INDEX
Reading edition
A
Abellama, 129
Aderbissinat outpost, 125, 243
Administrative headquarters, 78
Agades, ancient, 134
Agalak mountains, 181
Agaraguer mountain, 189
Agoras river, 185, 189, 203, 206
Aguellal mountains, 200
Aguellal, south of, 202
Aïr, barren nature of, 153, 167, 187, 199, 222
entered, 125
mountains in view, 134
nature of foothills, 149, 151, 166, 216
northern end, 195
places where water, 150, 152, 193, 195, 201, 224
stricken, 186
travel ends, 231
Altitudes, Aïr, 150, 152, 167, 184, 189, 192, 199, 202, 217, 220, 222, 224, 228
Ancient stone huts, 171
Animals discovered, 247
trapping, 66
An isolated walled town, 75
Ants, white, 57, 146
Aouderas mountains, 151, 224
village, 223
Area of Kano, 27
A remarkable individual, 7, 98
Arra district, 151
Assodé, 204
Atagoom and Saidi, 177
A wonderful city, 19
Azzal, 220
B
Baban Tubki, 58
Baguezan, east of, 215
mountains, 151, 164
plateau, 166, 168, 179
Barbara village, 53
Barbary sheep, 152, 163, 202, 216, 225, 230
Beauty in Africa, 169
Beri-Beri hunter, a, 97
Birds, collecting, 62
rare, 153, 197, 220, 250
Bilma oasis, 172
Border of desert, 95, 110
Boundaries of Aïr, 127, 161, 165
Bushland, end of, 83
Bustard, Arab, 89
Butterflies and moths, 67, 218, 251
C
Camel corps, 137
Camels, alarming decline of, 92
in mountains, 165, 179
of Hausaland, 41
on loading, 45
stolen, 212
Camps, hunting, 36, 58, 93, 152, 166, 213, 225
Caravans, composition of, 41
Caravan travelling started, 48
Cartridges, 62
Chief killed by robbers, 148, 227
of Aouderas, 225
of Baguezan, 148, 153, 162, 174
Climate, 60, 78, 101, 130, 173
change? 188
Collecting in Damergou, 106
in Nigeria, 37
Collecting, scientific, 60, 71, 121
Companionship, regarding, 219
Comparison of distances, 74
Construction of mud huts, 24, 77, 142
Country changing, 56, 83, 86
nature of Damagarim, 57, 73, 83, 85
of Damergou, 86, 89, 93, 245
north of Kano, 49
of bad repute, 175
Cultivation in Aïr, 139, 183, 220, 223
Currency, drawbacks of, 39
D
Damagarim territory, 58
Dambiri village, 86
Damergou territory, 90
Date Aïr occupied, 136
of British occupation, 20
of French occupation, 79
palms, 183, 193, 195, 217, 223
Declining population, 77
Delayed at Kano, 35
Deserted villages, 152, 186, 189, 201, 204, 217, 224
Desert entered, the, 129
the shores of, 83
Desolate country, 133
Difficulties at start, 46
Discomforts of Harmattan, 18
Discouraging rumours, 82
Distance travelled, 243
Dogo village, 57
Dry season, the, 102
Dwelling, an outpost, 145
E
Engaging natives, 6, 23, 178
Escort, 96, 122, 148, 177, 184
European population, Kano, 21
Expedition ends, 246
F
Fachi oasis, 172
Faodet mountains, 189
Food plentiful in Nigeria, 53
Forest and bush, 15
Fox trapped, 65, 161
French forts, 54, 78, 91, 125, 137
frontier, 54
mission to Agades, 136
Friendly fact, a, 20
G
Gazelle, Dama, 104, 151, 216, 242
Dorcas, 59, 89, 104, 151, 191, 200, 216, 242
Red-fronted, 53, 59, 85, 104
Geological change? 187
Giant walls, 27
Giraffe, 86, 105, 113
Gorge, mouth of Timia, 182
Goundaï mountain, 185, 206
Grain, chief native food, 139
Grain-growing country, 90, 245
Green growth, 217, 242, 245
Ground-nut boom, 49
Growing poverty, 86
Guarding camels, 160
Guide, a native, 184, 197
Guns, 61
H
Harmattan, the, 17, 52, 56
Hausa names of game, 105
phrasing, 34
race, boundary of, 81, 87
salutation, 24
Heat intense, 78, 103, 128, 130, 223
Hive of industry, a, 28
Homeward! 241
Horses, country unfit for, 113
Kano, 30
Hunting, a morning’s, 61
unlucky, 103, 110, 120
Huts of Kano, 22
I
Iferouan, 194
Igouloulof, 185
Illness, 131
Inhabited villages, Aïr, 139
J
Jigawa, 53
John, 1, 51, 122, 246
K
Kano market, 29
Northern Nigeria, 16
Kano’s defences, 27
Kings, primitive, 143
Kites, Egyptian, 242
Korrigum, 105
L
Lagos, 10
Lagos-Kano railway, 13
Lagos lagoon, 5
Land of immense possibilities, 15
Life in Kano, 31
Lost ammunition, 37
M
Magaria fort, 54
Malaria, 222, 243
Map and compass, 198, 204
Margin of mountainland, the, 231
Market, village, 87
Military force in Aïr, 137
rule, 77
Mirage, 220
Modes of transport, 29
Mosque, Assodé, 205
Tintaghoda, 193
Mosquitoes, 191, 243
Mountain climate, 173
scenery, wild, 180, 224
stronghold, 165, 169
Mountains, rugged, 153
N
Native dress, 235
hunter, a, 99, 122
limitations, 2
personnel, 35
population, Agades, 138
Aïr, 232
Baguezan, 172
Damergou, 92
Kano, 21
scouts, 148
soldiers, 138
taxidermists, 9
weapons, 97
Natives of Damagarim, 58, 77, 80
of Lagos, 11
shot, 211
suspicious, 174
uneasy, 82, 121
Nigeria’s needs, 14
Northern Aïr, 177
Notability of local kings, 143
O
Oasis, the term, 244
Oryx, white, 105, 113, 242
Ostrich foods, 116
hunting, 95, 245
scarcity of, 108
trap, 118
Outfit, 39
P
Palm belts, 16
Pass into Baguezan, 165, 179
Pets, 54
“Pigeon English,” 33
Pilgrim routes, old, 135, 221
Plants, Kano, common, 17
Population grows less, 58, 77
Preparations for journey, 39
Prestige of white men, 125
Produce of Aïr, 139
Prospering trade, 50
R
Race, a question of, 2
Rainfall scant, 90, 115
Rains, 159, 161, 185, 217, 222, 227, 230, 241, 245
Rains, local, 219
Remote territory, 38, 75
Rising of 1916, 137, 186
Robber tracks, 194, 207
Robbers attack Timia, 209, 213
dread of, 97, 157, 223
Hogar, 214
persistent, 137, 227
Routine of travelling, 51
Ruins of the past, 171, 187
Rumours of robbers, 82
S
Sahara Desert, 129
remote, 38
Sand and bleakness, 18
Sandstorms, 241
Sand tracks, heavy, 56
Scarcity of food, 83, 138, 200
of water, 89, 93, 126, 228
Sentry posted, 185
Skinning lessons, 8
specimens, 67
Skins complete, 68, 70
Solitude, weight of, 75
Spring for a moment, 229
Sultan of Agades, traitor, 137
Sultan’s palace, 140
Suspicious of stranger, 164
T
Takoukout country, 95, 110
Tamgak mountains, 192
Tanout, 88
Tarrouaji hills, 228
Tarusszgreet summit, 167
Tebernit valley, 216
Tegguidi cliff, 132
Teouar village, 217
Thunderstorms, 189, 219, 241
Time to hunt, 61
Timia, 183
Tom-tom proclamations, 87
Tragedy, relics of a, 159
Transport animals, 41
Travel by night, 123
Treaty between Britain and France, 79
Trees of Aïr, 149, 151, 194
Tuareg huts, 170, 183
natives, 93, 138, 173, 232
U
Untravelled land, 172
V
Vegetable gardens, 55
Villages in Baguezan mountains, 170
W
Walls of Kano, the, 27
of Zinder, 76
Wares in native markets, 29
Water, foul, 203
Wild life of Kano, 36
men, 190
Wireless, 137
Y
Yashmak, 234
Z
Zinder, 73
Zoological geography, 59, 72
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WILD LIFE IN CANADA
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