, Millet, etc.), 255
“ Dia Juun, ’ or “ big path,” i.e. road,
478
■ f‘ Dick’s Head,” or Ras Kiambone,
headland, 442
Digo or Wa-Digo tribe, and settleVnents,
- 102, 103, 207
Dindigul, tobacco labourers of;'209
Dinner in the bush, 129
Discomforts' of, African travel ;arid ill-
' ness, 187, 247, 253, 305
■Diseases met and dealt with, 42, 43,
■ 53, 54, 57, 123, 199, 238, 243, 382,
389
Distonmm worm in sheep, cured by
salt-bush feed, 248
Divination in Giryama, 106
Dodori creek, 421,422,496, and village,
423-, 424, 425, river, 427, 490, 493,
494, 497
Dogs, Guniah, 74
wild, their ferocity, 412, 453,
attack porters, 498, 499
-Dollar, its equivalent in rupees, 17; its
fixed value on east coast of Africa,
1 523
Domestic animals in Zanzibar (see also
Bullocks,. Camels, Donkeys, Goats),
: 574,575
Dominica, clove culture in, 734
Dongi Hill and district, 520. 521
Donkeys, cost of,. 17, 264, for the
. plough, 23, 209, for draught, 41,
I44, comparatively immune from
; tsetse-fly poison, 358, 432; 376,
419, used in Zanzibar, 575
Drainage,'. 57, 220, not practised- in
Pemba, 604, 606
Draught animals {see Bullocks, Camels,
Donkeys), required, 23, 44, 209, 213,
in Zanzibar, 531
Drums, sacred, 106, 110; as dance
music, 275, 427
■ Dum palm (Hyphcene thebaica), 3,
appearance and uses, 47, 263, near
Sabaki,, 187 ; 322, near the Tana,
325, 326, 340
Dumgu, a faithful head-man, 296, 310,
416, 451, his information on the
Burkau district, 463, 479; kills a
snake, 468; 494, 501, his unselfish
loyalty, 502
Dundas, Commander L. G., R.N., his
journey up the Tana and Juba rivers,
4, 5, 331, 339
Dunga, 514, hill, 537, described, 538,
539; aspect of surroundings, 540, 541,
542
Dungi, 524, clove plantations at, 530
Durian (Dicrio zibetttnws, D. C.), in
Zanzibar, 548
Dutch clove cultivation and present
practices, 523
Duty on cloves at Zanzibar, 559
Dwarf palms, see Fan palm, Pemba
palm
Dwarf race of the interior, 615
Dwellings, native, Waboni, 335, Wa-
Galla, 336, Wanika (ill), 452, Wasa-
nia, 155
Dye-yielding plants (see Arnotto,
Henna, Indigo, Logwood, Orchella,
and Turmeric); of Zanzibar, 548
Dyke’s Antelope, called Dendara, 303
Dysentery, 43, 54, 123, 199
E
E a s t A f r i c a , needs of, 550, 551, 562
Ebony trees, distribution of, 353, 358,
397, 493, 498, report on, 641
Ediens, Indian cattle-keeping caste,
208, 209
Edison, Prof., new method devised by,
for decorticating pineapple fibre, 578
Edwards, Dr., of the C.M.S., 305,
306
Egypt, 295, cattle plague on its borders,
'348
Egyptian cotton, suitable for East
African cultivation, 166, 272, 274;
seed tried at M’Kauoni, 418
Elephants, near Gongcni, 84, tracks near
stockades, 191, 195 ; 296, near Lake
Krawa, 298, 299, 303, 398, a hunter’s
' Ufe, 398; near M’Gini, 404, near
Dodori, 423, 425, 426, a watering
place for hunters, 442, 444; tracks
. near Kinawi, 4 53 , 454, camping
place of hunters, 455, landmark of,
■ 456, 457, 460, Wa-tGal.la method of
killing, 465, 466, tusks claiihed by
Wa-Galla, 466; 468, by Watiku,
482, 487, by Furno Omari, 476,
491, 492
Emin Pasha, 295, on the causes of
cattle disease, 349
Endurance of porters, unequalled, 502
Engatana, 352:
Euphorbia, distribution and uses, 4, 78,
102, 314, 322, 484, 485
Europeans trusted by Watoro, 242
Expedition, of 1891, under Capt.
Dundas, R.N., up the Tana; notes,
by Mr. Bird-Thompson, 331
Expeditions, see Routes marched
Experimental culture (see Kirk, Sir
John, Mbweni, etc.), planned, 41,.
48, 68, 69, 90, 97, 98, 122, 149, 166,.
209, 210, 221, 226-236, 237, 238, its;
1 success, 256, 257, 259, details of
proposed nursery at Jelori, 272 ;
vanilla and -coffee culture of French
missionaries-, 595, 730
Exports of coffee from British dependencies,
628
Exports: cloves, 554, §667; coco-nuts,
523, coir, etc.j 524, copal, 154,
copra, etc.,- 260, 518, 523, 532;
cotton, 364, 365, 394; india-
rubber, 152, 228; mangrove,,
timber, 81 ; mat-bags, 380;
millet, 60 ; orchella weed, 83 ;.
toddy of Siyu, 386
possible, bye-products of the coconut,
214, 260, fibres, 230, produce,
298
of Zanzibar and Pemba, betel,
567 ; chillies, 573, 574 ; cloves,
560, 561, 562; coco-nuts, 564,
, coir, 565, copra, 565; ground
nuts, 572; sisal hemp, 577;.
proposed, of oranges, 568
F
F a ls e alarm at Jelori, 177-183
Fan palms (Hyphcene sp.), distribution
and uses, 78, 142, 250, 263, 287,
310, 313, 317, 353, 354, 355, 358,
360, 368, 370, 373, 375, 380, 381,.
384, 385, 387, 388, 391, 392, 399,
401, 402, 404, 405, 407, 408, 422,
426, 431, 500
Fan, Mr. Weaver’s dog, its death, 199.
Fawn, the, a vessel, 5
Faza or Paza, in Patta Island, 380,
origin of its inhabitants, 381, 3S2;
383, 388, meteorological observations,
at, 389 ; 427, 429, 492
Fazi Island, 390, 391, 401