Natal, example of, in use of coolie
labour, 208
Native: cultivation, methods of, 18, 22,
23, 43, 69, 77, checked by lack of
slaves, 32, 207
doctor engaged, 57
ignorance as to time and dates, 202
paths, characteristics of, 90, 139;
Masai war-paths, 187
Staff, 41, 42
wants and work, 207
Naval Brigade’s operations, 177, 353
Navigation of the Sabaki, impossible,
222, 225
N’Dau, 391, 400, 401
N’dera, 332, 333, 334
Ndii, meteorological observations at,
668
Negroid tribes, how affected by cattle
disease, 348
New Orleans cotton, experiments with,
256, destroyed by rats, 260, 272
New products suitable for cultivation
in Zanzibar, 57^ 5^4
New Year, Arab and Swahili festivities,
*4, 415
New York, import of Clove-stalks from
Zanzibar, 56°
New Zealand Hemp, prices for, 236
Ngao, 327, 328, 329, 332, 345
Ngatana, Pokomo village, 333
Ngoa, a false alarmist, 177, 183
Ngozi language, 113
Nguana, 334, '335
Niambwe village, 474, 47^
Night, silence of, in Africa, 36, 118
N’konge aloes, called also ‘ Omodo’ (see
Aloes, and Fibre-producing plants,
etc.), 93, 123, 188, 194, 230, 274,
327. 398, 399
Northern Giryama, and districts, 101,
102
Nubians from Equatoria, as labourers,
295
Nutmeg - tree (Myristica moschata),
groves of, in Central Africa, proving
its suitability, 229 ; experiments with,
255 ; in Zanzibar, 548, suited to
* culture in Zanzibar, 581, 608; not
cultivated in Pemba, 589, only one
tree there, 608
Nyari, 99
Nyasaland, cattle disease in, 348,
tsetse-fly in, 357; success of coffee
plantations in, 550, 628
Nyika, tribe and language, 101, locale,
103
N’Zovini, or N’Zovoni, river, 139, 250.
282, 288, 291
O
Oak (see Casuarina or she-oak, and
Silky oak), a dwarf tree resembling,
460 " ■
Oda-boro-rova, scenery near, 33°
Oil grain, cultivation of, 204
Oil palms (Elceis gumeensis), 298, in
Pemba, 590, 597, 600; in Zanzibar
{called Inchikichi), 520, 548
Oil plants of Zanzibar, 548
Olive culture desirable, 272. report on,
by Sir John Kirk, 649
Oman, Arabs of, in Zanzibar, 510
Omar bin Abed, estate agent, 71, 86
Omari bin Issa, head-man of Siyu, 38°)
388, 420
Omari Madi, 35°, 351, 3S2j 353; 354>
365 ,
‘ Omodo,’ native name for 1 n’konge
aloe, 327
Oranges, 34, 40, 64,70,102, trees, 2S5;
in Zanzibar, 517» 52 1 52^>. 528, 543>
547, cultivation of, 568 ; in Pemba,
590, 598
Orchella’ weed {Rocella tinctoria and
Rocella triciformis), distribution, collection,
and use, .69, 83, 85. 188, 300,
313, 411, 455 ; in Zanzibar, 548,
574 ; report on, 649
Ornamental painting of the Wa-Pokomo,
324 . ' c
Ornaments-of the "Wa-Boni, 451, of
the Wa-Galla, 337, 338,- of the Wa.-
Pokomo, 334
Ostrich feathers, report on, 650
Ostriches near Kilifi, 298, 299
Ozi liver, navigable, 4, 381, hippopotami,
etc., in, 341, 344> 359. 4°8 ;
waters of, 339. 342> tidal, 344 >
its affluents, 345 ; 366, bar at mouth,
367
P
P a h a n t e lo p e {Neotragus), 393
Palmyra palms, toddy from, 3
Pangani, 230, 351
Papain, its source and value, 5°9
Papaw tree {Caricapapaya, L .), distribution
and cultivation, 64, 103, 133,
144, 250, 285, 333,370 ; in Zanzibar,
547, its uses, 569
Para rubber (Hevea braszliensis),
suited fof experimental culture, 149,
171, near the Sabaki river, 226, 229,-
in Zanzibar, 548, notes on its cultivation,
etc., 678
Parsees in Zanzibar, etc., 510
Passion fruit (Grenadilla)y 547
Patta Island, or Pate (see Mze Saif, etc.),
2, 7, 12, inhabitants, 73, 381, 386
visited by author, 379, 383, industries,
381, 385, hemp of, 384,
historical references, 386, 387, 388 ■
404, suited to coco-nut cultivation”
419 ; tobacco of, 439
Paza, see Faza
Pear (see Avocada Pear), 548
Peas (see Baazi, Congo pea, etc.) (Ca/a-
nus indicus), 517, 5x8, 523, r,g
Pemba Island, spice, etc., of, 13,41, 88
slave-trade and slavery at 157”
abolished, and results, 549, «0
609, 610, 611; 244, 252, cuttings
from, 255 ; population of, 509; rains
IBs 510; plants of, 548; importance
01 export trade in cloves, 553, 554
cloves of, compared with those of
Zanzibar, 559 • table of exports, 560;
?°7 e “ lture’ 56i,587-595,600, 601,
006, 60»; tour m, its objects, 587, 588*
geographical position and geological
formation of the island, 588 ; coconuts
on, 593, 594) S97, 598; man_
goes, 593, 594. jack trees, 594
general cultivation, 596-605, nutmeg
cultivation, 608, copra manufacture
608
Pemba dwarf coco-nut tree, 88 iao
565 . ’
Penang, clove-drying in, 559, 562
Penisetum typhoideum, see Millet
Peppervine (Piper nigrum), 41, suitable
sou for, 68
Pepper: (A. Capsicum annuum, fasti-
giatum, and frutescens), cultivated in
Zanzibar, 539,540,572,573; (B. Piper
mgrum), probably suitable for Zanzibar,
582, Malabar methods of grow-
’ng> 582, 583; not cultivated in
Pemba, 589,, but might be, 609
Persian colonists in East Africa, their
descendants, 386, 443, encaustic
tiles of, 443, their year, 11 a
Philomel, H.M.S., 304
Pice, 122
Pigott, J. R., B. E. A. Co.’s Acting Administrator,
12, 13, 414
Pillars: Vasco da Gama’s Pillar, 16
Arab tomb, 437, at Ras M’Narani’
445, 467, °n Kiongawana Island,
.44°
Pimento (Pimenta officinalis) at Mbweni
546, 548, suited for cultivation in
Zanzibar, 582
walking-sticks, 582
Pineapples (Ananas sativa) (see Sham-
bas), distribution, cultivation, and
uses, 63,88,103,133, suitable for cultivation,
236, 291, 332, fibre-yielding,
549, suited to cultivation in Zanzibar,
as fibre-plants, 578; in Malacca,
57°, exported from Formosa, 578 •
in Pemba Island, 600, 603 604 •
report on, 526 ’
Pineapples, wild (Bromelia), 596
Pishi, its equivalent in lbs., in Pemba,
607
Plantains (Musa spp.), 34, 41, I22, 328,
«7’ in °’ I3!«’ 333-’337, 3°9, at Mbweni, 534354 ’; 3th3eS ’M 3o3k6o,
kind, 571
Plants sent to ICew by Sir John Kirk
729, 73°
Pleuro-pneumonia (see Cattle diseases!,
347, 348
Plough, unknown, 22, ryot plough
should be imported, 41, 209; the
first introduced, 309, Arab views on,
506
Pokomo (see Wa-Pokomo), district of,
207, villages 326, 329, 330, salt
trade in, 331, 332, 334, 342, 346,
34^
Pokomoni creek, 401, and river, 402
Pomegranates,- 40, 70 ; in Zanzibar, 547
Poonac, a bye-product of the coco-nut
209, 214
Population of the Coast-lands, 10
Poit Durnford (see also Burkau), 1 2
estuary, 4, 12, 441 ; harbour, 7 ; 1 2 .
region near to be explored, 310; 382,
406, 417, 429, 439, 441, 446j Char-
acteristic features of, 4^7» coco-nuts
on the shore, 470
Port Kilindini, 6, 7
Port Reitz, 6, 7
Port Tudor, 6
Portal, Sir Gerald, Consul-General at
Zanzibar, 295, 300, his death, 304:
5°5
Porters of Ayubu’s caravan, run away
,200-202
Porters, difficulties with, 125, 184,185,
*93, 194, pleasant relations with’
141 i their shoes, 188 ; 201, custom
of, 296, holiday to, 300; excellent
behaviour of, 4x1, afraid of Fumo
Omari, 497, attacked by wild dogs,
498, safe home, 499, paid off, 501 ;
well-earned praise, 502, 503
Portuguese occupations of East Africa,
modern.results of, 1x4, traces of, 360’
I 379, 385 j in Zanzibar, 510
Posho,’ batta or food allowance, 44, 71
Players to the dead in Giryama, 105
Presents to the guides, 483
Prices paid for different commodities
see Appendix B., 624 : Bananas, 59,