570, fibre of, 571 ; Beaus, 63, 122,
143 ; Betel nuts, 64 ; Building stone,
602 ; Camels, 264 ; Cassava, 63 ;
Cattle (draught), 213, 264 ; Cloves,
555, 559, 560, 561, 562 ; Coco-nutSj
59, 148, 523, 524, 564 ; Coir, 524 ;
Copra, 260; Cotton, 259, 365;
Donkeys, 17, 264 ; Fire-wood, 81;
Fowls, 162 ; Gingelly oil, 361 ;
Gunny-bags, 263 ; Indiarubber, 143,
152, 228, 230, and Appendix D.,
678 ; Maize, 60, 122 ; Mangoes,
64 ; Oranges, 64 ; Orchella weed, 12,
84; Pulse, 63; Rice, 60; Sansevieria
and sisal hemp, etc., 234, 235, 236,
577, 721, 722; Sesame, 361; Sheep,
472 ; Silk cotton, 64, 226 ; Slaves,
28, 131, 151, 610; Sugar-cane, 63;
Tobacco, 64
Principal products, 58
Pringle, Capt., of the Railway Survey,
286
Prohibition- of spirituous liquors by
B. E. A. Co., a substitute, 183
Public-spirited natives, 209, 300
Puff-adder (see Snakes), sent to England,
267, 268
Pulse (see Beans), 63, and passim; m
Zanzibar, 548
Pumpkins, 123, 142, 335, 5*7» 523>
540, 548
Punitive expedition against Fumo
Omari, 177, 353 , , ,
Pythons (see Snakes), alleged fear of
ants, 267
R
Rabai, C. M.'S. station, 281, 286, hills,
287, creek and neighbourhood, 288
Rae, Dr., of the B. E. A. Co., 346, 501
Ragi, head overseer at Chueni palace,
516, 556
Raggy or wembe (Eleusine coracana),
cultivation and distribution, 64, 65,
144, 149, 391, 405, 438 ; in Zanzibar,
548
Railway, direction of, 175
Railway Survey, detailed, 171, 176,
185, arrives, I99> returns, all well,
282, 286
Rain disliked by the Wanika, 67, 99?
120
Rainfall (see Meteorology)
Rain-gauge established at Jelori, 98,
at Magarmi, 255
Rain-making in Giryama, J06
Rain-tree (Pithecolobium santan), 247
Rain-wash, effects of, I37> 339
Ramazan, interpreter, 36, 72, 73, 82,
87, 94, 123, invaluable, 125 ; 128,
his w i f e ’ s adventures, 130, 131, 132
133, 135, *5°> *5*> *66> *73» V*»
his dissipation, 183 ; 193, on witchcraft,
244
Rambutan fruit tree (Nephelium lap-
paceurn), in Zanzibar, 548
Ramie or Rhea fibre, 233, 33^
Ras Garavole, 440
Ras ICiambone (Dick’s Head), wells
at, 441, 442, 469
Ras Kitua, 317
Ras M’Naraiii, or Cape of the Pillar,
251, 445, 467, 468 .
Ras N’Gomani, 78, 81, fan palm industry
of, 263, 313 ; 3°4
Ras Shangani, meteorological observations
at, 510, 511
Rashid, interpreter, 418, 422, 470,
479, 49°, 492> 493, 494, 497
Rashid bin Kal.fan,.his clove shamba,
525
Rats, damage done by, 255, 25fe 2^°,
- annoyance of, 297
Ravenstein, E. G., quoted, 9, on rains
in East Africa, .510, 51 x, on temperature
at Zanzibar, 5*3 ! sends
reports on climatology of B. E. A.,
656
Re-birth and the IC’oma in Giryama,
104
Reception on estate, Z77, 292
Registration of Watoro, 241, 24?
Rent, how assessed by the Liwalis,
70 '
Reports, see Appendices, also Bibliographical
Index
Réunion (see also Bourbon), mango
- seed from, 534, cloves introduced
to, 553, clove culture in, 557
Revenue (see Exports, etc.), 559, 5o1,
567 . Rhea or Ramie fibre, 236
Rhinoceros, at Marereni, 81, in the
Sabaki, 188, 191, -charge Mr.
Foaker, 195 ; at Lake Krawa, 299
Rhodesia, cattle disease in, 347, 349
Ribe, meteorological observations at,
8, tribes at, 101, London Mission
Station at, 285
Rice (Oryza satim), distribution and
cultivation, 18, 5 *» 58, fio,. 63, 120,
122, 123, 137, 143, straw of, 209,
eaten by rats, 260; 329, 330, 331,
soil for, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336,
none at Koro-Koro, 337 ! near the
Utwani forest, 353, 354 ! 3^9, 39*,
418, 420, 421, 425, 426, 427,
as food, 430, 444, 470, cultivated,
436, by Watiku, 478, given as a
present, 491, 500 > *n Zanzibar, 516,
5*7, 518, 5*9, 52°, soil suited for,
522, 524, 536; 526, dry culture,
S27 ! 528> 533, 54°, 57*, 572 ; in
Pemba, 594, soil suited for, 599 •
601, 605; report on, in B. E. A..’
650
Rise of land from sea to Stockade No.
2., 221
River system (see Dodori, Ozi, Sabaki,
Tana, etc.), 4
Roads, between Melindi and the shambas,
44, 51, 75 ; between Mombrui
and the shambas, needed, 65 ; roatl
to Jelori begun, 86, 89 ; Anstruther’s,
118 ; near Mangea Hill, made by
"Fugard, 133; 162, 165, 169; to
Makongeni, 192, near the shambas,
. 264
Roads, need for, 89, 144, 551
Roads in Zanzibar, etc., Fraser’s-,
grown over, 522 ; good near thé
town of Zanzibar, 544; across
island, 566 ; more required, 551
Robb, ‘ Dr. John, his meteorological
; observations at Zanzibar, 510, 512,
views as to decrease in rainfall there,
5*.*
Robinson, Sir W., his fibre specimens,
7*2
Rogers, A. S.,Officer of B. E. A. Co.,
346, on cattle disease, 348 ; 375,
406, 417, 425, 428, 429, 430, 449,
493» 5°*» first to enter Jongeni when
taken, 512
Roka, wells of, 149, 247 ; 234, 248,
281, 291
Roofs of Tan palm, their durability,
353, 441
of makuti, 380
Rope, See Coir
Rose-apple in Zanzibar, 547
Routes marched, with notes on aspect
of country, soil, plant and animal
life, etc. : Melindi to Magarini,
*7, 18, and back, 44-48, back
again, viâ Boma Upandi, - 48,
49, Magarini to Gongoni, 73, Gon-
goni to .Ras N’Gomani, 78-81, Ras
N’Gomani to Marereni, 81-83, Marereni
viâ Gongoni to Mombrui, 84,
thence to Melindi, 85, thence to
Jelori viâ Mere, 86, 88-99, Jelori
to Makongeni, 1x6-121, up the
Sabaki, 125-129, Makongeni to
Takaungu viâ Fuladoyo, 130-140,
thence to Kilifi, 145, 146, thence to
M’Tondoa, 147, thence to Roka,
149, thence, to M’Shaka, 142, thence
to Aroboko, 150, thence to Melindi,
*53-*55> up Sabaki, North side, to
intercept slave caravan, 157, to
Singwaia, 161, to Arbagundi, 165,
to, Jelori, 173, to Melindi, 174, to
No. 2. Stockade, 176, 185, along
the Sabaki, 188, return to Makongeni,
191, thence to the half-way
camp, 193, back to the stockade,
*99» thence to Makongeni, 201, to
Jelori, 202, to Melindi, 203, to
Magarini, 203, to M’Tanganyika,
244-259» via Roka, 247, M’Tondoa,
and Konjora, 248, 249, to
Mombasa, 250, 251, thence back to
the shambas, 277 ; to Mombasa by
the Shire, 281-285, back through
Giryama district, 286-292, to
Krawa lake, 296-299, again to
Krawa, 3**3» thence to Mombasa,
305, thence to the shambas, 306 ;
from Mombrui to the Tana via
Gongoni, -etc., Marereni, and
Lake Krawa, 310, 322, along
the Tana, 323, back to Golbanti,
330, Golbanti to Witu down the
Tana, 330-351, Witu to Kipini,
352~365, thence to Lamu and
Patta Islands, 366-389, Patta to
Lamu and Mombasa, 390-412, to
Port Durnford, 415-441, in the’ interior,
474, and back to coast, 496
to Lamu, 501; through Zanzibar,
5*4» to. Chueni, 5*5» to Kokofoni,
52°, through environs, 524-526
Kokotoni to Mdo, 529, via Dunga!
53°> 534» Mdo to the East, 535, to
the South, 536, to Dunga, 537,
thence through the Wahadinu dis-:
trict to the east, 539, to the South,
54°. and back to Dunga, 541,.
thence to Zanzibar city, 542-545’
thence to Mbweni Shamba, 545
Rubber (see American, Ceara, and other
kinds, Landolphia, Para rubber,
and India-rubber), Rubber,
producing trees of Central
America, reported on by R..
Cross, Appendix D., 696
area in B. E. A., see Aroboko,
Utwani forest, and Appendix
trade, impulse given to, by Sir
J. Kirk, 728 ; , .
Rubu village, 433, water supply and
cultivation of, 434, 436, 437, 442 :
Runaway slaves, see Slaves, also Wanika
and Watoro
Rupee, in relation to the dollar, 523