Kokotoni, on Zanzibar Island, coco-nut
trees of, 344; 5I4i 516, 520>
Fraser’s work at, 52I> 522> 5*9»
present condition of his estate, 522»
523, 524; labour required, past, 522,
and present, 524; 525, district described,
526, 527, 528, squatter labour
at, 539
ICombara Bala, a rain-water pool, 445
Kombe river, 287
Kongola lake, 329
Kongoni Shamba, belonging to the
Sultan of Zanzibar, $19
Konjora, 248, 249, navigable creek,
250, 251, 281, 282, 291
Korokoro, limit of navigability of the
Tana, 331 ; 336, cultivation checked
by fear, etc., 337 . 0
Koyo, harbour, near Siyu, 386, 388
Krawa, lake, game near, 296, 298, 300,
303, 321; 314, 317: temperature at,
318; 322, in the wet season, 324;
326, ‘ myhi’ at, 395
Kudu (A. strepsicoris), 298
Kulesa, Swedish missionary station at,
recently burnt, 333
Kunde beans (see Beans, etc.), 4°:
478 Kuntzel, Herr, at Utwam, 353
ICurachi, coolies from, 86
Kurwitu, 402, 412
Kwaiiiu, 390, 4° l
Kwaijama, 460
ICwale Shamba, Pemba, 604
L a b o u r question, in East Africa (see
Agriculture, Coolies, Cultivation,
Free Labour, Slaves, etc.), a
proposed solution, 23, first attempts,
5 23, 24, 97, 122, 139, 190,
andprogress, 201,futuresupplies,
207, 238, 240, suggestions, 208;
difficulties at'Shaka, 363, forced
' iabour, 397, 418, skilled, scarce,
419
in Zanzibar and Pemba, 524: 534:
539: 543: tts importance and possible
solution, S49. 55°> hired
labour, 559 ; 56i> 603, 606, consequences
of the - difficulty, 607,
608, 610, excessive cost of slaves,
610, 611
Lamu Island, 1, 2, bay and harbour,
4, 7, rainfall at, 8, 438, temperature^
and humidity, 10; 12, coir rope of,
59, 214, 381, 438, palm mats of, 60;
70, 380, Guniahs of, 73: trade in
orchella weed, 83,179,238,cotton of, - -
its value, 259, prices given for, 394,
cultivation, 418, trade, 435 ; bags of,
263; timber trade, 298, 331, 3°3:
author’s visit to, 310 ; 346 ; its shipping
port, 351, 360, 379, slave labour
from, and cost, 363, 375, 4 '8 ; 3°4.
369» 377. 378, soil, 379, 393. 4°?,
401, 404, shambas, 4055 sand-clms,
406; 407, 415: 4i 6, 423. 472. 479,
prison at, 493 > 497» 499» hospital m,
501 ; meteorological observations at,
660, 669; the Liwali of, 428, 429,
436
Land, Giryama objection to selling, 103
Landolphia (Order Apocynacece), india-
rubber vines {see Indiarubber and
Rubber), 140, 149, 226, 482
florida, 152
Kirkii, 152, 226, 229, 321, the
best kind, 489, at Mbweni, 546
owariensis, 152
petersiana, 152
La Ramu lake, 369
Latuka, cattle disease in, 349
Lemon tree in Zanzibar, 568
Lentils planted, 255"'
Leopards, 196, 285, 3d5. 4°8, 425: 402
Liberian coffee, see Coffee
Limani, a rock of coral outcrop, 540, 541
Ljmbo-limbo fencing, 371
Limes, 34, 40, a heavy "crop, 70 (cf.
547-) . MBraKI
Limpopo river, tsetse-fly of, 357
Linseed planted, 255
Lions, at Marereni, 81, 84, on the
Sabaki, 128, 187, 193, *94, 195.
near M’Tondoa, 248, near the
shambas, 277, 278, 295; 296, near-
Lake Krawa, 299, 304, Bhboons mistaken
for, 306; near Kipini, 360, 365,
near Wange, 403. 404 . said to fear
wild dogs, 412; Hobley’s narrow
escape from, 415, 416 ; near M’Gini, :
500 ; in Patta, 392
Litehi, in Zanzibar, 547
Liver-fluke, or Dlstomum, preventive
food against, 248
Liverpool opinion of Kipini cotton, 364
Liwalis, their justice distrusted by the
Wa-Giryama, 202 ; their public spirit,
• 209, 300
Lizard, the, in Giryama folklore, 107
Lobengula, 347
Locusts, plague of, 638
Logihill, 187, 188, 191
Logwood (HcemaUxylon campechi-
anum), well-suited for culture in
Zanzibar, 548, its drawback, 574
London- Missionary Society’s station at
Ribe, 285
INDEX
Lugard, Capt. F. D., his Stockades, 86,
121, 123, his scheme for dealing with
runaway slaves, 121, his route along
the Sabaki, 125, his road and camp
in Giryama, 133; on the n’lconge
aloe, 230, on the cattle disease, 347
348
Lung diseases, human, 43, 54, 57, 238,
382, 389
Lung.sickness {see also Anthrax, and
Cattle disease), 347, 348
M a b o g i village, 383
Mabruke, 242, his wife’s death attributed
to witchcraft, 243, 244
‘ Mabungu’ or ‘Matonga’ fruit, 303, 304.
Macdonald, Ca.pt. J. R. L., R.E., commanding
Railway Survey, his hospitality,
199, 200, his porters caught,
202 ; he returns to Uganda, 286
Maehako’s, on the Uganda road, 194,
195. meteorological observations at,
661, 664 .
Machamah (see Metamah) ‘
Machinery not required in Sansevieria
manufacture, 235
Machone,_ Sultan’s plantation, 536
Machowi,’ a name for a wizard, 243
Mackinnon, Dr., 011 the cattle disease,
348
Madagascar, cattle of, 574
‘ Madango,’ Wanika name for a kind of
Sansevieria, 321
Madras, export of ground-nuts, 572,
Governmentcinchonaplantation, 227,
masulah boats, 400
‘ Madre de Cacao,’ a shade-tree, 580
Mafia, population of, 509
Magarini, rainfall at, 8, temperature,
10, Sulirpan ,bin Abdulla’s-shambas
at. r4. 15:. condition of, 21, plants
under cultivation, 22, 24, soil, 24,
361, appearance of people, 26, 27,
water supply, 27, head-quarters on
h'11. 35. temperature, 36; diseases,
etc., at, 43 ; 77, salt supply, 78 ; 90,
path from Jelori, 92 ; 131, 145, affairs
ab 157: 176: 179: 203, progress of
the cotton experiment at, 210, and
other plantations, 238, Wanika desire
to settle near, 238; Mr. Weaver as
assistant, 252, 255, 264, the cotton
; at: 257, Giryama interest in experimental
.cultivation at, 259; Indian
shops desired for, 264.4 route to
Jelori, 271, 273, proposed 'centre for
experimental culture, 278, 287; a
triumphal return, 292; lions near,
295 ; 306 ; entire charge given to Mr.
Weaver, 309; 411, 412, report of
broker on copra, 632, report by Mr.
Weaver on coco-nut cultivation at,
633, on cotton cultivation at, 637,
638, 639 ; meteorological observations
at, 660, 670
Magidon tribe, 177
Mahawa, a head-man, 44
Mahogany (Swietenia mahogani), 545,
548
Maize (Zea mais), 15, 57, 59, 60, 90,
92, 93, 94, 117, 122, 123, 127, 136,
!37. 138, 143, 144, 149, 162, 166,
5, 193; grown in swamps, 322,
323, prolific, 327; 328, 329, 330,
332- 334, 335, 337. 343, 345. 354:
3°3> 369? 42i ? 435» 437 > Zanzibar,
5I9. 523, 533. 548: 549. 572 ; report
on that of British East Africa, 648
Makandas, or mat bags, material, capacity
and cost, 313, 353, 380, 381,
tor clove-packing, 560
Makoche’ or ‘ Makome’ (rrrDumpalm)
Makomani village, 376
Makombagni, 369
Makonde or Makenda village, 412
Makongeni runaway-slave settlement,
69, 86, roads to, 118, 165, 169, 192’,
318; stockade at, 121, temperature
at, and near, 125, 192, 194; 129,
131, rice of, 137, distance from
Arbagundi, 166, 183, stores, 184,
i85: 195.; delights of, 193, 194; i99j
200, height above sea-level, 221 ;
the Sabaki at, 222 ; 241, 271 ’
Makowe, 377, 378, ferry, 405, village,
406, 501
Makumba, 500
‘ Makumbwa,’ a variety of cycad, 89
Makundu ridge, 458
Makungo Wazin, village, 44
Makupa ferry, 286
‘ Makuti,’ coco-nut thatch, 380
Malabar, methods of pepper culture, 583
Malacca, pineapple fibre of, uses and
price, 578
Mambas, or tree cobras, see Snakes
Mambore village, 436, 437
Mamole district, 336
Man, his early state, according to the
Wa-Giryama, 106
Manchester report on Sea Island cotton
from Kipini, 364
Manda Island, 2, and bay, 7, 379
Mangabeira rubber (Hancornia speciosa),
suitability of, to the region
226, 227 ’
Mangea Hill, 48, or Mount Mangea,
99: lack of water, 101, districts