near, 102, 132, 133, district of,
13 5 i 227
Mangoes and mango-trees (Mangifera
indica, L.), distribution and cultivation
of, 18, 48, 51, 64, 87, 88, X02,
140, 142, 146, 155, 156, 204, 248,
huge crop at Magarini, 306; absent
beyond Mombrui, 310, 341, 345, 354»
355» 358, 359, 368, 369, 370, 371,
373» 375» 376» 377, 378, 384, 385 ;
in Zanzibar, fine, 515, 519, 520, at
Kokotoni, 521 ; 523, 526, 527, 528,
near Dunga, 525, 530, 533, 540, 541,
542 ; at and near Mdo, 534, 535,
536 ; near Zanzibar town, 544, 545,
in clove shambas, 557 ; cultivation
°f> 567; in pepper plantations, 582,
583 ; in Pemba Island, 590, 593, 597,
598
Mangosteen, in Zanzibar, 548
Mangrove trees (Rhizophora spp.) (see
Borities), distribution of, 1,2, 17, 78,
81, 84, 139, 149, 153 ; brackish soil
of mangrove swamps in relation to
coco-nut cultivation, 214, 219, 345,
422, 423, 425 ; importance of, and
uses, 220, wood unattacked by white
ants, 250, 251, camels useless in
mangrove swamps, 313, 317; 359»
3 6 6 , 3 6 7 , 3 6 8 , 3 7 5 » 3 7 6 , 3 7 7 » 378, 380,382,387,390,394,397,401,
402, 403, 404, 421, 426, 427, 431,
435, 437 ; in Zanzibar, at Mbweni,
546 ; in Pemba Island, 596;
Manihot oipi, see Cassava, sweet
; kind
glaziovii, see.Ceara rubber
titilissima, see Cassava, bitter
kind
Manilla hemp (Musa textilis)> 220, 234,
prides, 236, fibre of, prices of, 577
Manioc, see Cassava
Manure, natural decayed leaf, in Pemba
Island,' 602 ; use of manure in Zanzi-
bar, 552, 557, 574
Manzai, a lovely well-watered place,
285, 288
Map of Meteorological Stations in East
Africa, 637
Mapeya village, 376
Marereni, 69, 81, aspect of surroundings,
83, stockade at, 83, water
supply, 84, casuarina trees of, 221,
game near, 295, 296, river near,
298, orchella gatherers at, 299, 313 ;
300, 303, 304, 310, surface-springsat,
313, distance from Mombrui, 313,
from Krawe, 314, 317
Marriage- customs (see Slaves), of the
Anoka tribe, 6 16 ; of the Gallas, 337,
338; of the Giryama, 113; of the
Pokomo, 333; Swahili, 243 ; of
Wanika labourers, requiring consent
of employer, 238 ; of the Wasania,
Ma3r3r6i age of eart' h andI sIk y, Giry; a:ma
belief, 103
Marseilles, trade with Zanzibar, 561,
564, 572 .
Masai, the, feared by the Wanika, 87»
125, and others, 195 ; their depredations
in Giryama, etc., 100, results,
136, 3i8» 323> 33°j 335 ; diet, 169;
war-paths usually near water, 187,
defences against, 323
Masai-land, cattle disease in, 348
Mashonaland, cattle disease in, 347
Masogoni, 405
Masud, an interpreter, 600, 608
Matabeleland, cattle disease in, 347
Matagi, 202,1'shamba, 244
Mathews, General Sir Lloyd, Prime-
Minister to Sultan of Zanzibar, 506,
507,514,566,587,595
Matonga fruit, 303, 304
Mattaroni, head-men of, 392, 393, 394,
described, 395, reports on cotton of,
396, 636; rubber gatherers of, 398,
soil near, 399; 428, 429, 430, 431,
433,’.435, 466, 470
Mauritius, clove culture in, 523> 732>
introduced from, into Zanzibar, by the
French, 553, 557 ; grass, 117, 1x9,
hemp,. 234, . prices . of, 236 ; in
Zanzibar, 548; plants from, naturalized
in Zanzibar, 507 5 solution of labour
difficulty in, 208, 650
*Mazika\ and ‘ Muli,’ the greater and
lesser rains in Zanzibar, 510
M’Bawe lake,- 399, 470
‘ M’baya Sana’ (very bad), a phrase, 470
M’Beledzoni canal (see Belesoni)
.£ Mbono ’ (see Cucurbit)
Mbweni, Sir John Kirk’s experimental
garden at, 271, 545, what it proves,
552 ; 568, 582, 585, 728
M’Dawa Island, 466
Mdo, 514, aspect of country near, 529,
5 3 3 , 5 3 4 , 5 3 5 , 5 3 6 , .537
M’Doro, a Wanika head-man, 23, 43,
44, wants higher pay, 545-71, brings
presents and wants to settle, 238
‘ Medicine ’ of the Wa-Pokomo to keep
off Somalis, 335
Medicines, native love of, 169
Mehanimi, raids at, 352
Melindi, 4, rainfall, 8, 306, wind observations
at, 9, temperature, 10,
meteorological observations at, 659
668 5 12, 13, soil and. cultivation at
15 ; da Gama’s pillar at, 16 5 chain
gang at, 53, 69; trade with Muscat
and Aden, 60, Swahilis of, 77, new
superintendent for, 86 ; distance from
Jelori, 90, 156, porters plucky, 125,
an excitement at, 175, threatened
attack on, 177, 178, 179, 183; Arabs
hunt for runaway slaves at, 195; 199
203; cultivation between Melind’i
-and Takaungo, 204, 214, 244, tribes
in district, 207; 247, 252, 263,
transport contracts, 262 ; 271, lions
near, 275 5 vile water at shambas,
292 ; game near, 295, 305, 314; the
I ana the mam route to and from, to
Kamu, 3315 351, 412, harvest at, 478
Memorandum of number of men required
on a model farm with estimate
of probable rate of pay, 208, 209
Mere, coco-nut shamba at, 89, 90,
height above sea-level, 221, 274. ’
Merikano, slave-settlement, 117, 119,
121, and surroundings, 332
Metamah or millet' (Sorghum, vulgare,
and Penisetum typhoideum) (see
. also Millet), distribution and
cultivation, 15, 18, export of, 60,
bye-products of, 60, 142, 474; cultivation
of, 63; Guniah harvest, methods,
77 » 84, in bad condition, 146, 147 5
scarce and dear, 300, 388, 391, 395-
4°5, 420, 425, 431, 466, 475, 475’
477, two crops a year, 478 5 499,
542
Metamah wa Pembe, grown bv the
Watiku, 477, 478
Meteorology (see Dewfall, Humidity,
Rainfall,'Temperature, etc.)
Agricultural seasons, 57, 58
• Barometrical determinations of
height, 221
Climatological returns for British
East Africa, extracts from, 656
Conditions, parallel, between West ,.j
Indies and Zanzibar, 576
Meteorological observations :
Ceylon) 579
Chuyu, 8, 9, 101, 659
Faza, 389
Fiji, 579
Fort Smith, 661, 666
Golbanti, 325
Greenwich, 10
Jelori, 8, 221
Kau, 342
Kibwezi, 656, 657, 670, 672,
.673, 674, 675
ICionga, 438
Kismayu, 10, 660, 669
Lamu, 8, 10, 438; 660, 969
Machako, 661, 664
jytagarini, 8, 10, 36, 660, 670
Makongeni, 125, 192, 194, 221
Melindi, 8, 9, 10, 659, 658
Mombasa, 7, 8, 9, 10, 658, 665
- Mongichi, 675
Mumia’s, in Kavirondo, 670 673
Ndii, 668,
Patta, 389
Pemba, no European observa-
tions, 593
Ras Shangani, 5xo, 311
Ribe, 8 I
Sabalci river, 306
Sliimoni, 667
Siyu, 389
Trinidad, 551, 576, 579
Uganda, 670
Victoria Nyanza, variations in
level, 670, 676, 677
Zanzibar, 511, 551, 576, 579
Rainfall 7» 8, 9, 98, in connection
with forest destruction, 103,
of Sabaki, 1x9, 306, of Gambia,
227, of Jelori and Melindi, 306,
of Unga, 377, near Itembe, 427,
428, of Kionga, 438 5 in Pemba, -
510, 588, 589, 592, no European
observations, 593 5 of Zanzibar,
510, 511, compared with that of
Trinidad, 551, 576, in relation
to 1 humidity, 578 ; comparative
tables of, 579
Rainfall tables for East Africa, 662,
663, 669, 671
Relative humidity, 10
Temperatures, 9, 96, at and near
Makongeni, 125, at StockadeNo.
2., 191, 192, 194, at Magarini,
244, at Lake Krawa, 304, 318,
at Golbanti, 325, on the Tana
river, .329, at M’Pekatoni, 368,
at M’Kumbi, 373, at Wange,
400 ; 404, 408, 411, . 435, near
Iiiongwe, 422, of the wet season,
428, 429, 447, 454» at Kionga,
441, 473, near Burkau, 467, at
Ras Kiambone, 4695 at Homwe,
476, near Kave, 488, 490, near
the Dodori, 497, near Shimbwe,
499; at Zanzibar, 512, 513,
compared with that of Trinidad,
etc., 551, 579
Wind direction, 9
M’gini village, etc., 404, 500, 501
‘ Mgodoma ’ trees, 102
Mgoli, giant clove tree at, 590
Midges, 383, 392, 400
Mikindu palms (Enccphalartos sp. ), 599
Milimani village, 376