Feeding of cattle, its great importance,
201, 213
Fern, Bracken and other, 537, 341,
597, 598, 600,604
Ferry over Ozi river, 408, over Tana,
408, needed for Sabaki, 222, suggested
improvements in existing, 225
Fertility of Zanzibar Island, 509, 518,
528, 533, 543, 549, '5%, SS2
Fibre-yielding plants (see Banana,
Bowstring Hemp, Coco-nut,
Fnrcroya, Jute, Ramie, Pine-
apple, Sansevieria, and Fan
Palm), distribution of, 4, 229-
236, where best grown, 313,
uses, 353 ; report on, 624
of Zanzibar, 548, 571, suited to
that place, 576, 577, 578,
Appendix B., 625
Fibre-yielding plants discussed, Appendix
E., 707
Fig-trees (Ficus spp. ), 40, in Zanzibar,
507,.the common fig, 547
Fiji, imports of silk-cotton, 569,
temperature of, 513
Financial positon of Arab cultivation in
Pemba, 611
Fire-boundary round shamba, 264
Fire-y . sun-drying of copra, 608, 609
Fire, method of extinguishing, 172
Fires, annua], to clear the ground, 308,
487, 488-
Firewood, whence obtained, 81, 84,392
Fish, Guniah methods of killing, 78 ;
killed by dynamite cartridges, 183;
plentiful in Patta, 383
* f isi,’ or totem of tile Wa-Giryama, 107
Fleas, 37Z
Flies, 195
Floats of timber possible on the Sabaki
river, 225
Foaker, Mr., his journey, 194, and
rhinoceros adventure, 195
Folklore (see Birth customs, Death and
Funeral customs, Marriage customs,
Witchcraft, etc.), of the Wa-Galla,
337, 338 ; of the Wa-Giryama, n o -
113, 202; of thè Watiku, 476; of
the Watoro, 243, 244; of the Zulus,
f 107
Food staples, 59, 63, 122
Foreign trees and plants in Zanzibar,
548
Forest area, 150, 466
Forests of the Sabaki, their value, 120,
126, 204, 225 ; near N’Zovoni river,
288, near Roka, 291 ; 325, of
Utwani, 350, 352, 353, 354, 355 i
tsetse-fly m, 356 ; 358, near Dodori,
.427
Formosa Bay, 4
Fort Smith, meteorological observations
at, 661, 666
Fourcroya, see Furcrsea, fibre plant, 234
Fowls, price for, in Wakamba, 162
France, see Marseilles
Fraser, Mr., his cultivation at Kokotoni,
521, 522, 524, 569
Frasila, weight, equivalent in lbs., 263,
264, at Bombay,524, in Zanzibar, 535
Free labour (see Hired and Imported,
also Labour), scanty in Zanzibar,
549
Free Methodist Missionary Society’s
head-quarters at Golbanti, 323, 332
Freemantle, Vice-Admiral Sir Hr, at
Port. Reitz, 7
Freemasonry of the Wa-Giryama, 107
French introduction of clove culture to
Bourbon, 553, 557 ; method of clove
culture, 523, 557
French missionaries and coffee culture,
730, and vanilla culture, 595
Frere Town C.M.S. station, 285-, 286,
287
Frohawk, Capt., of the B. I. S. N. ss.
Java, 503
Fruits of the coast-lands, 64, of Giryama,
102, of Zanzibar, 547, region well
suited to, 567
Fuel (see Firewood)
Fuladoyo, 102, 103, slave settlement
at, 13° i ¡34) cultivation at, 136,
r37) I45> 184, 195, rive.r near, 282
Fumo Omari, rebel Sultan of Wifu, 86,
177, 331, 342> ,344) 346, 350, his
head-quarters, 351, 352, why outlawed,
353, 373, 375, 393, results of
his actions, 403, 465, felt by expedition,
491, 494, 495, 496, 497i final
attack on, 501, successful, 502
Fundisha, shambas, and their water
supply, 313
Fungo Zombo, 351, 355, its fine mango
trees, 371
Fuoni district, cultivation in, 544
Furcraa (see Aloes, Fibre-yielding
plants, and Fourcroya)
cubesisi, 718, 719
gigantea, or Mauritius hemp,
thriving in Zanzibar, 549
G
G a d f lie s (Tabanus latipes, Macq.),
357, 424
Gall-sickness in cattle. 347
Galla country, 12, and villages, 165,
166, 487, 490
Galla or Wa-Galla (see Golbanti),
¡eared by the Wanika, 87, and
Watoro, 123, ^ , 429; disturb cultivators,
89, m Giryama, 101 102
154, collectors of edible water-lily
seeds, 118, 119, on the Sabaki, 127
narrow-headed, 129 ; their weapons,
129, 151, 177, 299; slave-trading
o f ’t of thien S omalis,” 27r37 2j> 1a7 7tr, a“vesllalevre’ss
outfit, 299; former settlements, and
powers of endurance, 318 ; villages
of, 322, 337, settlements. 323, 327 •
name for swamp near Golbanti, 324’
325> name for n’konge aloe 327 •
oppression by, 328, 333, 456, 466,’
oppressed by raiders, 335, 398.
cattle scarce amongst, 330, destroyed
2 K ¡ S p S i 344f their servants,
the Waboni, 335, 336; birth, manhood
and death customs, 337, idea
e ’ 837, marriage customs, 337,
33g, ornaments, weapons and food,
338, love of toddy, 352, precautions
against tsetse-fly,* 356 invasion
of the coast, 382; trade of,
435, 466, incited against the author’s
party, 446, shauri with, 451, gifts
to, 452, feared by Burkau folk, 462 ;
463, why, 464, 466 ; of the Wiori
4ri8v7e r, 464. ; origin, wars, etc., 46a i, ■
Galmo, Galla head-man at Wiori, 465
Gama, Vasco da, his Pillar, 16
Gambia, rainfall of, 227, Ceara rubber
of, 228
Game (see Antelopes, ■ Giraffes, Harte-
' beest, Kudu, Lions, etc.) at Mare-
reni, 81, 84; 128,’. 187 ; scarce near
- stockade, 2, 191, plentiful along
Sabaki, 195; "near Lake Krawa,
296, 298, 304, 321; in relation
to health of cattle, 349, 350; near
ohaka, 365, near M’Kumbi, 373,
near Itembe, 392, near Juba river,
398, near M’gihi, 404, near Dodo-
ri, 423, 424, near Kave, 486, near
Mundane Hills; 408 ; 300
Games at Ras N’Gomani, 82
Ganda, the Galla name for the tsetsefly>
356,419, 432, 434
Gararen forest, rubber of, 497
Geological formation of the Sabaki
river-bed and area, 120, 188 221
227
Geological formation of the soil at
Shaka, 371
German East Africa, boundary, 4
German cession of Witu to Britain
353
German cultivators (see Deiihardt, Kiintzel,
Tiede, Toeppen,Tost, etc.), 2=9,
352, 355 . ■
German mission at Ngao, 327, health
of place, 328, 332
German subjects murdered by Fumo
Oman, 177, avenged, 353
Gingelly (Sesame or Simsijn). ie in
Zanzibar, 572
oil, source, 60, and uses, 63
Ginger (Zingiber officinalis),' suited to
Zanzibar, 583, West Indian method
or cultivating, 583
“ Ginger-bread palm,” 3
Giraffes destroyed by cattle disease,
.299; 398
Giryama country or U-Giryama, 2, 3,
87, 125, 133, 148, 165 ; agricultural
seasons, 92, 111-113, r37 position
and divisions, 99, 100-103, water
supplies, 100, 101, 103, fertility,
101, 102, 103, agricultural customs,
105, n r , 1x2; soil suited to Castil-
loa, 227; river in, 282 ; trade route
through, 286 ; 287, means suggested
for opening up, 288
Giryama, the,or Wa - G i ry a m a, 9 o. wages
paid to, by mission, 91, employed
by mission, 272, cultivation by, 92,
93, 94, chief products, 136, 193 ,
229. 236, 288, 291, new products
introduced, 259; shauri on objects
°r i) or s visit,. 97 i characteristics
01 the race, 97, its importance, 97;
language, i o i , in relation to Swa-
hili, 113, religion, 103, divination
amongst, 106, idea on man’s early
state; 106; idea ■ on Origin of Death
107, demonology of, 105, circum’-
cision cycles, 108, freemasonry
amongst, 108-111, division of time
HI, marriage customs and inheritance,
113; significance of a clearing
on the Sabaki,- 127, curiosity at
dinner and. toilet of author, 134
1353 scarcity of cattle, 136, density
of population, 136, 137; trade
■ staples with M’Tanganika, 138, 144-
price foe copal, low, 154, jn relation
to the Wa-Kambfi, 162 ; 171 iy2
weapons, 177, 180; author’s alliance
with, 180; 183; a birth custom, 202;
distrust of the Liwalis, 202 chief
trade outlets, 229, interest in experimental
culture, 259, 274; quarrels
and amends, 285, 287; tribal divisions,
616, tribes and races known
to, 616, 617, trees and plants
amongst, 617
Gislá, its equivalent in lbs., 60
Gnats, 392