Chapter II: Epilogue: 498

INDEX 513

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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LIEUTENANT HOURST _Frontispiece_

WASHERWOMEN OF SAY xi

MARKET PLACE, ST. LOUIS 1

NATIVES OF THE BANKS OF THE SENEGAL 5

NAVAL ENSIGN BAUDRY 15

THE PORT OF DAKAR 21

PART OF THE DAKAR ST. LOUIS LINE 24

RAILWAY BUFFET AT TIVIWANE 25

THE QUAY AT ST. LOUIS 26

A STREET IN ST. LOUIS 27

BUBAKAR-SINGO 27

THE COOLIES ENGAGED AT ST. LOUIS 28

THE ‘BRIÈRE DE L’ISLE’ 30

THE MARKET-PLACE AT ST. LOUIS 31

GOVERNMENT HOUSE, KAYES 32

ON THE SENEGAL 40

EN ROUTE 41

LEFEBVRE CARTS UNHARNESSED 42

LOADING OUR CONVOY 43

LIEUTENANT BLUZET 45

CROSSING A MARIGOT 46

WE ALL HAVE TO RUSH TO THE RESCUE 47

OUR TETHERED MULES 48

DOCTOR TABURET 51

ARRIVAL AT KOLIKORO 53

BANKS OF THE RIVER AT KOLIKORO 55

REPAIRING THE ‘AUBE’ 58

TIGHTENING THE BOLTS OF THE ‘DAVOUST’ 59

PROCESSION OF BOYS AFTER CIRCUMCISION 59

THE SACRED BAOBAB OF KOLIKORO 61

THE FLEET OF MY EXPEDITION 63

DIGUI AND THE COOLIES OF THE ‘JULES DAVOUST’ 65

MADEMBA 67

YAKARÉ 70

LARGE NIGER CANOES 72

THE TOMB OF HAMET BECKAY AT SAREDINA 76

SARAFÉRÉ 77

A MOSQUE AT TIMBUKTU 83

FATHER HACQUART 85

WE LEAVE KABARA 91

AT TIMBUKTU 92

DROVE OF OXEN 93

THE ‘AUBE’ AND HER CREW 95

INTERVIEW WITH ALUATTA 108

A LITTLE SLAVE GIRL OF RHERGO 109

TUAREGS AND SHERIFFS AT RHERGO 110

OUR PALAVER AT RHERGO 111

ARRIVAL AT THE VILLAGE OF RHERGO 113

TRADERS AT RHERGO 115

SO-CALLED SHERIFFS OF RHERGO 116

THE ‘DAVOUST’ AT ANCHOR OFF RHERGO 117

POLITICAL ANXIETIES 119

SAKHAUI’S ENVOYS 124

OUR COOLIES’ CAMP AT ZARHOI 127

OUR BICYCLE SUZANNE AMONGST THE TUAREGS 132

OUR PALAVER AT SAKHIB’S CAMP 133

THE VILLAGE OF GUNGI 135

OUR PEOPLE SHELLING OUR RICE AT GUNGI 137

SHERIFF’S HOUSE AT GUNGI 139

WEAVERS AT GUNGI 141

FATHER HACQUART AND HIS LITTLE FRIEND 143

LITTLE NEGROES AT EGUEDECHE 145

TAKING ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS 150

TOSAYE, WITH THE BAROR AND CHABAR ROCKS 151

THE ROCK BAROR AT TOSAYE 155

THE TADEMEKET ON A DUNE ON THE BANKS OF THE NIGER 159

PANORAMA OF GAO ON THE SITE OF THE ANCIENT GARO 169

PALAVER AT GAO 171

BORNU 180

BABA, WITH THE ROCKS ABOVE ANSONGO 181

THE KEL ES SUK OF ANSONGO REFUSE TO SUPPLY US WITH GUIDES 183

DISTRIBUTION OF PRESENTS TO THE TUAREGS AT BURÉ 187

THE ‘DANTEC’ EXPLORING THE PASS 188

BURÉ 189

CANOES AT BURÉ 190

FLOCKS AND HERDS AT BURÉ 191

GUIDES GIVEN TO US BY IDRIS 192

PALAVER WITH DJAMARATA 195

TUAREGS 198

AN AMRI SHEPHERD 199

TUAREGS 203

A GROUP OF TUAREGS 208

TUAREGS 211

A TUAREG WOMAN 220

A TUAREG IN HIS NATIONAL COSTUME 223

TUAREGS 227

TUAREG HORSEMAN 232

MOORS AND TUAREGS 234

A YOUNG TUAREG 239

TUAREGS 245

AN AFRICAN CAMEL 249

AN ISOLATED TREE AT FAFA 250

FAFA 251

KARU WITH MILLET GRANARIES 252

THE LABEZENGA RAPIDS 253

THE ‘AUBE’ IN THE RAPIDS 258

THE ‘AUBE’ IN THE LAST LABEZENGA RAPID 262

LOOKING UP-STREAM FROM KATUGU 263

THE CHIEF OF AYURU 264

AN ISLAND BETWEEN AYURU AND KENDADJI 266

A ROCKY HILL NEAR KENDADJI 267

FARCA 274

OUR SINDER GUIDES 276

AT SANSAN-HAUSSA 279

THE BOBO RAPIDS 283

VIEW OF SAY 287

CANOES AT SAY 291

OUR GUIDES’ CANOE 294

THE ‘AUBE’ AT FORT ARCHINARD 295

VIEW OF OUR ISLAND AND OF THE SMALL ARM OF THE RIVER 297

FORT ARCHINARD 301

FORT ARCHINARD 303

OSMAN 305

PULLO KHALIFA 308

A TYPICAL KURTEYE 309

THE ARABU 310

A FEMALE TUAREG BLACKSMITH IN THE SERVICE OF
IBRAHIM GALADIO 315

REPAIRING THE ‘AUBE’ 319

OUR MARKET AT FORT ARCHINARD 321

MARKET AT FORT ARCHINARD 322

A YOUNG GIRL OF SAY 324

TYPICAL NATIVES AT THE FORT ARCHINARD MARKET 326

WOMEN OF SAY 330

FORT ARCHINARD 335

OUR COOLIES AT THEIR TOILETTE 338

A WOMAN OF SAY 340

A NATIVE WOMAN WITH GOITRE 342

A TOWER OF FORT ARCHINARD 346

THE MEMBERS OF THE EXPEDITION AT FORT ARCHINARD 349

OUR QUICK-FIRING GUN 355

NATIVES OF SAY 356

TALIBIA 360

TALIBIA 362

GALADIO’S GRANDSON 365

THE ‘DAVOUST’ IN HER DRY DOCK 370

TYPICAL MARKET WOMEN 375

THE MARKET AT FORT ARCHINARD 376

A WOMAN OF SAY 378

ENVOYS FROM THE CHIEF OF KIBTACHI 380

A COBBLER OF MOSSI 383

FORT ARCHINARD 385

A MARKET WOMAN 387

A FULAH WOMAN 389

LAUNCHING OF THE ‘AUBE’ AT SAY 392

TAYORO AND MODIBO KONNA 394

A YOUNG GIRL AT FORT ARCHINARD 396

THE BURNING OF FORT ARCHINARD 401

A YOUNG KURTEYE 402

NATIVES OF MALALI 403

ROCKY BANKS ABOVE KOMPA 405

A FOREST ON THE BANKS OF THE NIGER 407

THE BANKS OF THE NIGER NEAR KOMPA 409

OUR COOLIES WASHING THEIR CLOTHES 415

THE MARIGOT OR CREEK OF TENDA 418

GIRRIS 426

GIRRIS CANOES 431

OUR GUIDE AMADU 437

DJIDJIMA 441

THE NIGER BELOW RUPIA 443

A PALAVER 445

THE SO-CALLED NIGRITIAN, THE OLD PONTOON OF YOLA 446

VIEW OF BUSSA 447

NATIVES OF BUSSA 448

CANOES AT BUSSA 449

WOMEN OF BUSSA 450

WOMEN OF BUSSA 451

TRUMPETERS OF BUSSA 452

WOMEN OF BUSSA 455

AMONG THE RAPIDS 458

THE RAPIDS BELOW BUSSA 461

AMONG THE RAPIDS 463

GEBA 472

RABBA 477

IGGA 478

MOUNT RENNEL ABOVE LOKODJA 485

NATIVES OF AFRICA 497

MEDAL OF THE FRENCH SOCIETY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF
SCIENCE 501

MEDAL OF THE ‘SOCIÉTÉ D’ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE’ 503

MEDAL OF THE LYONS GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 505

MEDAL OF THE MARSEILLES GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 507

MEDAL OF THE CHER GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 509

NATIVES OF SANSAN HAUSSA 510

GRAND MEDAL OF THE PARIS SOCIETY OF COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY 511

THE EXPLORATION OF THE NIGER