S
Sab ai a cloth, 491
Sabaki river, 4, debouchment, 17 ; 24,
shores, 47, 48, 50, 92, tour up, 69,
86, 90, connected with. Lake Jelori,
92 ; 93, 99/118, swamps, 119, riverbed,
120, forests near, 120, 126, and
jungle, 122 ; cultivation along, 123,
124, 150, proposed, 166, 201 ;
stockades along, 121, day’s expedition
up, 125-129 ; 161, fords, 162;
176, 183, 185, march along shores
of, 186, 187 ; in flood, 191, 192, 202,
203, floods and tide, 222, a swim
in, 193 ; lions near, 194, 195, 277,
278, 281 ; 196, horse-fly along shores
of,-199; capabilities of, and length,
221, suggestions for developing,
ferries, irrigation facilities, 225-236,
not navigable, 225, special fitness of
region for rubber culture, 226, 227 ;
> 242, ferries wanted, 260, a road to,
cleared, 264, 273, rainfall along, 306;
native path by, 318, dum palms
along, 323, Sansevieria of, 327,
tsetse-fly on upper reaches, 357 ; 451,
report on jute of, 648
Sabaki valley, I, fertile, 3, 12, tobacco
of, 15, road to open up, 89 |
Sacleux, Père, his map of Zanzibar, 506,
5°9
Sacred animals, 106
Sacrifices, animal and other, at graves,
etc., in Giryama, 104, 105 ; 476
human, of relatives »in relation to
witchcraft, Mombasa, 600
Sago palms, 248
Saidapet, Madras, Government - agricultural
farm at, 208
Said, brother of Bwana Ahmed Bedwin,
a hunter, 296, 300, 303
Said bin Hamisi, Liwali of Melindi, 14,
17, 18, his friendliness, 33, and
courtesy, 36 ; 54, 86, 87, his plantations,
88 ; 123, and Nasur’s wife,
175, desires seeds, 259, 277, 306
Said bin Hamisi bin Said, his planta-
tions, 567, 599, 608
Saif bin Salim, 42
Sails of Bajoni dhows, 401
St. Vincent, clove culture in, 734
Salim or Selim, an askari (Arab soldier),
72, 85, 93, 98, 116, invaluable, 125,
128, 133
Salim bin Abdulla’s ferry over the
Sabaki ferry, 48
Salim bin Hamisi, Cadi of Dungi district,
his clove sham has, 525> an^
hospitality, 526
Salim bin Hamisi, Liwali of Takaungu,
138, 143, 201, 202, 249, 281, 282,
291
Salim bin Saif, son of Mze Saif, 390,
a nuisance, 393
Salt, obtained by evaporation, 2, deposits
of, at Gongoni, 78; lack of,
a cause of cattle disease, 349, 350 ;
in low-lying valleys, 247; salt lake
near ,Mto Tana, 331, near Witu, 346
Salt bush {Atriplex halimoides, A.
nummularia, A. repens, A. spongi-
osa, A. vesicaria), 247, 248
Salt-water process of .treating india-
rubber, 151, 152, 423
Salt water and coco-nuts, 219, 220,
407, 422, 425, 426, 523
Samku, lake; 467, .really a series of
pools, 468, 469, 470
Sansevieria (Order Liliacece) fsee
Aloes, Bowstring-hemp, Fibre-pro^
ducing. plants, etc.), 93, 102, 229;
climate fot", 233, compared with other
fibre-producing plants, 234, 325;
large-leaved, in Giryama, 288 ; with
short, sharp-pointed leaves, 321 ;
notes on an-unidentified variety, 325 ;
varieties near Lake Burabin, 330, near
/ Mundane Hill, 399, hear Makindu,
458, near Shamku, 467 ; a few kiqds
now Tost.'to cultivation, 7*9 > of
Zanzibar, inferior to : those of the
mainland, 549 > Sir John Kirk on,
7H .
Sansevieria Angolensis (of Dr. Wel-
witsch), 718
bract eat a, 714
cylindrica, Bojer, 230, 233, value
of, 234, uses, 235 ; 707, 711,
717, 718
guineensisi Willd. {or-1 n’konge ’),
230, near N’Zovoni river, 291,
Wasania method of extracting
fibre, 327 ; near the sea, 445 ;
report on, 624, 707, 710, 711,
712,713.718
Kirkii, Baker, 230, loves. shade,
318; 321, 326, 399, 710, 715
longiflora, Sims, 230, 233, 235,
707, 710, 713, 714
sulcata, 711, 718
thyrsiflora, 710, 715
zeylanica, 707, 708, 710, 711, 712,
report ory 713 ; 715, 718
Scare-crows for hippopotami, 369
School for Arab children, planned by
the Liwali of Mombrui, 300
at Ngao mission, 328
Scorpions, 184
Scotch planters desired for Zanzibar, 551
Screw-pines, 102
Sea Island cotton, experiments with
256; successful 259 • on
plantation 3^ ^ V t u r n ^ S
364, brokers report on, 365 • on
Denhardt s estate, 401, 4x8 M
report on cotton, 634) 4 1
Sea-weed, unused, 17, 443 ¿.g.
manure, 575 ■ ’ ^ ’ as
Seasons, the, in Giryama, 112
, ■ experiments with, 255, 259
Sekoki Hill 89, 90, 91, 92, ¡ U jg0
n’ rneig above sea-level, 221 •’
suitability for cacao planting, 229,’
Semandato, Swahili village, 40? -
Semeli lake, 32c?
Sesame (Sesamum indicum), or Gin-
gelly, see Sim-sim
Settlements for runaway slaves, or freed
■ ¡ i i 69> 86117, up, m ¡so,
H 165, 334, 486 ' ¡ ¡ ¡ f a
272^* Un^esba > near Jelori, 271,
Seychelles, double coco-nut of, ice
Seyd Barghash, the late Sultan of Zanzibar,
440, 471, his troops, 501, 507
his energy, 534, 569, his brothers,
W m m Said, Sultan of Zanzibar
■ (1892) ■ (see Kilwa, Mathews, etc.)
I4> his anti-slavery decree 22 *
9 ,3°4, ; claim over Patta, ’ 387 •
5°5, his. Views on ploughs, 506 ; 520’
mis shambas at Kinabuni, 507 at
Chueni, 515, Sl6, 517, 556, SS8, at
Kidichi and Kongohi, 519/ at Mdo,
529, 534, at Dunga, 530; a clove-
planter, 558 ; lack of labour on his
: estates, 559
Shade-trees, 563, 580, 597
bhaddock, 40, in .Zanzibar, 568
Shaka, or Kiva Ngwena Wamasha Shaka
(see Tost), 360 '
Shakalasia, water-hole, 446, and Point
448 >
Shakan, home of Bwana Siri, 399 A2o
want of wells, 441; 442, 4; 9’
Shambas, 14, »how protected, 21 care
and cultivation required, 41, organization
of work, 42, difficulty in disposing
of produce, 300, 306
Shambas, list of those at Magarini (see
also Magarini), 39-40 -
Shamba Abedi, 40,' products, 63
Awahhi or Feruzi, 40, coco-nuts
of, 66, 68
Baraka, 34, 36, work begun, 52,
S3. 54, produce, 57, neglected,
n e ;/ 277mPrOVÎng,7; 2S2’ lions
Katanga Ke Kubwa, 40, products,
Kozi, 40, products and condition,
° 5> 67
M’Narani, 145, B. E. A. Co.’s
Custom House at, 251
,*■ 11 1 35, temperature at,
«8. 4°u’ " ater suPPiy at, 43,
do; the future experimental
nursery, 69 ; 238, village amusements
at, 267
®ehn, 40, products, 69
M Tusi, or Feressi, 40, cultiva-
Jpn and products, 68
Nghanima, 40, condition, 68, 264
baraboko, 40, 68
Upandi (see Boma Upandi), 40
Shamku, lake, 467-470
Shark, flesh of, eaten by Guniahs, 81,
and porters, 444
Sharpe, A., on cattle disease, 348
hauri, or conference, 44, wearisome
54, with the Wa-Giryama, 93 results*
97 ; With the Watoro at Makongenl’
122, 123 ; results, 124, a second, on
opening up the Sabaki, 201 ; at Jelori,
73 ; for guides at Burkau, 450,431 •
with Galla head-man, declined, 463 ’
Shea, Sir Ambrose, impetus given by,
S to sisal culture, 577 -,
‘ She-oak,’ Australian (see Casuarina),
Sheep, salt-bush good for, 248 ; 435 a
nfW ryP°rterS’of Watiku, 449, p4r4i4ce Is a“t hKiroinbgeai,^ 47e2t
Sheher and the Sheheri Arabs, mat
amongst, 27II | St6m husband
Sht S , ^ m t , 6 o T ,MSC'°Veplanta-
^ m e n t f^ f ’ 1 °M Portuguese settle,
Sherwood Point (see Gome la Hekwa)
444
Sheya village, destroyed by the Wa-
Galla, 465
Shima la Tever village, 412 -
Shimawongo ridge, 452
Shimbwe, grain dépôt, 421 ; 499, 5oo
Shingwia, rums of his village, 462, 465
bhinom, meteorological observations at 667
Shiraz tobacco seed, 418
Shire highlands, tsetse-fly of, 356
Sc h i S ; > T Cl0VeS> 5591 56°. on
Sh4„T31;’, 4I6«6and’ village of the Watiku,