Part 49
Bénuwé river, ii. 464, 517. The great arm of the Kwára, 467. Period of rising and falling, 475. Its importance for the intercourse with the interior, ii. 348; iii. 132, 134.
Benzári, town of Manga, ii. 175.
Bérabísh (_sing._ Berbúshi) tribe, sections of, in Ázawád, v. 464. Their hostility towards me, 491, 505. Chief of Bérabísh murderer of Major Laing, iv. 500. Death of his son, 509.
Berber population, historical notices of, i. 223. Licentious manners of frontier tribes, 288; v. 190.
Berbéruwá well of Manga country, iv. 43.
Berí village and inhabitants, iii. 50. Route to from Ngégimi, 52, _note_. Former importance, 500, _seq._
Bernínkoró, Bámbara village, v. 499.
Beshér villages and well near Kúkawa, ii. 242.
Betéhá valley of Wádái, principal villages along the, iii. 578.
Béting district, character of the Niger in, v. 254.
Bú el Hamésh, well of Kánem, iii. 108.
Birchi village, v. 355.
Birmenáwa town, ii. 164; v. 373.
Birni, or Ghasr-éggomo, the old capital of Bórnu, founded by whom, ii. 644. Description of its ruins, iv. 50.
Bírni town on Niger and inhabitants, v. 287.
Bírni-n-Débe, site of and forest scenery, iv. 223.
Bírni-n-Kebbi and its inhabitants, iv. 212; v. 322. N.B. Other names beginning with the term Birni look for under the second part of the name.
Bitinkóbe tribe, v. 289.
Bizúggu town, iv. 554.
Blacksmiths of the Tawárek, i. 373. Blacksmith’s workshop described, ii. 376.
Boats on the Tsád, ii. 327, on the Shári, iii. 293, 297, of the Musgu, 220, on the Bénuwé, ii. 469, on the Niger iv. 242, 362; v. 276. Represented in Pl. iv. 391, 395.
Bodinga town and market, v. 333.
Bóghel valley, its picturesque and rich character, i. 395.
Bógo village, iii. 186.
Bokhári, governor of Khadéja, his expedition against Khadéja, his success, and what use he made of it, ii. 175; v. 350.
Bokhári, learned man of Sókoto, iv. 528.
Bokhári, a learned man of Gando, iv. 200.
Bóne village, iv. 336.
Bongesémba village, on the Upper Niger or Dhiúliba, different quality of the water of the two branches of the river at, v. 477.
Books should be sent out to Central Africa, v. 43. Manuscript books in Bagírmi, iii. 373.
Bóre town, v. 466.
Bórnu, general character of history of, ii. 253. Form of government, 270, 648. Friends and instructors in, 283-290.
Bórnu, chronological table of events and list of kings of, ii. 633.
Bórnu army, appearance of, iii. 165. Detachments composing the cavalry of, in the expedition to Músgu, 521.
Bórnu proper, boundaries of, ii. 201.
Bornu-Gungu, or Barnu-Gungu, island in the Niger, scenery round, v. 242.
Borzári, town of Bórnu, iv. 32.
Bóse village and inhabitants, v. 281.
Bosebángo village and inhabitants, iv. 267-271.
Bot-hádíye post on the Senegal, v. 500. Compare 670, _n._
Bread of Magáriá, i. 522. Of balanites, iii. 386.
Búdduma, islanders of the Tsád identical with the Yédiná, ii. 324. Their character, 324. Their canoes, 327. Overweg’s visit to their islands, iii. 8.
Búgarí village, iii. 317; described, 334.
Búggoma river, iv. 303.
Búgla well, v. 489.
Búgomán town on Shárí, iii. 331.
Bulála, dynasty of, identical with Gaöga, iii. 427. Divisions of the, 586.
Bullock-riding, attempt at, i. 371. Excellent bullocks in Aír, 377; ii. 5. The bullock the native beast of burden, ii. _passim_.
Bulls used by the ancient kings of Fezzán for drawing their chariots sculptures confirmatory of, i. 199.
Búnday mountain range, i. 377.
Búndi town, ii. 195; v. 380.
Bundóre village, dye-pits at, iv. 272
Búne, Old and New, iv. 47.
“Búne Kayérde Sʿaíd” village and meaning of name, v. 387.
Búnka town and its inhabitants, iv. 118; v. 351.
Búrj el Melha, a ruined castle, i. 13.
Búrgu or Burku, interesting country, ii. 27, 493.
Burre hamlet, rocky character of the Niger near, v. 251.
Burrum, or Bahr el Ghazál stations along, iii. 490.
Bússumo town, iv. 561.
Butter, fresh, not to be got in Bórnu, nor in Negroland in general, ii. 230; iv. 125.
Butter-tree, Bassia butyracea (kadeña, tóso), in Kátsena, ii. 84, 87; iv. 107. Ádamáwa, ii. 387, 408, 434. In great numbers on Niger, iv. 385; v. 282.
Búwa tribe, divisions, iii. 593.
Búwa-Dasár tribe, iii. 614.
Býrgu, nourishing grass in Niger, v. 152, 156. Honey prepared from, 165.
Caillié, Réné, the traveller, iv. 387, 455.
Camel, the, not indigenous in Africa, i. 200. Prices of, in Bórnu, ii. 315. Camels of Bórnu, iii. 194. Camels of the desert not accustomed to the food near the river, v. 190.
Camel races, i. 329.
Canoes on the Bénuwé, ii. 469. See Boats.
Capparis sodata, uses of, i. 295. Wide extent of, 295, 320; v. 96, 143, 251. In the Burrum, iii. 491. Berries of, i. 295; v. 146.
Caravan trade of Timbúktu with Morocco, v. 32.
Caravans avoid the villages bordering the desert, i. 122.
Castle of the Prophetess, a Roman ruin at El Jem. i. 3.
Cattle, horned, indigenous or imported, iii. 235. Introduced into many districts by the Fúlbe.
Champagóre, town and residence of Galaijo, described, iv. 253.
Champaláwel town, iv. 261.
Cheréka mount, i. 375.
Chifówa town described, ii. 178.
Chíre described, iii. 599.
Civilisation, false, its influence in furthering the slave trade, iii. 133. Of Negroland, only means of, 365.
Clapperton, Captain, probable cause of his death, iv. 178. His great merit as a traveller, 169.
Clay the chief food of the Dingding tribe, ii. 625. Clay-houses, insecurity of, iii. 392.
Cocks used in deciding law suits by wager of battle, ii. 535.
Commerce of Libtáko, iv. 288. Of Timbúktu, iv. 615; v. 17. Of Kanó, ii. 125, _seq._ Of Kúkawa, 307, _seq._ Of Wádáy, iii. 556.
Corchorus olitorius, common vegetable in Ágades, i. 405. In Bórnu, ii. 67, 180. In Bagírmi, iii. 421. In the desert, v. 429.
Costume of Démmo chiefs, iii. 206.
Cotton cultivated from Bagírmi to Timbúktu, Preface, p. xx. Best cotton near lakes and rivers, iii. 142. In Bagírmi cultivated in ridges, iii. 339. Chiefly cultivated by Bórnu people, iii. 448. The wealth of Díkowa, iii. 139, 268. On Niger, v. 286, 289. The staple in market of Badaráwa, iv. 125. Cotton extensively manufactured in Kanó, ii. 125. From the 11th century in Silla, v. 30. Celebrated in Korórofa, ii. 579. In Kong, iv. 557. In Zágha, v. 475.
Cotton-fields, general neglected appearance, iii. 142. Well kept, iv. 117.
Cotton-strips as money, ii. 311. In the country towns of Bórnu, ii. 212. In Ádamáwa, ii. 446. In Bagírmi, iii. 381. In Libtáko, iv. 291. In Ísayé, iv. 332.
Croton tiglium in Bagírmi, iii. 449.
Crowe, Mr., H.M.’s consul-general in Tripoli, i. 15; ii. 106.
Crystallised tubes, v. 422.
Cucurbita lagenaria, ii. 433; iii. 129.
Cucurbita Melopépo, iii. 234. In general use for seasoning the food, iii. 154; v. 3.
Cultivation of the different species of corn in various districts greatly varying, ii. 434, 505.
Currency, defection in Kúkawa, ii. 311. Very varying in different districts, difficult to know beforehand, iv. 278.
Cyperus esculentus, ii. 381; iii. 262. Porridge of, ii. 433.
Dábuwa village, iii. 267.
Dághel village, residence of ʿOthmán the Reformer, iv. 168.
Dákkwa, meaning of the term, ii. 10.
Dalla town, v. 465.
Dalla province, iv. 316.
Dámarak ancient capital of Só, ii. 651.
Dámbedá village, iv. 87.
Damerghú, cornfields, i. 535. Animals and vegetation of, 540. List of villages, 547. Origin of the name, 546.
Dan-Fáwa town and inhabitants, v. 349, Dánkama, site of, ii. 40.
Dan-Sháura district, towns and villages in, v. 345, _note_.
Dan-Sháura, walled town, v. 345.
Darghol and its inhabitants, iv. 277; v. 652.
Dármagwá village, ii. 198.
Darróro town, ii. 565.
Daúra, eldest state of Háusa, ii. 72. Province of, ii. 560. Character of governor, iv. 85.
Dates of Ásben, i. 302. Kanó, ii. 145. Of Tawát, species of, iv. 516, _note_. Of Bamba, v. 200.
Datepalms in Ásben, i. 302, 318. In Tasáwa, ii. 24. In Kano, 145. In Ádamáwa, 506. In Logón, iii. 280, 297. In Kánem, iii. 96, 107. In Bagírmi, 599. In Búrgu, iii. 500. In Timbúktu, iv. 475. In Bamba, 188. In Gógó, v. 213. Loaded with fruit, 330. Palm-bushes, 276, 370.
Dáway village, v. 388.
Dawerghú described, iii. 27.
Day, islands of, in the Niger, iv. 392.
Débe, site of, v. 317.
Débu lake, its shallow character, v. 471. Ayú or manatus, found in, 472.
Déffowa town, ii. 205.
Dekír well, v. 444.
Deléb palms, ii. 39, 424. The fruit and its uses, 426. Wide range of this palm, iii. 187, 235, 285, 297, 355, 400, 449; iii. 224; iv. 107; v. 369, 371, _passim_.
Démmo village and scenery, iii. 202. Pagan priests and chiefs, 206.
Démsa, country of this tribe, ii. 519.
Dendi, capital of, iv. 192.
Déndina, towns and villages of, iv. 538.
Denfó, walled town, and its inhabitants, v. 498.
Denga village, iv. 273.
Denham, Major, his adventures in Mándará, iii. 124. His want of accuracy, iv. 169.
Derís, a dwelling place of the “White Arabs,” v. 519.
Desert, journey across, i. 191. _seq._ Highest mountain pass in, v. 251. Torrent, effects of, 324. Heart of the, i. 258; v. 420. Extent of rain into the desert, v. 428.
Desert near Timbúktu, residence in, iv. 463.
Déshi hamlet and inhabitants, iv. 318.
Devil’s dance at Tágelel, i. 551.
Díggera and vicinity, iii. 156.
Díggera, a tribe of Tawárek, formerly of wide extent, now reduced, ii. 72, 652; iv. 4, 50.
Díkowa, large town and vicinity, iii. 130.
Dimísugá village, hospitable treatment at, v. 386.
Dimla town, iv. 563.
Díre town, v. 470.
Dirma province, iv. 420.
Dírki town, v. 429. Historical notice of, ii. 654.
Dodó, worship of, i. 551.
Dodówa cakes, i. 538; ii. 15. An important article of trade with Sókoto, iv. 122.
Dógo, southernmost village of Bagírmi, described, iii. 598.
Dógo village, near Say, v. 293.
Dógo-n-dáji town, v. 330.
Domestic slavery in Negroland, ii. 151.
Donári town, iv. 39.
Dóre, chief town of Libtáko, iv. 286. Market, 288-292.
Dorówa (Parkia) chief tree in the provinces of Kátsena and Záriya, iv. 107, _passim_.
Dýnnia town and inhabitants, v. 494.
Dúchi district described, ii. 236.
Dúchi town described, iv. 123; v. 351.
Dúm-palm, exclusive region near Zurríkulo, ii. 199. Wide range of, over Negroland. In Air, i. 317, 383. Near Yó, iii. 33. In Logón, 286. Gazáwa, ii. 13; iv. 91. In Fógha, iv. 225. In Máuri, iv. 548. On the Niger, v. 98, 267, 272, 281, 284, 435. Use of the fruits of, in Say, v. 297. In Tamkala, v. 303. The kernel, ii. 309; iii. 35, 50.
Duncan, his route from Baffo to Adafudia full of errors, iv. 553.
Dunki-tree leaves used as vegetable, v. 291.
Dúnu village described, ii. 209.
Dyeing, the art of, imparts to several regions of Negroland a certain tincture of civilization, ii. 31. Superiority of in Kanó, 128. In Ujé, ii. 365. In Bagírmi, iii. 129, 357. In Zánfara, iv. 121; v. 352.
Dwentsa town, v. 466.
Dýrregu, the freed Háusa boy, iv. 10, _passim_.
Ebn Batúta’s Travels, i. 464. Mentions Edrís, as king of Bórnu, ii. 265.
Éderí and its caverns, i. 146.
Edible wild fruits, ii. 380, 387. Edible poas, _see_ Poa. Edible productions, ii. 433.
Edrís Alawóma, greatest king of Bórnu, ii. 650. Expeditions of, from Bórnu to Kánem, iii. 498.
Éfadaye, lawless tribe, i. 351. Their strength, 491.
Egé, fertile valley, described, iii. 491.
Égeri, valley of, i. 252.
Eghellál mount and village, i. 377. Valley, 378.
Egyptians, ancient, probable intercourse of the Songhay with, iv. 426; v. 193.
El Ábiár, district near the Senegal, wells of, v. 513.
El Áhmar well, v. 439.
El Arbʿaín described, i. 2.
El Bekrí’s account of Negroland, iv. 583. Mention of various words still in use, shigge, iv. 443, _n._
El Edrísi’s account of Negroland noticed, iv. 585.
El Gáda and adjoining districts described, and Moorish tribes in, v. 544.
El Giblah and Shemmámah described, and Moorish tribes in, v. 539.
El Háha district and tribes, v. 545.
El Hank district described, v. 546.
El Hasi, the well at the foot of the Hammáda, i. 140.
El Hódh district described, and Moorish tribes in, v. 529.
El Jem, Roman remains at, i. 3.
El Júf district described, v. 547.
Elkeb, singular monuments on the plain of, i. 58.
El Khwín described, i. 2.
El Medaina, a ruined Roman station, i. 12.
El Waláti, his character and appearance, iv. 282. His knavery, 345, _et passim_. Final separation from, v. 16.
El Wár, or Temmi, well, v. 440.
Elephants, frequent in Ádamáwa, ii. 508. Herd of, going to water, iii. 48. Predominant in Músgu, 161, 162, 169. In Gurma, iv. 271.
Ém-n-kúris headland, camping-ground at, v. 149.
Encampment, Arab, private life in, iv. 485. Of Tawárak represented, v. 127.
“English house” at Kúkawa, ii. 298.
English hill near Tin-tellust, i. 334.
Erátafáni (Ghatafán, compare Ebn Khaldún, trans. by De Slane, i. 38), camp of the, v. 269.
Érazar valley, i. 320.
Érgshésh, district described, v. 546.
Ernésse camping-ground described, v. 130.
Euphorbia, poisonous, i. 532; v. 97.
European goods brought to Kanó, ii. 135. To Timbúktu, v. 33.
Europeans, in what little esteem held by some people, v. 90.
Exogyra Overwegi found near Wadi Tagíje, i. 120.
Fáki el Bahr, most learned man in Wádái, iii. 560.
Fáki Sámbo, a very learned Púllo at Máseñá, iii. 373.
Fálalé, village and costume, iv. 555.
Falí tribe in Fúmbiná, ii. 511.
Fányakangwa town, v. 377.
Farára described, i. 548.
Fáro river, ii. 473, 517.
Fatáwel, great ivory market, iii. 162.
Female chiefs and sovereigns in Bórnu, ii. 650. Of the Welád Ráshid, iii. 549.
Female infidelity rare amongst the nobler tribes of the Tawárek, v. 127. Female headdress in Bagírmi, iii. 320. In Kanó, ii. 109.
Female apparel in general in Negroland, ii. 25. In Músgu, iii. 238. In Songhay, v. 218.
Fénorang valley, i. 284.
Feréng-mangha, explanation of the title, iv. 423, _note_.
Ferry-boats made of calabashes, ii. 232; iv. 27.
Festival of the ʿAíd el Kebír in Ágades, i. 422. Of the Fotr at Kúkawa, iii. 15. In Kanó, _ib._ In Máseña, 417. In Timbúktu, v. 10. In Yágha, 280.
Ficus, very large specimens, i. 392; ii. 141; iii. 130; v. 132.
Fíliyo village and its inhabitants, iv. 309.
Firearms, their influence in furthering the slave trade, iii. 133. Numerous in Bórnu in the second half of the sixteenth century, ii. 651.
Firki-ground, a peculiar kind of soil, ii. 241, 355; iii. 125, _passim_.
Fish very plentiful in Músgu, iii. 233, 241. Different species found in Niger, v. 625. Dried fish, an important article of commerce in Bórnu, iii. 29. Value of, as a medium of commerce at Áshenúmma, v. 433.
Fittrí, the “lake” of the Kúka, more considerable places around, iii. 585. The districts mentioned, 502, 515.
Fleas in Kúkawa, iii. 250. In Támkala, v. 303.
Fódet valley, mountain scenery, i. 328.
Fógha valley, iv. 225. Mode of preparing salt, 228. Character of the people, 230. Separation between the Háusa and Songhay races, 231.
French, excitement caused at Timbúktu by their movements in the north, v. 114-125.
Fugábú Kóbber, village of the, iii. 82.
Fúlbe, of Mándará, ii. 173. Degenerate Fúlbe, 393. Their intelligence and veracity, 420. First appearance in Bórnu, 649, 654. Immigration into Bagírmi, iii. 433. Facilitated by the Shúwa, 369. History of, and growth of their power in Sókoto, iv. 147. Tribes of, 148, _note_. Their important mission, 491. Along upper Niger, 623. Their policy in Timbúktu, v. 81. Tribes in Sókoto, 528. Fúlbe inhabiting suburbs of larger towns, iii. 127; v. 330. Their way of preparing butter, ii. 230.
Fúlbe huts figured, iv. 325.
Fúlbe of Ádamáwa, their famous expedition to the far South, ii. 520.
Fúmbiná, extent of, ii. 503. Described, 504. Various tribes, 510-514.
Funeral dance at Ísge, ii. 535.
Furá village, iv. 465.
Fura, favourite drink, mode of drinking, i. 414.
Fúta country, chief divisions of, v. 522.
Gábatá, sacred site of, iv. 63.
Gábberí and its inhabitants, iii. 605.
Gá-béro, description of the tribe, v. 222. Their hospitality, 225. Divisions of the tribe, 225, _note_.
Gá-bíbi tribe, v. 242.
Gabóre hamlet, v. 385.
Gagliuffi, Mr., British agent at Múrzuk, i. 165, 171; ii. 171.
Gakoira town, site of, iv. 388.
Galúla village and watercourse, v. 521.
Gámerghú district, ii. 360. Tribe nearly related to the Mándara, 362.
Gando empire, climate and extent of the, iv. 203. Rulers of, 527.
Gando town described, iv. 195; v. 347. Average rain-fall in, v. 329.
Gaoga, kingdom of, iii. 426. Reason of its power, 445.
Gárbo village, iv. 234; v. 311.
Gáreji village, ii. 174.
Gárgará, iron used in Bagírmi obtained from, iii. 597.
Gár-Sará described, iii. 609.
Garú, an island-town in the Niger, v. 273.
Gasi-Ghúma, great market-place of Fermágha, v. 483.
Gátara village, v. 308.
Gaúmaché hamlet, iv. 207.
Gáuri town, notice of, iii. 616.
Gáwasú village, interview with the sultan of Sókoto, iv. 133.
Gazáwa, independent pagan town, ii. 33. Places lying round it, 35. Fortifications and markets, 37. Chief men, iv. 92.
Gébi valley described, i. 295.
Gellu town, v. 497.
Gerkí, town and its inhabitants, ii. 162; v. 372.
Gésgi valley of Kánem, iii. 95.
Géshiya town and its inhabitants, iv. 36.
Gesma town and its inhabitants, iv. 38.
Gezáwa, town of province of Kanó, and its inhabitants, ii. 152.
Ghadámes, inhabitants of, great merchants, settled in Kátsena, ii. 57. Kanó, 110, 115. Timbúktu, iv. 481, 616; v. 33.
Ghaladíma ʿOmár, interview with, ii. 192.
Ghámbarú, brick ruins of, ii. 225. Favourite residence of the former kings of Bórnu, iii. 517.
Ghána, or Ghánata, kingdom, historical notices of, iv. 579, 584, 585.
Gharíya el gharbíya, Roman gateway at, i. 126; and Arab tower, 129.
Gharíya e’ sherkíya, i. 132.
Ghasr-éggomo, former capital of Bórnu (see Bírni), ruins of described, iv. 22.
Ghát, arrival at, i. 221. Description of, 237.
Ghérgo, Songhay town on the Niger and inhabitants, v. 151.
Ghurián and its villages, i. 43-49. Hatred against the Turks, 48. Subterranean dwellings, _ib._
Gída-n-Alla village, v. 371.
Giraffe, home of the, i. 520. Rare in the populous districts, in Músgu, ii. 359; iii. 162. Frequent on the Niger, v. 199, 254.
Gílmirám, wells of, ii. 5.
Góber, princes of, iv. 526. Connection of the noblest family with the Copts, i. 336. The Goberáwa once masters of Ásben, _ib._
Gógó, Gágho, or Gʿao, capital of the Songhay empire, noticed, iv. 580, 583, 585. Conquered by the Awelímmid, iv. 628. Town and inhabitants described, v. 215. Survey of the Niger near, 235.
Gold, the chief commercial staple of Timbúktu, v. 21. Import of gold into Kanó, ii. 142. Gold trade in former times in Kúkia, iv. 552, 584. Gold found in Bénuwé, ii. 470. Rivers containing gold, iv. 557.
Góna, locality on the Niger, v. 239.
Gonda trees (_Erica Papaya_), ii. 12, 87, 447, 623; iii. 138; v. 330. Fruit of, 60; iv. 209, _passim_. Wild Gonda bush, ii. 93, 368; v. 293. Its delicious fruit, ii. 401.
Gongungo village, iv. 274.
Gónja, (country of the kóla-nut) routes to, iv. 556. Trade to. v. 29.
Góreba fruit (see Dúm-palm), ii. 13.
Górebi torrent, iv. 261.
Gorgom town, iv. 88.
Gósuwa town, ii. 174.
Góte district, v. 280.
Government: a feudal form spread from Melle over great part of Negroland, iv. 588. In Bórnu, eclectic, with a very strong aristocratical element, ii. 270. In Fúlbe states more republican, 499. Of Bagírmi, iii. 452. Of Wádái, 547. In Songhay, more despotical, iv. 416.
Gozenákko village and its inhabitants, ii. 13.
Grain, different prices of, ii. 313; v. 338.
Granaries, tower-like, iv. 331. Granaries or corn-stacks as usual in Negroland, i. 539; ii. 5. In the Manga country, iv. 29.
Groundnuts, an essential article of native food, and important article of export trade, ii. 432; iii. 334. In Bagírmi, in general cultivated to a small extent, iii. 447, 505, _passim_. Cultivated between the corn, ii. 434.
Guinea-worm disease, i. 271. Produced by drinking stagnant water, ii. 546. Not met with in women, _ib._
Gúlbi, general meaning, ii. 299.
Gúlbi-n-Sókoto swamps, v. 321.
Gúlumbé, walled town, iv. 209; v. 323.
Gumda village, iv. 89.
Gúmmel, town, its commercial importance and its inhabitants, ii. 164. Its state of decay, v. 374.
Gúmrek, lake, i. 533.
Gúndam town described, v. 467.
Gúndumi wilderness, passage through, iv. 130.
Gúram town, v. 473.
Gurára river, Lander’s Rári, ii. 563.
Gúre, capital of Múniyó, described, iv. 51-58. Visit to the governor, 53. His character, 54.
Gurgul, a small shallow drain of Senegal, v. 522.
Gúri and inhabitants, v. 492.
Gurma, hilly country of, iv. 250. Colonised by the Songhay, 259. Province and inhabitants of, 550. Their connection with the Tombo, _ib._
Gúro-nuts, a commercial staple of Timbúktu, v. 27. Their import into Kanó, ii. 131. Conditions of the trade in, _ib._
Gúshi territory, villages in, iv. 68.
Gwanín el Kohol, section of the Berabísh notice of the, v. 65.
Gwásem, Roman sepulchre near, i. 93.
Haddáda, peculiar tribe in Kánem, account of, iii. 485.
Háj Beshír, biographical notice of, ii. 290. End of his career, 670. Policy with regard to the pagan tribes, iii. 232, 254.
Háj Mohammed Áskíá, iv. 414. See Áskiá.
Hamda-Alláhi, capital of empire of Másina, iv. 474; v. 469, _passim_.
Hámiyen, warm springs of, described, iii. 572.
Hamma, son-in-law to Annur, i. 368, 431. Parting with, i. 518.
Hammáda, description of the, i. 135-141. Meaning of the term, 140.
Hándará village, iv. 76.
Háusa, historical notices of, ii. 69. Intelligence of race and general character, 163. Character and importance of language, _passim_. Its relation to the Berber, ii. 70, _n._ Nobleman and retinue, v. 309.
Hatíta, chief of the Ázkár, arrival of, i. 179. His dealings, 191. Sketch of, on his camel, 195.
Hallúf, Kánemma chief, iii. 84, _seq._
Haw-n-ádak, an encampment, iv. 348.
Hay, method of storing, in the Músgu country, iii. 176.
Head-dress of females in Bagírmi, iii. 320. In Kanó, ii. 109. In Kúkawa, 317. In Belárigo, 308. Curious ornaments of, in Libtáko, iv. 292.
Hénderí Síggesí, valley of Kánem, iii. 96.
Hendi-kíri, camping-ground near, on the Niger, v. 147.
Hereditaments with some African tribes descend from the possessor to his sister’s son, i. 341. Probable foundation of the custom, 342.
Hibiscus esculentus, iii. 28, 421. In general use in Bagírmi, iv. 448.
Híllet e’ Sheikh Sídi el Mukhtár, a celebrated place of worship, i. 370; iv. 454.
Hogár, or Hágara, account of the, i. 566.
Holcus cernuus, cultivated to great extent in Bórnu, ii. 241, 355. Different varieties of, found in different districts, 505. Sorghum, the general grain in Bórnu, 540. H. saccharatus, in southern provinces of Bórnu, in Musgu, iii. 152. The red species in Músgu, 175.
Hómbori mountain range figured, iv. 330. Described, 333.
Hómbori town, route to, iv. 320, _note_.
Horses, indifferent, in Ágades, i. 395. Fine in Damerghú, 542. Bórnu horses, their excellence, ii. 315; iii. 22. Exposed to all changes of weather, ii. 452. Barbarous Músgu mode of securing seat on, 198. Fine race of, in Libtáko, iv. 294. Of Tawárek, on Niger, 345, 347. Numerous in Sarayámo, 372, 376. Indifferent in Timbúktu, v. 66. Of the Songhay, 208. Value of, in the desert, 437.
House, in Kanó, plan of, ii. 124; in Kúkawa, plan of, 299; in Timbúktu, plan of, iv. 451. Houses in Ágades, i. 442, 446.
Húlluf, Logón town, famed for sorcery, iii. 283.
Huts, general character of, i. 538. Huts called bango, or bongo, ii. 24, 369, 402. Hut in Múbi, 527. Various species of, in Bórnu, 549. Of Shúwa, ii. 358. Of Marghí, iii. 381. Of Músgu, iii. 250; see Architecture. In Yágha, iv. 276. Of nomadic Fúlbe figured, 325. Of Fúlbe in Bagírmi, iii. 369. In Songhay, iv. 329, 331.
Ibawájiten, notice of the tribe, v. 208.
Íbo tribe, notice of, ii. 626.
Ídinen, mount, the holy and dreaded mountain of the Ázkár, i. 211. Visited, 214. Led astray on return from, 216.
Íggeba well, v. 435.
Igómaren, encampment at, on the Niger, v. 177.