INDEX
Reading edition
Abadigal, Banagúsé’s headman, 166
Abbárso camp, 101
Abbasgúl, 122, 136, 195;
raided by Habr Awal, 195
Abdul Ishák, 88
Abdul Káder, 131, 217, 220, 221, 229
Abonsa in the Harar Highlands, 138
Abósa, 143
Abud, Captain, 15, 19;
at Hargeisa, 259
Abyssinians, 230, 267, 279;
threaten to attack Hargeisa, 101;
leader, Banagúsé, 111;
scouting for, 126;
soldiers seize our men and camels, 147;
and the Esa tribe, 149;
threaten to attack author’s party, 167;
general, 167;
raids, 168, 169;
dealings with foreigners, 182;
ambition, power, influence, 183
Adad thorn bushes, 208, 370
Adadleh, 291
Adan Yusuf, caravan leader, 156, 165, 202
Aden, 257, 291;
garrison, 78
Adone, 23, 223, 224, 227, 276
Ahmed Abdalla, Sultán, 138
Ain Valley, 93
Alaka Gobau Desta, 178
Alakud or klipspringer, 318
Aleyadéra nala, 121
Ali Hirsi, author’s hunter, 79, 299
Ali Maan, 115, 158
Allegiri tribe, 94
Aloe plants, 13
Aloes and thorn jungle, ruins rise from, 95
Amáden, 228
Amhára or Abyssinians, 201, 204, 227
Amháric letter from Rás Makunan, 152
Ammodorcas clarkei, 310
Antelopes, 298
Ant-hills, 102, 306
Aoul gazelle, description of, 314
Arab salutation “Salaam aleikum,” 9;
immigrations, 21;
pony taken from Bombay as experiment by author, 131
Arabian trotting camel, author’s, 165
Arasama, sub-tribe of Dolbahanta, 93, 96
Armadader aloe undergrowth, 111
Armo creeper, 49, 247, 371;
food of elephants, 70
Aror, 126
Arregéd, a deep ravine in Bur Dab Range, 96
Arroweilo, 27
Arroweilo legend, 26, 27
Arrto; loss of Count Porro’s expedition, 152
Arussi Gállas, 223, 230, 263
Assa Range, 41
Au Ismail, 133
Aukál, or elders, 81
Aulihán Somális, 210, 267, 273, 307;
country, 326
Au Mahomed Sufi, the Somáli Sheikh, 128
Awálé Yasin injured, 158
Awáré, 283
Ayyal Yunis traders, 164
Ba (tribal collective prefix), 20;
Awal, 20;
Habr, 20;
Gailoh, 20;
Ambaro (or sons of Ambaro), 21;
Gadabursi elders, 79, 84
Baboons, 143, 249, 273, 327
Badgers, 329
Badwein (Big Tank) in the Dolbahanta country, 27;
march to, 95
Bahgoba camels stolen, 113
Baira antelope described, 321
Bakáwa, ascent of, 97
Baker, Sir Samuel, 116
Banagúsé, Abyssinian general, 120, 142, 165;
his history, 169;
threatens to arrest author, 165;
is beaten in the game, 167
Ban-ki-Aror Plain, 122
Banyéro Mountain, 249, 251
Barkad Gerád, 95
Basha-Basha, Abyssinian general, 130, 177;
reported killed, 278
Baudi, Captain, 210, 224
Beads, 281, 347
Bér, 92;
return to, 97
Berbera, 2, 223, 257, 361;
start from, 45, 259;
Maritime Plain, 51;
taken over by British Government, 75
Bergéli, 93
Bertiri tribe, 20, 120, 136, 142, 167
Billeil, 194, 207, 289, 370
Birds on the Wagar Mountains, 98;
varieties of, 328
Biyo-Kabóba, Abyssinian fort, 114, 152
Blood-feud, 14
Blood-money, 13
Boh, our Esa guide, 151
Boho, 83
Bohol-Káwulu, 113
Bombay Infantry sepoys, 86
Bombós, 122
Bone-setting by the Somális, 159
Botanical collection lost, 277
Bottigo, Captain, 222
Bottor Valley, 111
British influence, effect of, 118
Bubalis swaynei, first shot, 100
Buffalo, 228, 273, 274, 326;
tracks of, 272
Buk Gégo, 116
Bulhár, 55, 78, 116, 299, 363;
under Mr. Morrison’s charge, 81;
burnt to the ground, 121;
march to, 156
Bur Dab Range, 90, 92, 295
Burka, 265, 307
Bur’o, 92
Burton, Sir Richard, his first expedition to Somáliland, 78
Burton’s book, First Footsteps in East Africa, 102, 181
Bushbuck, 262, 268, 273, 277;
description of, 308
Bustards, 328
Cabul tents, 185, 341
Cahaigne, Taurin, Monseigneur, 24, 181
Camelman scared, 93
Camels, 8, 13, 29, 30, 32, 33;
varieties of, 33;
buying and selling, 224, 346;
meat, 113;
killed by hyæna, 205;
load for, 336
Camera and outfit, 343, 345
Candeo, Signor, 210, 224
Caravans, 2, 38;
our caravan imprisoned, 144
Carrington’s, Colonel, expedition, 157
Caves at Jebel Hákim, 184
Cecchi, Signor, Italian Consul-General, 156, 181
Cedar forests explored, 98
Centipedes, 329
Clarke’s gazelle, 241, 310
Clarke, T. W. H., 91
Climate of Somáliland, 371
Clothes suitable for Somáliland, 345
Cobus ellipsiprymnus, 307
Cowasjee Dinshaw Brothers, 346
Crocodiles, 262, 263, 277, 326
Curteis, Colonel R., 139
Czetwertynski, Boris, Prince, 5, 29
Daar-Áss Mountain, 253, 254, 255
Daba Jérissa, 282
Dagaha Todobálla, or “the Rock of the Seven Robbers,” 243
Dagahbúr in Ogádén, 27, 137, 212
Daghatto Valley, 205, 206, 209, 230
Dágo stops our caravan, 144
Dair (October, November, December), 37, 276
Dambaswerer in the Rer Amáden country, 217, 222, 229
Damel Plain, 55;
sight elephants, 63
Danakil tribe, 278
Darémo, 124
Dárud, 20
Daud Gerhajis, 21
Daura reports death of Awálé Yasín, 158;
and the rhinoceros, 199;
his tragic death, 238
Delamere, Lord, 259
Denleh, 210
Deria Hassan, my gunbearer, 74, 199
Deria Shiré, son of important elder of Shiré Shirmáki, 86
Dhows, 37
Dibáltig, open recognition of the authority of a sultan, etc., 15, 104;
in our honour, 129, 220, 240
Dibatag, or Clarke’s gazelle, description of, 309
Dibiri-Wein country, 158
Digan, 157
Digwein, 295, 296
Dik-Dik antelopes described, 319
Dímis, 89
Division of classes in Somáliland, 4
Dobóya, 122
Dofaré, march to, 139
Dól, or bushbuck, 262, 308
Dólababa, 236
Dolbahanta tribe, 20, 21;
country—reconnoitre trade routes, 90
Donkeys, 3, 35;
killed by lion, 285
Dubár, 90
Dubbi Harré, Arussi Gálla chief, 265, 276
Dubbur, 91, 138
Dubburro, 139
Ducks, 189
Dúd Libah, or the “Lion’s Forest,” 236
Durhi, 202, 204, 205, 210, 236
Durr, 124, 200, 214, 240;
grass, 284
E⸺ (Captain E. J. E. Swayne), 90
Eagles, 328
Egyptians evacuate Somáli coast, 78
Eidegalla tribe, 15, 21, 41, 241, 283
Eil Ánod, 85
Eil Bhai, 142
Eil Dab (rocky well), 94
Eil-ki-Gabro, 203
Eilo, a mountain in the Gadabursi country near Zeila, 10
Eil Sheikh, 82, 84, 85, 89, 157
Elephant, looking for tracks, 47;
feeding, 52;
method of hunting by natives, 116
Elephants (Maródi), 46, 55, 60, 111, 115, 205;
at Jalélo, 56;
shooting, Hembeweina river, 59;
height of one at shoulder shot at, 58, 76;
sight herd of sixty, 60;
death of the big cow, 64;
a wounded bull, 67;
feeding on armo creeper, 73;
in the Daghatto Valley, 206;
description of, 209, 294
Élinta Kaddo, 140
Elmas Mountain, 80, 157
Emir Abdillahi, 119
Enleh, 211, 213
Equus grévyi, 204;
description of, 322;
nubianus, description of, 322
Esa insist they are British subjects, 149
Esa tribe, 10, 20, 24, 41, 115, 152;
country entered by author, 115
Esmán Abdi seized by leopard, 162
Ethnology, 1
Expeditions, fitting out, 331;
expenses, 346
Exports of Somáliland, 376
Fáf in Ogádén, 38
Fáfan river, 259
Farur Gerád Hirsi, 172
Felter, Signor, 178, 181, 185
Feyambiro, 177;
on the road to, 185
Fitting out expeditions, 331
Flowers at Tawáwur, 98
Fodwein Bluff, 90
Foxes, 233, 329
French sphere of influence, 77, 153
Frogs, 199
Gabba Oboho, the Adone chief, 224, 226, 258
Gabratagli, an Abyssinian agent of Menelek, 167, 169, 177
Gabriel Guigniony, 181
Gadabursi tribe, 20, 24, 34, 116;
country, 25, 295;
start for, 112;
author leaves the country, 115
Gadfly, 240, 329
Gadíd, a man born at noon, 21
Gagáb wells, 282
Gaha Pass, 42
Gálla graves, 26;
cairns, 94;
history, 181;
country, 210
Gállaland, project to explore, 155, 258, 276
Gállas, 8, 22, 23, 223, 228, 230, 259, 272, 276
Gán Libah, 99, 241, 243
Garabad, 205, 206, 210
Garasleh stream, 152
Garba-aleh pool, 202, 203
Garbadir, 253
Garodki Mayagód, 124
Gáshán, or shield, 10
“Gáshánbúr,” or “brothers of the shield,” 21
Gáwa Pass, 25
Gazella sœmmeringi, 314;
spekei, 316;
pelzelni, 317
Gebili, pass through, 111
Gédi or march, 21
Géli, author’s gunbearer, 132, 156, 189, 243, 283
Geographical names, 373
Gerasmatch, or General of the Left, 178
Gerenúk, see Waller’s Gazelle
Géri tribe, 20, 113, 136
Geríré Gállas, 156, 263
Gerlogubi, in distant Ogádén, 78, 138
German mission station, 22;
missionaries, 22
Gildessa, 75, 148;
exciting time at, 144
Gilimiss, 261
Giraffe, 228, 326
Goats, 36
Gób trees eighty feet high, 127
Gobau Desta sent to Gildessa to meet author, 152;
reads Sir R. Burton’s book to Rás, 181
Gojar under Gureis Mountain, 168, 170
Golbánti on the Tana river, 22
Gólis Range, 3, 46, 55, 90, 241, 244, 365
Gol Wiyileh, or the “Valley of Rhinoceroses,” 200
Goose shot, 142
Gosaweina, 96
Government explorations, 77
Graphic exhibited to natives, 201
Grasses, 124
Grave of a chief, 126
Graves, 21, 25;
description of, 93
Greater koodoo shooting at Mandeira, 242;
description of, 302
Grevy’s zebra, 204, 312
Gu (May and June), 36, 230
Guban, 55, 244, 294, 307, 316;
or Lowland gazelle, 317
Gudá timber, 55, 115, 243, 244, 255
Gudaweina, 125
Guigniony, M., a French merchant, 181
Guinea-fowl, 244, 282, 328
Gulanleh, 55, 56, 59, 72
Guldu Hamed, mullah village at Upper Sheikh, 25, 91
Gumbur Dúg Hill, 140, 164
Gumbur Wedel Hill, 133
Gum-pickers, 216
Gurgi, 2
Gypsum rock, 92
Habr (tribal collective prefix), 20
Habr Awal, 20, 24, 77, 87, 127;
Gerhajis, 20, 21, 41, 53, 79, 86, 88, 127;
Toljaala, 20, 77, 91;
march through the country, 97, 211
Haddáma, 134
Hadji Adan, our Esa guide, 151, 277
Hádo, a visit to, by author, 173, 186
Haga (July, August, September), 37, 121;
wind, 121
Haines or Shabéleh river, 222
Halal, 218
Haljíd, 211;
march to, 199
Haraf, four miles from Hargeisa, 121, 139
Harar, 2, 22, 223, 295;
captured by Abyssinians, 119;
visited by author, 177
Harasáwa Valley, description of, 114
Hares, 329
Hargeisa in the Habr Awal country, 4, 7, 17, 55, 121, 139, 211;
description of town, 100
Harrawa Valley, 25
Harris, W. B., 23
Harrison, Captain, 139
Hartebeest, new variety first shot, 100;
vast herds of, 102, 122, 142, 163, 172;
description of, 305
Harka-weina, 247
Hassádan trees, seventy feet high, 98, 370
Hassan, my gunbearer, 20, 156
Haud, 39, 284, 298, 367;
Plateau crossed, 122, 129, 291
Hegebo, near Berbera, 364
Helmók Valley, 175
Hemál, under the Bur Ad Range, 115;
journey from, to Ali Maan, 116
Hembeweina river at Jalélo, 56, 59, 69
Henweina Valley, 247, 252, 253
Hérios, or camel-mats, 346
Hippopotami, 228, 268, 326
Hug, in the mountainous Jibril Abokr country, 26
Huguf Pass, 97
Hulkabóba, shooting camp, 45
Hunting leopard or chitah, 281
Hussein-bin-Khalaf of Karanleh, 260
Hussein Debeli, my head tracker, sees elephant, 57
Hyænas, 193, 202, 203, 240, 261, 275, 281, 286;
stabbed by author, 195;
description of, 325
Ibrahim, author’s servant, speared through his hand, 181
Ibrahim Gúri has camels, sheep, etc., stolen by Abyssinians, 173
“Ideal” camera, 166
Imé on the Webbe, 137, 210, 211, 221, 223, 258;
author’s visit to, 222, 225
Imports of Somáliland, 376
Ingrés (or English), 204
Insects, 98, 329
Ishák tribes, 20, 26
Ismail, 20
Issutugan river-bed, 55;
river, 56, 78, 294
Italian sphere of influence, 78
Instruments (scientific), 353
Jackals, 329
Jaléo, 56
Jáma, my hunter, sitting on the dead lioness, 106;
Deria, the minstrel of the Rer Amáden, 217, 261
James, F. L., his exploring party, 78, 222, 229, 295, 368
Jarso, 169, 184
Jebel Hakim visited, 182;
wonderful caves, 184
Jeráto Pass, 88, 241, 243
Jibril Abokr, sub-tribe of Habr Awal, 24, 41, 90, 98, 120, 243
Jibúti, French port, 149, 182
Jig-Jiga, 111, 120, 165, 170, 186, 187, 211
Jilál (January to April), 36, 163, 191
Jilib, or family, 21
Jopp, General, Resident at Aden, 181
Jowári, 100, 226, 228, 260
Juba river, 228;
sources, 155, 228, 258
Júk, 163
Kabri Bahr, waterless march to, 157
Kalíl season, 37, 163
Kanyasmatch Basha-Basha, 176
Karam, 97
Karanleh on the Webbe, 22, 228, 259, 269
Karia, or temporary village, 2
Karin Marda, 174
Kásin Ishák clan, 88
Khansa bushes, or umbrella mimósa, 4, 124, 157, 208, 233, 287, 370
Kheidub-Ayéyu, 126
Khoda Bux, 80
Kirrit, 26;
well reached, 92
Kites, 328
Klipspringer, 54, 318
Kondurá, 174
Koodoo shooting, 47, 116, 204, 241, 246;
description of, 302
Koran, 17;
given to natives, 202;
price of, 354
Kumá (Who are you?), 196
Kuredelli in the Jerer Valley, 188, 195, 196
Lámu, 23
Las Damel, 205
Lee-Metford rifle, 214, 282
Leopards, 95, 160, 209;
first one shot, 100;
stalking a goat in our camp, 101;
sport with, 160, 281;
one seizes Esmán Abdi, 162;
sitting up for one, 165;
seizes gazelle and is shot, 198;
jumps into camp, 202;
killed at Garba-aleh pool, 203;
description of, 323
Lesser koodoo, 54, 121, 204, 277;
in the Jerer Valley, 199;
description of, 303
Lions, 124, 205, 218, 279, 284;
killed by the Midgáns, 4;
tracks of, 54;
roaring of, awake us, 68;
stalking herds of antelope, 103;
wounds author, 105;
fine one killed by E⸺, 109;
haunts of, 123;
sleeping ten yards from author, 129;
tracking and shooting of one by author, 233;
seizes sleeping woman, 204;
exciting hunt, 234;
attack on a man, 278;
finest one shot, 288;
length of skin, 236, 288;
description of, 292
Lioness doing sentry, 284
Lithocranius walleri described, 312
Lizards, 329
Locusts, 98
Lower Nogal, 307
Loyi-Ada, between Jibúti and Zeila, boundary of English and French influence, 153
Maaruf, opposite Karanleh, 263
Mader Adan, 202
Madoqua swaynei described, 319;
phillipsi described, 319;
guentheri described, 319
Mahamúd Gerád, sub-tribe of the Dolbahanta, 41, 42, 92
Mahomed Liba, a chief of Rer Ali tribe, 127
Malcolm Jones, Mr., 156
Malingúr, 156, 204, 205, 210, 259
Mandalay, 90
Mandeira, 54, 89, 242, 243, 295
Map for Government completed, 89
Marar Prairie, 25, 142, 158, 162, 211, 268, 369;
commencement of, 102
Marda Pass, 173
Marehán tribe, 20
Maritime Plain, 53
Maritime Range, 53, 91, 294, 364
Marriage laws, 12
Masai raids, 22
Massleh Wein, 253
Menelek, Emperor, 169
Methodist Mission at Golbánti, 22
Midgáns, 3, 4, 72, 140, 325;
method of hunting lion, 293;
method of hunting oryx, 299
Midjerten tribe, 20
Milmil, 121, 128, 283;
caravans, 41
Mirso, 45, 90, 252
“Moga Medir” rock, mentioned by Sir Richard Burton, 102
Monkeys, 263, 273, 328
Monsoon, or Gu, 37, 218
Morrison, D. (the late), 80, 81, 82
Mosquitoes, 204
Mules on the Zeila-Harar road, 34
Mullahs, 4
Músa Abokr, 92
Mussulmans, 9, 218, 324;
teaching, 16
Náno, 204, 211
Native councils, 14
Ngai (German mission station), 22
Nogál country, 94
Nomadic tribes, 2, 39
Núr Osman, my camelman, 47, 48, 53, 56
Núr Róbleh of Karanleh, 260, 264, 265
Obok, 278
Ogádén, 2, 4, 20, 182, 202, 276, 294, 298, 307, 316;
graves, 94
Ogo country, 3, 41, 54, 307, 316
Ogo-Gudan, 55
Oreotragus megalotis described, 321;
saltator, 317
Oryx hunting on foot, 4, 163;
hide shield, 4;
shoot two fine bulls and two cows, 56;
tracks, 69;
herds of, 102, 122, 136, 163, 205, 216, 241;
in the Jerer Valley, 199;
at Náno, 204;
description of, 298, 325
Ostrich feather worn by Esa who has killed a man, 11
Ostriches, 56, 132, 133, 157, 199;
see seventeen, 110;
description of, 325
Outfit, 346
Paget, Col. Arthur, 91, 92, 261, 307;
threatened attack on, 170
Panjábis enlisted at Aden, 83
Panther, see Leopard
“Paradox” gun, 209, 287
Partridges, 328
Pelzeln’s gazelle, 317
Photographic outfit, 343
Physical geography of Somáliland, 361
Plants and trees, 369
Plateau gazelles, 56, 317
Ponies, description of, 34
Porro, Count, expedition of, 152
Purchase of tent, rifles, etc., 341
Rabbits, 329
Raiding tribes, 41
Raids, Somális and Gállas, 41
Rain, deluge of, 139, 218
Rainy season, 37
Rás Makunan, governor of Harar, 147, 231, 241;
his orders to treat British travellers with courtesy, 168;
visit to Shoa, 168;
visit to Rome, 178;
expresses great friendship for the British, 181;
author’s farewell visit to, 183
Rations for natives, 348
Ravens, 328
Remington rifles, 144
Rer (tribal collective prefix), 20
Rer Ali tribe, 12, 20, 188, 212;
wealth of, 283
Rer Amáden, 136, 156, 212, 216
Rer Harún, 128, 137, 211
Rer Dahir Farah, sub-tribe, 20
Rer Dollol and their camels, 102
Rer Gédi, 134
Rer Guléd (family), 21
Rer Haréd spies, 111;
robbers, 113
Rer Mattan (clan), 21
Rer Samanter karias, 139
Rer Shirmáki Adan, 21
Rer Yunis Jibril, 101
Rhinoceros, first one shot, 132;
shoot fine bull, 133;
horns as sword handles, drinking cups, etc., 148;
horns given as present to Rás Makunan, 148;
author’s adventure with, 190, 200;
drinking, 191;
plentiful in Jerer Valley, 198;
at Náno, 204;
description of, 297
Rhinoceros bird, 32
Rhinoceros Valley, or Dih Wiyileh, 200
Rifle kicks and injures author, 64;
·577 used to shoot lion, 109;
Lee-Metford, success of, 215;
Winchester “Express,” 214
Rifles, the battery to take, 343
Róbleh, 21
Rock rabbits, 329
Rowland Ward, Mr., 247;
examines new gazelle, 310
Ruins, 22;
at Badwein, 95
Ruspoli, Prince, 170, 223, 261, 265, 281
Saad Yunis, 92
Said Harti, 21
Sakáro antelopes, 63, 87, 243;
description of, 319
Sala Asseleh, 143
Sala, Mr., an Italian traveller, 115
“Salaam aleikum” (Peace be with you), 87
Salimbeni, Count, 178
Samani, 219
Samanter, 20, 126;
my interpreter, 88
Samawé ruins, 25;
tomb, 25
Sarar-awr (camel-back plateau), 86
Sattáwa, halt at, to form camp, 114
Sclater, Dr., 305
Scorpions, 329
Segag, 210
Sen Morettu, 261, 263, 277
Seton Karr, 157
Seyyid Mahomed, 259
Seyyid Mahomed’s town, 4, 259
Shabéleh, 136, 258
Shafei Mussulman, 20
Sheep, 2, 36;
export of, 3
Sheikh, 90;
Pass, 45
Sheikh Mattar, the chief of Hargeisa, 7, 17, 101, 121, 156, 259
Shendil, 275
Shield, 10, 297
Shírdone Yunis, 80
Shiré Shirmáki, 69, 71
Shirmáki Adan and his fifty-two children, 21
Shoa, 168
Shúm, or petty officer, visits author, 164
Sirkal (Government official), 43, 196
Sisai, at the back of Wagar, 97
Snakes, 329
Sobát, twelve miles from Jalélo, 59
Sœmmering’s gazelle, vast herds of, 102, 122, 133, 142, 157, 164, 172;
shoot two right and left, 164;
at Náno, 204;
shot with Lee-Metford, 214;
description, 315
So Madu, arrival of mail bag, 153
So Midgán, 85
Somáli tribes, 1, 21, 22;
the, his character, 7, 17;
salutation “Nabad,” 9;
religion, costume, weapons, superstitions, and nomenclature, 10;
women, wonderful powers of endurance, 12;
language, 17;
origin, 19;
nicknames, 21;
seasons, 36;
trade, 374
Spears, 10
Spear-throwing, 218
Spiders, 329
Sporting battery, 343
Squirrels, 262, 329
Stace, Lieut.-Col., 376
Storks, 328
Strepsiceros imberbis (lesser koodoo), 243, 303
Subbul hills, 111, 162
Sultán Deria, 21
Swahili race, 23
Swayne, Captain E. J. E., assists me in the survey, 90
Swayne’s hartebeest first shot, 100;
description of, 305
Sword hunters, 116
Syk, in the high Ogo country, 88, 244
Taala Gálla, or Gálla cairns, 26, 91
Tana river, 23
Taurin Cahaigne, Monseigneur, of Harar, 24, 181
Tawáwur (nearly seven thousand feet), 97
Temperature, 37, 38, 372;
at Sisai, 97
Temple, supposed work of Gállas, 95
Tents, 341;
Cabul, 185, 341;
description of Basha-Basha’s, 175
Theodolite station, 90
Thirst, effect on domestic animals, 123
Ticks, 34
Tobe, 9, 287
Tomal, 3
Toyo Plain, 42, 297
Trade of Somáli, 375
Traders, 2
Trading caravans, 2
Tragelaphus decula, 308
Treaty between British Government and Somális, 77
Trees, 370
Trophies, preparation of, 359
Tug Dér, wells, 91
Túli, 132;
march to, 201
Tusbas, scented prayer-chaplets, 220
Tusks of Somáli elephant smaller than those of southern ones, 76
Ugaz Núr, 114
Ujawáji, 101, 120, 162
Umr Ugaz, 205, 261
Upper Sheikh, 91
Vultures, 113, 215, 275, 328
Vulturine guinea-fowls at the wells, 94
Wa-berri (from berri, morning), 21
Wádi thorn-trees, 163
Wagar Mountain, 46, 97, 303
Waller’s gazelle, 56, 133, 201, 204, 237, 321;
seized by panther, 198;
shot with Lee-Metford, 214;
killed by leopard, 281;
description of, 312
Walsh, L. P., assistant Resident at Aden, 78, 148
Wandi, chief of police at Harar, 184
Wapokómo negroes of the Tana, 23
Warda-Gumaréd, one of the great trade arteries, 123
Waredad Plain, 96, 294
Waror, 133;
description of wells, 135
Warsama Dugál, a chief of the Ba-Gadabursi, 85
Warsingali tribe, 20
Wart-hog, 126, 243, 254, 278;
kill fine one near camp, 64, 278;
description of, 324
Water, method of getting, 92, 135;
supply statistics, 122;
wells, 241
Water-bottles made by natives, 10
Waterbuck, 228, 261, 268, 275, 276;
swims across stream, 269;
description of, 307
Webbe Shabéleh river, 23, 38, 210, 307;
first journey to, 186, 213, 223, 226, 228;
second journey to, 258;
crossing the river, 264
Wild asses, 56;
description of, 323
Wild boar, see Wart-hog
Wild dog, 326
Wolverton, Lord, 261
Women appeal for help against the Abyssinians, 127
Wood, Major C. E. W., 326
Yahia, a Somáli, 265, 276
Yebir, 3
Yemen, 182
Yirrowa, 90
Yoáleh, 127
Yoghol hill, 25
Yunis, author’s guide, 216
Zebra, trying to catch young one, 216
Zebras, 204, 205, 214, 237;
description of, 322
Zeila, 24, 151, 153, 362;
under British Consul, 78;
exploration into the hills, 89;
march to, 115
Zeríba, 2, 20, 126, 200, 236;
arrangement of, 357
Zoological Society Proceedings shown to natives, 229
THE END
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh.
HUNTING MAP OF NORTHERN SOMÁLI LAND.
To illustrate Captain H. G. C. Swayne’s Seventeen Trips through Somáli Land.
Published by Rowland Ward & Co., Limited “The Jungle” 166 Piccadilly, London.
RAPID RECONNAISANCE OF ROUTE OF TWO PRIVATE HUNTING EXPEDITIONS TO THE WEBBE IN 1893.
SKETCH OF THE HORN OF AFRICA showing all journeys by the Author & his brother
To illustrate Captain H. G. C. Swayne’s Seventeen Trips through Somáli Land.
Published by Rowland Ward & Co., Limited “The Jungle” 166 Piccadilly, London.