Wakahoma tribe, 162, friendly, 180,
locale, 282
Wa-Kamba tribe, settlements, ioo, 4?
dialect, 101, 164, characteristics and
cultivation, 162, alliance with, 180,
selling cattle, 195* raids of, 337
Wa-Katwa tribe, 177, a branch of the
Watiku, 465, 471, slaves of the
Watiku, 487
Wake„Capt., Second in Command ot
the' Sultan’s troops, 510, wounded -
in attack on Jongeni, 502
Wakefield, Rev. Thomas, meteorological
observations by, 8
Wa-Kohomo tribe,theirchiefvillage, 282
Waloroloro tribe, 337
Wandamunio village, 377
Wanga port, 5
Wange, 393, 400, Denhardt’s planta-
■ tions at, 401 ; 402, 4°3, 4*6, 4 17>
cotton of, 419, trade of, 420, 500
Wanika, the, and cultivation, 23, their
district unexplored, 24, aspect of
country, 44, 47 > engaged as labourers,
27, '43, 53) characteristics,
66 ; the wage question, 54> 9J> desire
to clear bush for themselves, 54) 23°>
improve as workers, 57, 69, their
willingness, 67, 72> their dislike for
rain, 67, sternness answers with, 67,
68, employed as porters, ^2, their
friendliness and usefulness, 116,
slight trouble with, 125, slave trading
by, 131 ; lack of water, 134;
155, off-shoots of, 161 ; are agriculturists,
207, take readily to cotton
Warlcono, native camping-ground, 455
Wasania tribe, and hippo hunting, 99,
173 ; weapons, 99, 173 ! guides of,
116, 119 ¡'hunters, 127, 155, their
huts, dress and ornaments, 155; 177»
183, 191, their tobacco, 196, fruit
liked by, 304, method of extracting
fibre, 327 ; probably same stock as
Waboni, 336
Wasin harbour, 5
Wassein, 406, 415
Wa-Teita, slaves of the Watiku, 487
Water : back-waters forming salt-pans,
culture, 210, 237, 238, consider
author as court of appeal, 238 ; shauri
concerning -desiie. to settle, 238 ;
successfully enlisted as labourers,
241, and satisfactory, 259> 2^4 > a
village of, 285 ; converts, 287 ; the
one difficulty in employing them, 639
Wapembe, aborigines of Pemba Island,
as hired labourers, 606
Wa-Pokomo (see also Pokomo), a tnbe
of fishers and hunters, 323: 324> 325>
337, their crops 327; mission to,
328 ; the makers of the Belesom
canal, 331 ; religion and characteristics,
332 ; slaves of the Kau Swa-
hali, 332; distribution of, along the
Tana, 333 ; appearance, manners and
customs, *,332, 334, government,
ornaments,' weapons, etc.,^ 3341
tyrannized overby the Somalis, 335 ’
tastes of, 335 ; no cattle kept, 335,
limits of localization, 336, position
in relation to other tribes, 342, 35z>
403 ; trade in salt, 346
2, 78; full of fish, 82 ; usual
method of obtaining, 144
Water-ways, I, 4
Water and water supply, general
scarcity of water in Africa, 27,.
3I4> 318, 32*, 444> inconveniences
consequent thereon, 458,
469 ; its badness, 35 > in Gir-
yama, 100, 103, ‘medicine’ for,
101 ; swamp water, 118, 131,
sufferings from lack of, 132, 134)
scarce at Kilifi, 14b) bad at
M’Shalca, 247, 292, good at
Manzai, 285, C. M. S. reservoir
at Rabai, 207; sand springs,
313 ; at Mattaroni, 394, effect
on Ozi river water of floods of
the Tana, 339, 344; graveyard
supply at Kau, 342, effects of
drinking, 346; good near Utwani,
358, good at Shaka, 360', good
at M’Pekatoni^lake, 369, swamp
sources* at Bomani, 370, and
Fungo Zombo, 371 ; good at
Sivatoni, 371, pool supply of,
at M’Kanumbi, '376, good at
Kilimani, 377, doubtful at Faza,
389, surface springs at Itembe,
391, good at Bere Bere lake,
405, Tana water good at low
tide, 408, pUntiful near Wange,
419, poor atRubu, 434, Kionga
dependent on Ras Kiambone,
441, at Kombara Bala, 445,
brackish at Shakalasia, 446,
plentiful near Buramanza, 456,
plentiful at Shamku, 468, and
Mbawe, 470, dried up at Gome
la Hekwa, 468, no real scarcity
along coast, 470, water supply
of Zanzibar, 507, 513, of the
Chueni district, 517, of Koko-
toni district, 527, of Machone,
536, of Dunga, 539, of Jumbvi,
543
Water-buck (Kobus ellypifrymnus),
I9B !95, 298, 393) 403> 468
%
Water-lily seeds collected, 119, 127
Watiku (see Bajoni, Burkau, etc.), of
Patta, 382; 422, of Itembe, 427,
429 ; villages, 431, 449, ruined, 462,
465 ; 486, of Kionga, 437; 444, a
friendly warning from, 449, opposition
to the expedition, 464, 479,
their dread of Gallas, 465, distribution
and decay of the tribe, 466 •
road by coast, 468, guides, unreliable,.
471, more procured, 478, 479,
sbamba customs, 476; agricultural
methods, 477, 478 ; 480, their craftiness
and domination, 482, 487,
decayed cultivation, 485, large slaveowners,
487, their rubber-collecting
methods, 489) information given by,
on the Dodori river, 490; limits of
influence, 491, 493; in league with
Fumo Omari, 495, 497
Watoro, or runaway slaves, 119, cultivation
by, 120, 121, 123; Lugard’s
scheme for their complete emancipation,
121, shauris with, 122, 123,
population, 124 ; good workers, 124,
ignorance of the upper Sabaki,
doubtful, 126, 165, used as scouts,
.169, trouble with, as porters, 184,
and- concerning wages, 184, 185, en
route, 186, 187, 188, 192, 193 ; good
workmen, 190, but noisy, 191 ;
shauri with, on opening up Sabaki
district, 201, registration of, 202,
241, ■ delay and cause, 241, 242 ;
idea abandoned, 271, and why, 272
Wa-Siyu or Wa-Patta, 385, alleged
origin, 386 ; 397, 421, 422
Weapons (see Arrows, and Bows and
Arrows), Arab, 282; Bajoni, 382;
Galla, 129, 131, 177, 336, 338, 465 ;
Giryama, 180; Waboni, 337, 481;
Wa-Pokomo, 334; Wasania, 99,
173 ; Watiku, 481
Weaver, J., 13,* road-making, 86, 89,
progresses, 174, 176, 177, nearly
shoots author, 178, 179, 180, 183,
more road-making, 184, 185, 192,
road completed, 195, 272; he breaks
down, 199,- 203, appointed assistant
at Magarini, 252, takes charge, 255 ;
does good work there, 256, 295,
likes the Wanika, 259, his report
H| 259) 26o, 264; goes to Mombasa,
308, is left in sole charge of the
shambas, 309, 411, 412, invalided
to Zanzibar, 506; his report on the
coco-nut cultivation at Magarini, 633,
on cotton cultivation, 637, 638
Weights and measures:
Frasila, 263, 264
Gisla, 60
Kiapu, 399
Kibaba, 31
Pishi in Pemba, 607, in Zanzibar,
| , 559
Welcome to Magarini, 292
Wells, protection of, 67, 74 5 stone, at
Takaungu, 142, 151, with bucket
and pulley, 144; at Roka, 149 ; at
Aroboko, 154; deepened on the
shambas, 306; sinking desirable,
3*3, 314! at Kisanga, 341, 344, at
Shaka, 390, at Sivatoni, 371, at Kilimani,
377, bad at Kisingitini, 383 ;
at Siyu, 385 ; wells in river-bed at
Homwe, 436 ; at Ras Kiambone, 344
Weruni, or veld-land of Giryama, 99,
districts in, 100
West Indies, solution of labour difficulty
in, 550, parallels of temperature
etc., with those of Zanzibar, 551,
552
clove culture in, 732
coffee exported from, 628
sisal hemp in, 576, 577
sugar culture in; 570
Wet weather joys,- 166, 169, 179, 193,
427, 488
Weti, 252, and its Liwali, 587, his
views on copra, 608; described, 588,
environs inspected, 589-591, rainfall,
593, cultivation near, 595, 596-
605, clove culture and labour difficulty,
607
Wheat of B. E. Africa, report on,
653
Wheeled traffic, needed, 89, one form
introduced, 347
Wild-fowl, duck, 44, geese, 127
Wild pigs, numerous, in the Wahadinu
country, 539, 541, dangerous to
indiarubber, 571
Wilson, D.,' B. E. A. Co.’s officer at
Melindi, 157, 169, X71, 179, 277
Wimbe (see Raggy)
Wind-belts, value of, 563
Winds, prevailing, 9
Wiori river, 464
Witchcraft and wizardry, in Giryama,
106 ; at Mombasa, 600; in Tumbatlu
Island, 522 ; of the Wahadinu, 539 ;
among the Watoro, 243, 244
Witu (see Fumo Omari), fertile, 5,
wind observations at, 9, humidity,
10, 1-2, Indian police at, 41 ; people
threaten Jelorr, 179, 180, 188, a
false alarm, 183 ; raids by people
of, 332 ; exploration of district, 300,
314, 318, aspect of environs, 345,
35°, 352> 353. 355. 35», 375, British