Chapter XXVIII: Appendix

List of principal game shot during the expedition, showing the measurements of best heads obtained. _Oryx leucoryx_, 37 inches. _Addax_, 25½ inches. Gazelle, _dorcas_, 10¾ inches. Gazelle, _Loder’s leptoceros_, 11¼ inches. Ditto, female, 9¼ inches. Gazelle, _Rufifrons_, 10½ inches. Haartebeest, _Bubalis_, 18¼ inches. Haartebeest, _Damaliscus Corrigum_, 19¾ inches. Duiker, Yellow-backed, 6¼ inches. Duiker, Crowned. Duiker, Maxwell’s, 2 inches. Waterbuck, Sing-sing, 28 inches. Kobus Kob, 20½ inches. Bohor Reed-buck, 8½ inches. Elephant. Tusks weighing 52 lbs. each. Lion. Length along the contour, 9 feet 2 inches. Hippopotamus. Measurements not recorded. Bushcow. Measurements not recorded.

INDEX

Abdul Karim, 228 Abeibera, wells, 282, 284 Acheb, a desert herb, 292, 330 Addax in the Sahara, 284 Adrar country, 266, 270, 271, 273, 277, 278, 280, 284, 297, 298, 310, 316 Africa, 17 Agamhor, wells of, 257 Ahnet wells, 307, 310, 311, 312, 314 Akka, 173, 174 Algeria, 134, 287, 338, 339 Algerian rams, 180 Algiers, journey to, 17, 323, 339 Alimamy, West African chief, 57 Amool Gragim, 307 Ansongo, 134, 223 Arabs, Berabeesh, 231 Chaamba, 324 Kountah, 226, 231, 250, 253, 265 Saharan, 304, 316, 318, 320, 321, 323, 327, 329 Western Soudan, 192, 219, 231, 245, 272, 282, 289 Architecture, Western Soudan, 154 Aresou, a Saharan plant, 300 Armas, race of, 244 Arrej, or camel saddle, 296 Artesian wells, 319, 335, 340 Atlas Mountains, 193 Azalai, salt caravan, 230 Bagwé River, 36 Baiima, 22 Balandougou, 92, 103 Ballaini, a musical instrument, 54 Bamako, 70, 73, 85, 90, 103, 104, 107, 111, 113, 118, 119, 120, 133, 195, 233, 240, 241 Bamba, 239, 241 Bambara language, 18, 69 people, 122, 123, 136, 141, 192, 227, 236 Maaundée, 207, 208, 217 Bandiagara, 128, 157 Bani River, 150, 156, 157, 159, 176 Baobab tree, 68 Bara Issa, River, 173, 182, 190, 191, 195, 204, 219, 220, 222 Barges, Niger, 103, 145, 154, 176, 233, 235 Barley, 318, 338 Barter, articles of, 234 Barth, explorer, 228 Beehives in Guinea, 66 Beni-Abbes, 318, 330, 340 “Bend” of Niger, 128, 130, 131, 164, 177, 187, 193, 206, 229, 235, 239, 243 Beyla slaves, 271 Bird life, 38, 39, 40, 41 Biskra, 318, 323, 335, 336, 337, 338 Bo, Sierra Leone, 20 Bobo Djilassu, 67, 141, 144, 148 Boia tramway, 22 “Borgou” herb, 171, 177, 186, 221, 238, 239, 243 Bosos, fishermen, 151, 192, 221, 222 “Boucle,” the, 128 Boundary of Algeria-Soudan, 287 Bouramaka Yaroro, 203 Bourassa wells, 284, 285, 287 Bourem, 242, 243, 253 Braimah, my hunter, 78, 81, 82, 86, 87 Bread, cost of, 190 Breeding of Soudan horses, 140, 222 Bullock transport, 217 Bunce River, 23 “Bundu” society, 23, 31, 44 Buré, 101 Burial rites of Korankos, 43, 44 Bushcow in Konnoh country, 34 Bush fires in West Africa, 37, 38, 52 Bushfowl in French West Africa, 39, 110, 179, 218 Bustard, 40, 164, 178, 218 Butter-making at Bamako, 130 Camels on the Niger, 132, 144, 217, 231 Camels in the Sahara, 245, 250, 252, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 268, 276, 279, 286, 287, 292, 295, 298, 300, 320, 328, 332 Camping on the Niger, 148 Cancer, tropic of, 280 Canoe-building, 193, 195 Canoes on the Niger, 185, 193, 222, 226 Caravans in the desert, 242, 269, 286, 305, 323, 324, 339 Carriers, French Guinea, 49, 52, 81, 92, 94 Kissy, 26 Mendi, 26 Upper Senegal and Niger, 113 Castes, in French Guinea, 57, 58 Cattle, 171, 197, 238 Cave-dwellers, 215 Chaamba Arabs, 324, 330 Chad, Lake, 110 Charlotte Ville, 160, 161 Chiefs in French Guinea, 93 Chop-box, definition of, 21, 141 Chotts, 340 Clay in the Niger Valley, 195, 243 Coach to Biskra, 336 College, Arabic, at Djenné, 161 Colomb-Béchar, 318, 323 Cook, my native, on the journey, 18, 70, 236 Corn-growing, 318 Cotton-growing in Sierra Leone, 27 West Africa, 28, 150 Couscous, 234, 275, 286, 306 Cowbird, peculiarity of, 41 Cram-cram grass, 238, 265, 268, 291 Creoles, description of, 20 Crested crane, 241 Crocodiles, 146, 147 Crown-bird, 241 Dahomey, 130, 245 Dakar, 153, 228 Dances, native, 65, 66 Daru, head-quarters of Frontier Force, 25 Dates, in the Sahara, 275, 286, 318, 319, 320, 328, 330, 334 Date palms, 239, 317, 318, 319, 336 Defile of Tosaye, 241, 242 De Franco, Captain, 140 Déglet-nour, dates, 319, 334 Délou, waterbucket of the desert, 250 Diafarabé, 154, 176 Dialakoro, hunting village, 78 Digue, Commandant, 133 Dioula, trader of Western Soudan, 63 Djenné, Holy City of Western Soudan, 153, 154, 157, 159, 161, 167, 176, 192, 229 Domaggaran, 311 Donkeys in the Western Soudan, 223, 231, 284 Douentza, in the Niger “Bend,” 202, 207, 208, 210 Doulajan, 80, 82 Doves in the Sahara, 256 Driver ants, 168 Drums, use of, as signals, 76 Duck on the Niger, 70, 148, 172, 174, 175, 188, 218, 240 Duiker “crowned,” 60 Dum palms, in the Niger Valley, 190, 193, 197 Egrets on the Niger, 165 Eguerrer, Oueds, 265 El Bashir, camel driver, 285, 286, 287, 297 El Gouirat, wells of, 316 El Guettera, spring, 328, 329, 330 El Jibal, 312 El Djouf, the “Belly of the Desert,” 340 Elephant bathing at night, 211, 212 Elephant in the Niger Valley, 18, 59, 80, 82, 84, 85, 95, 96, 211 Elephant skulls at Gao, 243 Erg, the Great, 331 Erg-Iguidi, 272 Escort to Kidal, my, 245, 246, 251, 267 Es-Souk, 229, 277 Ethel, Saharan vegetation, 290, 291, 298 Explorers in North and West Africa, 227, 228 Falama, French Guinea, 76, 78, 85, 89, 111 Fama, the, of San Sanding, 151 Farakoro village, 46, 47 Faranah, French Guinea, 51, 53, 56, 84 Feliko, River, 36 Ferrière, Captain, 225 Fetish charms of hunters, 83, 86, 87 Fie River, 90, 95, 99, 101, 102 Firearms, antiquated, 197 Fishing on the Niger, 105 Fish-tanks on the Niger, 186, 238 “Flamboyant” tree, 144 Fogaras, 318 Foggaret-El-Zoua, 328 Foucauld, Vicomte de, 325 Freetown, 17 Frontier Force Battalion, 25 Frontier rock, Sierra Leone, 36 Fruit in Guinea, 66 Fruit in Upper Senegal and Niger, 123 Fuel for Niger launches, 144, 148 Fulani, 57, 64, 74, 186, 190, 192, 199, 200, 202, 207, 209, 217, 222, 238 Fulani cattle, 171, 197, 238, 240 Futa Jallon country, 63, 64, 72, 200 Gadel, Commandant, 236 Gangaber, on the edge of the Sahara, 247 Gao, 225, 226, 233, 234, 237, 243, 251, 252, 254, 257, 274, 279, 284, 295, 317, 338, 340 Garangis, caste of, 57 Garden in French West Africa, 65, 123, 149 Gauba, the ostrich farm, 179, 182, 184 Gazelle of the Sahara, 179, 196 “Red-Fronted,” 178, 240, 255 Gazelle, “Loder’s,” 265, 284, 297, 298, 330 Geese on the Niger, 70, 172, 174, 175, 188, 218 Giraffe in the Niger basin, 18, 241, 246, 247 Giraffe skins for manufacture, 246 Goats on the Niger, 156, 238 in the Sahara, 256, 273, 289 Gold in French Guinea, 91, 101 “Gold mohur” tree, 144 Goose, the “bio-lou” species, 175 Great Erg, 230 Grhess, a variety of date, 319 Ground nuts, 62, 63, 130 Guerba, a leather vessel, 249, 250, 308, 309, 315 Guides in the desert, 248, 250, 261, 263, 264, 269 Guinea-fowl, 39, 110, 179, 270 Guinée, a trade cloth, 234, 256, 270 Gundam, near Timbuctu, 228 Haarta, Saharan plant, 300 Haartebeest, 83, 178, 204, 206 Habbés, cave-dwellers, 215, 216 Halley’s Comet, in the desert, 287 Harmatan, a north-east wind, 24, 42, 43 Hassy, Arabic term for well, 331 Hausas in the Western Soudan, 192, 203, 236, 311 Head-dress of West Africans, 123 Highwaymen in the desert, 312 Hippopotamus, 79 Hoare, a Mendi charm, 29 Hoggar Tuaregs, 287, 300, 310, 311, 312, 313, 325 Holy City of the Western Soudan, 153 Hombori Mountains, 215 Hornbill, habitat of, 38 Horos, castle of, 57 Horses, native, 71, 125, 131, 139, 140, 201, 209, 222, 231 Hotels in Western Soudan, 132, 134 Hourst Expedition, 138 Hrabis, caste of, 57 Human Leopard Society, 30 Hump of the camel, peculiarity, 280, 295 Hunters, types of, 78, 195, 207, 208, 210 Hunting, native methods of, 60 in French West Africa, 78 Huts, native, 190, 202 Hyenas, 83 Iforas in the Sahara, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278, 283, 287, 310, 324, 326 Ihagareen, Tuareg chiefs, 271 Illimane, Mount, 311 Imbelram, wells of, 315 Imrads among Tuaregs, 271 Inifel, the wells of, 331, 332 In Ouzel, well at, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 294, 297 Insalah, 249, 251, 269, 274, 275, 279, 315, 330, 331, 340 Insects in the “bush,” 116 Inundations of the Niger, 158, 190, 201, 220 Inzize, 305 Issa-Ber, River, 173, 176, 182, 184, 186, 190, 222 Ivory Coast, 130 Jilingé village, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102 Joliba River, 36, 156 meaning of the word, 36 Jomongonas, 98, 99, 101 “Juju” in West Africa, 29, 83, 87, 88 Kaballa, in Sierra Leone, 47 Kabara, port of Timbuctu, 173, 177, 220, 221, 223, 237 Kadi, a native judge, 153 Kamaraia, 54 Kangaba, 90, 110, 111 Kanioumé, 207 Kankan, French Guinea, 70, 73, 74, 75, 103, 115, 131 Kano, 192 Kari-Déna, Tuareg chief, 272 Kati Plateau, 118, 120, 124, 125 Kayes, Senegal Colony, 129, 130, 150, 151 Kerchouel, 254 Kidal, 245, 246, 250, 251, 252, 254, 256, 266, 267, 268, 270, 274, 275, 276, 277, 281, 298, 326 Kiénéfala, rapids on the Niger, 136, 137, 241 Kissidougou, 52, 55 Kissy carriers, 26 mode of carrying, 27 country, 32 wars, 32 Koh, in West Africa, 44, 45, 80, 106, 110, 184, 221, 240 Kofung secret society, 44 Kola nuts, 86, 87, 203 Konakry, 63, 228 Kondundu, Sierra Leone, 35 Konnoh country and people, 32, 33 bushcow in, 34 Koran, use of in charms, 29 Korankos, rites of, 43, 44, 45 Korioumé, 223 Koulikoro, on the Niger, 122, 127, 129, 133, 148, 150, 151, 195, 222 Koulouba, 126, 127 Kouroussa, 56, 60, 63, 64, 67, 68, 70, 73, 103 Kruto, Sierra Leone, 43 Ksour, Arabic village, 317, 320 Kundema, Sierra Leone, 35 Kurorua, lake of, 215, 216 Kwarra, name for the Niger, 156 Ladies, European, in West Africa, 55, 73, 120, 134, 222 Laing, Major, 227 Lake District of Middle Niger, 206, 207 Langel, Lieutenant, 134 Laperine, Colonel, 316, 317 Launch, journey on, 141, 144 Lenz, explorer, 228 Leopard in Niger Valley, 83, 181 raid by, 181 Level, Mr., 150 Limba natives, 44 Lion in Niger Valley, 18, 83, 179, 187, 197, 198, 199 cubs as pets, 165, 166 Litham of Tuaregs, 270, 271, 312 Macina Province, 131, 157, 159, 161, 243 Madambougou, graves at, 138 Mafindo, village of, 27 Mafou River, game on, 56, 59, 60 Mahomed, my guide, 269, 277, 282, 284, 286, 288, 289, 297, 298, 299, 304, 307, 308, 312, 313, 316, 326 Maize in West Africa, 62, 111 Maje, explorer, 139 Malbranque, Mr., 176 Malinké language and people, 18, 57, 64, 71 Mamadu, my servant, 69, 70, 81, 89, 92, 93, 94, 96, 100, 102, 110, 112, 118, 185, 188, 189, 236 Mandingoes, distribution of, 33, 67 Mannagézé, 116 Marabout, a Niger bird, 241 Markets of French West Africa, 74, 112, 122, 130, 131, 192 Marriage customs, Sierra Leone, 31 Mauretania, 107, 144, 274 Méhari, riding camel, 270, 324 Méhariste, 322, 329, 331, 333 Meli River, passage of, 32 Mendi carriers, 26 mode of carrying, 27 paganism of, 29 secret societies, 29 Mendis, charms of, 29 Meshoui, an Arab dish, 334 Mesoued, for desert travel, 248, 313 Millet-growing, 111, 158, 192, 202 Milo River, 73, 76 Mimosa trees, 163, 178, 204, 206, 246, 254, 266, 289, 290 Moa River, Sierra Leone, 25 Mohammedanism, progress of, 33, 109, 200 Mopti, on the Niger, 123, 156, 157, 158 to 170, 171, 173, 175, 176 Mopti, King of, 159, 160 Monoroues, stern-wheelers, 142 Moorish occupation, 224, 229, 230, 239 Moors in Western Soudan, 74, 107, 108, 109, 131, 239, 244 Morocco, 225, 227, 228, 325, 331 Mosques, 230, 244 at Djenné, 153 Mosquitoes, 96 Mossis, 192 Mouyidir in the Sahara, 314, 315 Musa, my Hausa cook, 236, 285, 287, 288, 289, 297, 304, 313, 316, 327, 328 Musa-Benaïsch, 330 Music of natives, 54 Nafadié, 103 Niafounké, 110, 141, 173, 177, 178, 179, 182, 185, 191, 222 Niandan, River, 70, 71 Niangaye, Lake, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 215, 216, 218, 219 Niansumana, 76 Niéger, Captain, 322, 323 Niger, Middle, 17, 67, 134, 157, 159, 171, 172, 179, 200, 219, 222, 229, 240, 244, 251, 276, 318, 328, 339 Niger, navigation of, 70, 73, 122, 134, 135, 136 Niger, sources of, 36, 46 Upper, 17, 51, 56, 63, 70, 77, 89, 90, 92, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 109, 110, 111, 115, 118, 132, 135, 172, 244 Niger Valley, 18, 327 Nightjar, standard-winged, 41 Night marching in the Sahara, 264, 300 Nioro, Western Soudan, 140 Oases of the Sahara, 268, 315, 316, 317, 328, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 340 Obb, Commandant, 223 Odienné, Ivory Coast, 82, 85 Ophthalmia in the desert, 308 Oribis, 60, 110 Oriole, the golden, 39 Ornaments, native, 77, 123 Oryx, white (leucoryx), 265, 284 Ostriches, 132, 182, 183, 218 Ostrich farm, Middle Niger, 182, 183 Othman, a guide, 297, 298, 312, 313, 316 Ouargla oasis, 323, 332, 333, 334, 335 Oued Mya, 332, 333, 340 Oueds in the Sahara, 242, 265, 268, 274, 290, 328, 330 Ouillimiden Tuaregs, 253, 272 Oysters in Lake Dhebo, 173 Palm-wine drinking, 50 Pasturage in the Sahara, 253, 257, 260, 291, 320, 328, 330, 332 Pelicans on Lake Niangaye, 218 Pendembu railway terminus, 19, 22 a night at, 26 Pigeon, varieties of, 40, 148 Plantain-eater, violet, 38 Poro secret society, 29, 30, 31, 44 Potters at work in the “Bend” of the Niger, 185 Presents to natives, 97, 98 Rahla, a riding saddle, 296 Railway, Algerian, 311, 336, 337, 338, 339 French Guinea, 63, 64, 130 Oran, 323 Senegal and Niger, 120, 129, 130, 133, 161 Sierra Leone, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 Trans-Saharan, 339 Rapids on the Niger, 136, 137, 241 Reed-buck, Bohor, 221 Réné Caillé, 141, 228 Reservoir of Lake Dhebo, 172, 173 Rice-growing, 111, 157, 192, 202, 243 mill at Mopti, 161, 162 Rio del Oro, 325 Roads in French Guinea, 53, 54, 75, 107, 111 in Sierra Leone, 35, 36 in Western Soudan, 122, 161 Rubber vine, 62, 74 trade, 74, 75, 115 Saddle of native horses, 188, 189 Saddles, camel, 248, 275, 295, 296 Sahara, edge of the, 178, 193, 242, 252, 256, 272, 290, 325 Central, 266, 280, 310, 316, 317, 321, 325, 339 journey across, 17, 248, 249, 307 languages of the, 19 vegetation of the, 290, 291, 292, 300, 331 Salt caravans, 202, 230 mines of the Sahara, 74, 307 Salutations, native, 145 Samory, King, 67, 68, 69, 91 Sand-banks, 70, 145, 237 -dunes, 239, 319, 331, 334 -flies, 96, 149 -grouse, 178, 218 -storms in the desert, 288, 289, 302, 303, 306, 321 Sankaran, plains of, 46, 48, 51 Sankarani River, 78, 85, 90, 91, 95, 99, 101 Sansanding, on the Niger, 151, 152, 153 Saraféré, 173, 187, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197, 201, 203, 207 Sarafinian, Customs post, 48 Scorpion, incident at Bo with, 24 Sébi, the haunt of lion, 187, 201 Ségou, on the Niger, 149, 150, 151, 152 Senafou, a native of, 90 Senegal River, 74, 107, 110, 129, 132, 150, 233, 234 navigation of, 129 haartebeest, 204, 205, 206, 208 Seriamou, 220 Sétif, Algeria, 339 Shea-butter tree, 116, 117 Sheep of the Niger, 156, 180, 238 of the Sahara, 256, 273, 289, 290 Shi, tree of, 116 Sibo, Niger Valley, 184 Sierra Leone, Colony of, 17, 245 railway of, 19 Siguiri district, 75, 97, 101, 104, 111 Sikasso, Upper Senegal and Niger Colony, 144, 159 Sirocco, 230 Slavery in French Guinea, 58 among the Arabs, 327, 328 Smuggling on Sierra Leone border, 48 Sofas of King Samory, 67, 68, 92 Sohré, caste of, 57 Sokolo, Western Soudan, 140 Sokrar, camel driver, 333 Sonrhais of the Niger, 154, 186, 192, 221, 222, 227, 229, 236, 237, 238, 244, 272, 277 Sotuba, rapids of, 137 Spears as a native arm, 209, 271 St. Louis, Senegal Colony, 129, 161 Stone Age in the Sahara, 277 Suk, a charm of the Mendis, 29 Sun spectacles, use of, 267, 270, 271 Susu native as my cook, 18 people, 64 Tademayt, plateau of, 330 Tamanrasset, 325 Tanezrouft of the Sahara, 245, 279, 287, 294, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 306, 310, 311, 315, 326, 327 Tango-Maré, 219 Taoundert, 285, 287 Taudény, salt mines, 230, 240 Tea, Arabic, 283 Teal, 218, 240 grey, 175, 190, 204 Telegraph, electric, 239, 246 Telegraphy, native, 76 Telemsi, “Oued” or “Wad,” 242, 265 Tell, the country of, 326 Tellak, a camel dagger, 271 Tellis, a camel bag, 319 Temacheq, Tuareg language, 272, 313, 326 Tembiko River, 36 Tembikunda Mountains, 34, 42, 156, 172, 240, 241 Tennis at Koulikoro, 135 Tide on Lake Niangaye, 205 Tidikelt, 315, 317 Timbuctu, 17, 69, 110, 121, 125, 135, 141, 151, 164, 167, 176, 177, 179, 191, 195, 202, 217, 220, 222, 223, 243, 272 Timissao, 297, 298, 299, 300 Tindéran, wells of, 263, 264, 265 Tinsida, in the “Bend” of the Niger, 216 Tirailleurs, Senegalese, 251 Tirik, Jibal el, 297 Tit, Touat oasis, 322, 323 Tobacco-growing in Western Soudan, 149 Tobacco, its value to travellers, 28, 283 Tombola, 104, 106, 109 Tondibi, 243 Tosaye, defile of, 241, 242, 243 Touat oasis, 282, 322, 330, 340 Touggourt, 323, 335, 336 Trade in French West Africa 73, 74, 75, 108, 130, 161 Trapping game in Guinea, 62 Tribal marks, 90 Tripoli, 228, 318, 331 Trypansomiasis, 33, 140 Tsetse fly, where met, 32, 140 Tuaregs of the Sahara, 19, 192, 202, 219, 224, 229, 238, 240, 253, 263, 270, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 283, 287, 289, 310, 316, 325, 326 Tunisia, 230, 340 Tusks of elephants, 214 Twins, custom of killing, 45 Upper Senegal and Niger Colony, 110, 120 Lieut. Governor of, 126, 127 Vedette, a Niger launch, 142 Villages, Fulani, 190, 191 Wagadugu, town of, 192 Wart-hog in French Soudan, 162, 163, 164, 167, 179, 184 Wasulu country for sport, 56, 60, 75, 80, 82, 83, 84, 89, 90, 95, 96 Waterbuck in the Niger Basin, 59, 81, 184 Waterfowl on the Niger, 70, 148, 172, 174, 175, 184 Water, means of transporting, 249, 250 Water-skins in the desert, 249, 267, 273, 275, 294, 295, 308, 309, 316 Wells in the Sahara, 225, 249, 250, 253, 254, 257, 263, 264, 267, 273, 274, 282, 284, 285, 297, 298, 299, 307, 315, 316, 331, 332, 333, 335, 340 Wheat, African, 228, 234, 338 White ants in Africa, 167, 168 Widow weaver, a bird of West Africa, 41 Winds of the Niger, 176 Winds in the desert, 192 Winds on Lake Niangaye, 205 Wool-making on the Niger, 181 Yakubu, a character at Timbuctu, 226, 227 Yellimamis, caste of, 57 Yonni tramway, 22 Zaberma, 236 Zariba for lion, 179 Zinder, on the Niger, 253 Zmeila, wells of, 333

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: Major Laing’s grave has quite recently been discovered, according to French reports, at a place called Saeb, thirty miles north of Timbuctu, but his valuable papers have not been found.]

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