Famine, 247-50 Findlay, 116-17 Fire-stick, the, 89, 90 Flour, bartering of, 87-8, 114 Food of the Kikuyu, 267-8 Food stores, 142, 146, 240 Fort Smith, 50 Frielich, 31 Gibbons, 39, 46, 53, 60-1, 66, 71, 116-17, 144, 199 Gilkinson, Mr., 252 Girouard, Sir Percy, 292, 294, 308 Goanese, the, 216-24, 234 Gorges, Captain, 77, 88 Government, the Kikuyu system of, 302-3 Grant, 23-5, 27 “Great Rift Valley, The,” 52 Gregory, Professor, 52 Guard-keeping, 106-7 Guasa Nyero River, 189, 205, 213 Hall, 278 Hall, Mr. F. G., 281-2, 285-6 Hand-shaking, native custom of, 128 Heligoland, 5 Henga, 154-5 Hicks Pasha, 66 Honey-bird, the, 207-8 Hospital arrangements at Laguna, 9-11 Hubner, 42 Industries of B. E. Africa, 308-9 “Isle of War,” _see_ Mombasa Ivory, trading for, 144, 146, 163-6, 178, 187, 198, 203, 212, 233 Juganowa Makura, 133-5 Kalyera, the, 122, 124-5, 132-5, 136, 149-50, 248, 259, 294 “Karanjai,” 126, 127, 132-3 Karkerrie, 144, 160-3, 166-7, 170-3, 179, 191-4, 231, 235, 305 Karuri, 81-2, 85-8, 92, 94-5, 145, 150, 179, 229, 233, 235, 237-9, 245-6, 255-6, 297, 305 Kasu, 297 Katuni, 161-2, 173, 178 Kedong Valley, 54, 77-8, 88 Kikuyu, the, 49-53, 74-5, 76-99, 102, 127, &c., 152-5, 183, 259-60, 264-71, 295-315 Kikuyu tribe, origin of the, 92-3, 296-300; chiefship of, 305-6; punishments of, 306-7 Kilemongai, 262 Kinangop plain, 75, 78-9, 276 Kipling quoted, 313 Kismayu, 173 _Knight of St. John_, 7 Kolb, Dr., 212-13 Laguna, 9 Laikipia plain, 183 _Lake Simcoe_, 9, 11-12 Leopard, adventure with a, 276-8 Lions, coolies, fear of, 42; audacity of, 42-3; adventures with, 42-4, 48, 59, 69-70, 274-6 Liverpool, 7 Longanot, 262 Longfield, Captain, 281-2, 285-6 Mabrook Camp, 71 McLellan, Mr., 294 Mahigga, 219 Majuba Hill, 18 Maklutsi, 22-3 Man-eating lions, 51, _see_ Lions Market, native, 192-3 Marriage customs, 265-6, 303-4 Martin, 51-2, 60 Masai, the, 49, 54-7, 65, 73, 93; attack on the Kikuyu, 112-14; their relation with the Kikuyu, 298-300 Maswatch-wanya, the, 92, 160 Matabele, the, 26; first war, 28 Matabeleland Mounted Police, 26-7 _Matama_, 302 _Mawhali_, 302 Mberri, 279-83 Measurements, native standard of, 164-5 Medicine, 159-60, _see also under_ Poisons Menzini, 78-9, 149 Miles, Sergeant, 76 Milk, superstitions about, 135-6 Missionaries, 309-14 Mombasa, 36-7, 288-9 Monkey, the Colobus, 273 Mount Kenia, 108, 143, 183-4, 159-60, 242 Mud-fish, 24-5 Muga-wa-diga, 156-8, 161-2, 173, 178, 191-5 Mule, native astonishment of, 150 Music of the Kikuyu, 102-5 Nandi, the, 61 Nairobi, 47-8, 148, 287, 307-8 Naivasha, 74-5, 88, 114-5, 122, 125, 240, 275 Naivasha, Lake, 58 Nakuru, 60, 71 “Naturalist in Mid-Africa, A,” quoted, 52-3 News, transmission of, 66-7 Ngai, 92, 127, 133, 197, 260-3 Ngoma, 197, 260 Niekerk, Captain Van, 27 Njohi, drinking of, 142-3, 161-2, 193-4 Njora River, 62 Nyeri, 173