Goanese half-castes in Zanzibar, 510
Goat killed by python, 267
Goats, milch, herds of, 74 5 *33» I3?>
137, 169, 323, 368, houses for, at
Sivatoni, 371, 405, 432, 435 5 .449?
prices of, at Kionga, 472; in Zanzibar,
,575
Goat-weed, 18
God, Galla idea of, 337; Giryama
ideas on, 103, his forgetfulness ensures
life, 105
God’s “ hen and chickens,” 103, in
connection with death, 104
Golbariti or Burabin, 310, 318, 322,
a Galla settlement on the Tana, 323,
situation of, 324, ■ temperature, 325 ;
326, 327. 329. 33°. 339. 3Si
Gomani Bay, 5
Gome la Hekwa, or Sherwood Point,
444,446,468,469
Gomo, a Waboni head-man, 482, 486,
his brother, 487 ; 489, 491, 493
Gongoni, 69, expedition to, §jg appearance
and inhabitants, also water
supply, 74, situation, 77, salt
deposits, 78; 81, 147, coco-nut cultivation,
214, Guniah mat-makers
at, 263; 296, 310, 313, 412
Gongora, 146
Gosha, a runaway-slave settlement,
Go4s0sy7p t.um spp. (see Cotton), 144, 540
arboreum, 147
bar badejise, 147
Government among the Wa-Gallas, 337,
among the Wa-Pokomo, 334
Grains of the coast-lands," 59? 60, 63,
64 ; of Zanzibar, 548, 571
Grass used for thatching, 90; ‘4 killing
the'road,” 127
Greenwich, meteorological table of
rain, temperature, etc., 10.
Ground nuts (Arachis hypogea:), suitability
of, to country, 213, seed
planted, 259; 272, 425, 426,
436, 478, 524; 542 ; varieties of,
543 > 544
( Voandzeia . stibterranea), or Bam-
barra ground-nut, 543? 54^? *n
India, 572
reports on, 642
Guavas, 70, in Zanzibar, 547
Gudaki, Watiku village, 466 *.
Guide from Burkau (see Bwana Siri),
- promised, 450, 451, 452, 453, his
ignorance, 458, 459, 460, and uselessness,
460, 462, 478, a new
guide, 463, guides from Kave, 489,
malingering, 496
Guinea com (Sorghum vulgare), I5,
diseased, 18; 34, 40, the Bechai
kind, 477 ; 523
Guinea-grass, 82, 177? indicates a rich
soil, 136, 142, 287, 354,368, 435 ,*
137, 140, 147, 155, as fodder,
209, 210; 474
of Ceylon, 354
Gum-Arabic, report on, 641
Gum-copal, called Animi in Zanzibar
(Trachylobhwi hornemaiinianum,
H,), trees, 88, 89, trade in, 138; 143,
144, described, 153, methods of
collection, 154; report on, 642
Gunialis (see also Bajoni and Watiku),
location, 73? cultivation, 74? a©i-
■ mals, 74, characteristics, 77? a
telephone amongst, 77? boatmen of
Ras N’Gomani, 81, 82, orcliella
gatherers, 83, rubber collectors, 151,
mat-bag makers, 259, 381
Gunny-bags, cost of; etc., 263 ; as op-
. posed to makandas for clove-packing,.
560 ;
Gururu Lake, 324
H
H a d ram a u t , Arabs of, in Zanzibar*
510 •
Hamburg, trade with Zanzibar, 561,.
and possible increase, 632-
Hameye, 337
Hannington, Bishop, murder of, 605
Haramele-bin-Saleh introduces elover
culture to Zanzibar, 554
Harbours, i* 4,-5, 386, 387, 507
Hartebeest (Alcephalz), 298
Hatch, General, 304
Havana jtobacco-seed, suited to East
Africa, 418
Hawazaon, her death and alleged bewitchment,
243
Hemeleia vastatrixi or leaf disease,
568
Hemp, see Bowstring hemp, Fibre-
producing plants, Pineapple, and
Sansevieria, Sisal, etc.
Henequen, see Sisal hemp, also^
- Appendix E
Henna plant in Zanzibar, 548
Henry Wright, coasting steamer, 13,
14, 86, 146
Heron, 44
Hindi, 370, 371, 405
Hindoo peasant, his industry and thrift*
?3 1 . . .
Hippopotami, distribution of, 24,-47-, 51,.
| 91, 92, 93, flesh liked by the natives*'
94, 171, 98, not bad in pie, 99 ;
- hunters’ calls, and lures for, 99; 117,
170? best hour to shoot, 171 ; 172
173, near Stockade No. 2., 191 §ÿ|f
near Jelori, 263, in Lake Krawa’
290; 3°4 ; near Kau, 341, on the
Ozt river, 344, 359, 40g . in the
Kirimanda river, 345, at M’Peka-
Igg. Lake. 369, 37°. 407, at Béré
Bere Lake, 405, near Dodori, 423,
490
Hobley, C. W., his adventure with a
lion, 415, 416
Hoes, 43, 57, 5*8; use. of, notdestruc-
tive of Hook grass, 523, 529, 552
Holechiss Lake (called Ziwah Hole-
chiss,) 324, 325, 326 .
Holiday granted to porters, 300
Holland, and the cattle-disease, 347 ;
importation of silk-cotton, 569
Homwé village, 434, 435, 436, 470,
47i? 472> shambas of, 475? desecra-
ted, 476 ; 478, 481, 493, 494
Honey, a pailful, 274:299, 33 e, 338
trade in, of Wa-Galla, 466 ’
Hooper, Rev. D., and Mrs. Hooper,
C.VM .S. missionaries at Jelori, 90’
91, 96, 162, 173, fugitives, 177,
178, 179, their return, 183 ; on native
customs, 202; 241, 242, 272 273
274
Horse-fly, torture caused by, 199
Horses and anthrax, at Zanzibar, 349
Houses left unfinished on death of
Arab builder, 525
Humidity (see Dewfall, Rainfall and
Meteorology), 10 ; in relation to
rainfall, 578, 579
Hurricane of 1872, its effects, in Zan-'
Âbar, 535, 536, 554, 564, far less
- severe in Pemba, 590
Hyderabad soldiers, called i Viroboto,
360
Hyænas, 78, 79^ totem of the Wa-
Girvama, 106 188, 453, 45 4
Hyphæne palms (see Dum palm, Fan
palm, Toddy, etc.), distribution of,
and uses, 2, 3, 78, 89, 93, 120, 126,
187, 188, 244, 298, 313, 317, 322,
325, 340, 341, 345, 350, 351, 352,
353, 354, 355, 35», 359, 360, 366,
3 ”7, 3^8, 369,. 37°, none at Fungo
Zombo, 371 ; 373, 374, 375, in Patta
Island, 380, 382, 383, 384; 391, 394,
401, 402, 404, 405, 407, 421, 425,
426, 435, 485, 498, 499, 500
I
I Dio, 377
Ife fibre, 717
Iloolc grass (Imperata Koenigii), 18,
68, two varieties of, 517 ; 518, not
extirpated by hoeing, 523, 529, 552 •"
525, 526, 535, 536, injurious to
cloves, 557, rare in Pemba, sgc
599, 604 iy3’
Implements of agriculture (see Hoes
Spades, and Plough)
Importation of Labourers (see Cultivation,
Labour, Slaves, etc.') requisite,
and possible sources, 208, 209, 272
549, 55°
Imported labour (see Labour question),
Imports : makuti at Faza, 44; rice at
Takaungu, 143; tobacco at Kionga,
439; pepper into Pemba, 589
Incendiarism suppressed, 53
Inchikchi,'* Swahili name for oil palms
§| v-), S20
India (see Coolies, Hindoo, Importation
of Labour, etc.), bullock-hackeries
introduced from, 3471 coco-nuts,
profits on, 214, coir industry in, 630,
clove culture in, 735, currency employed
in East Africa, 523 ; groundnut
culture, profits on, 213, experiments
with, 259 | indiarubber in,
688; inferior advantages to those of
East Africa, 209 ; irrigation in, 225 ;
jack-wood furniture in, 567, the rains,
253 5 sugar made from toddy, 214 ;
tobacco industry, report on, 652
India, s. s., to Lamu, 379
Indian aspect of scenery near M’Tapa
421
cotton for experiments, 41
cotton-plantations, wages on, 363
indigo-farms, line of work might be
adapted to East African needs ,
419
mortgage holders in Zanzibar and
Pemba, 521, 611
police as agriculturists, 41 ; at
Lamu, 346, 375
shops, projects for establishing,
at Boma Upandi and Magarini,
264, existing, at Shimbwe, 421,
at Dunga, 525
Indians (Banians, coolies, Parsees,
etc.) in British Africa, 10, 59,
83, 85, 89, 176, 208, 209, 225,
300, 394, 421, 443
in Pemba, 589
in Zanzibar, 510, 521, 522,
Indian-corn (see Maize)
Indiarubber (see Kirk, Landolphia,
Rubber, and Appendix D.) (Landol-
phia, spp. of Apocynacece), distribution
of, and uses, 88, 89, 140, 147, 149,
methods of collection, 150, 151, 159,
423; varieties of, 152; those suited