Ambukol, 96, 310 America, Americans, 8, 233, 273, 317, 321 Amhara, 277, 278 Amharic language, 62, 63, 280 Ankole, 148, 262, 298 Antelopes, 182, 201, 209, 306 Anthropology, 200, 211, 212, 217, 251 Anville, D’, 70 _et seq._, 80, 202 Apes, anthropoid, 4, 5, 315 Apuddo (Apuddu), 109 Arabia, 1, 3, 7, 17, 95 Arabs, 17 _et seq._, 22, 39, 44, 50, 113, 119, 180, 181, 246, 317 Arabs of Zanzibar, their early knowledge of African geography, 139, 140 Aragonese, 40 Aristocracy in Nileland, 156 Aristocreon, 19 Aristotle, 16 Arnaud, D’, 96, 100, 319 Arnold, Sir Edwin, 228, 274 Aruwimi River, 240, 260, 264 Aryan races, languages, 14 Asia Minor, 19 Assiut, 88 Assuan, 19, 39, 77, 87, 95, 96 Astaboras (Abbara, _see_) 21, 27 Astapus (Blue Nile), 16, 27 Astasobas, 27 Asua River, 109, 134, 166, 167, 232, 272, 306 Atbara, 20 _et seq._, 25, 48, 92, 176 _et seq._, 203, 240, 278, 288, 310 Atlantic Ocean, 317 Austin, H. H., 271, 286, 287 Austria, Austrians, 96, 234, 248, 321 Austrian Mission on Mountain Nile, 97 _et seq._, 167 Author’s contributions to Nile geography, 248, 270 Auxuma, Axum, 27, 33 Azania, 22 Baggara Arabs, 211 Bahr-al-Arab, 71, 201, 230, 238, 242, 243, 307 Bahr-al-Aswad, 180 Bahr-al-Azrak, _see_ Blue Nile Bahr-al-Ghazal River, 5, 6, 21, 43, 71, 72, 98, 100 _et seq._, 106 _et seq._, 192 _et seq._, 201 _et seq._, 212 _et seq._, 234, 236 _et seq._, 240, 241 _et seq._, 274, 285, 306 _et seq._ Bahr-al-Hamr, 194, 201, 243 Bahr-al-Jabl, _see_ White and Mountain Nile Bahr-az-Ziraf, _see_ Giraffe Nile Bailul, 54 Baker, Sir Samuel, 103, 129, 131, 167, 168; birth and parentage, 174; marriage and Ceylon, 175; in Turkey, 176; second marriage, 176; commences Nile exploration, 176; on the Atbara, 177 _et seq._; starts for Albert Nyanza, 183 _et seq._; deceived as to extent of this lake, 186; knighted, 188; results of his explorations, 189; returns to Nileland, 190, 191; character, 191, 320 Baker (Florence), Lady, 167, 176, 182, 320 _Balæniceps rex_, 101, 102, 295 Balega Negroes (Lendu), 297 Baltic provinces, 203 Baluchistan, Baluchi, 2, 43 Balugano (Italian draftsman), 77 Banana, the, 57, 153 Bantu languages, 114, 137, 138, 261, 284, 290, 291 Bantu Negro, 29, 38, 137, 290 Baobab tree, 182, 294 Bari country, people, 21, 97, 98, 108 _et seq._, 188, 190, 238 Baringo, Lake, 113, 162, 247 Baro (_see also_ Sobat), 284, 285, 288 Barth, Dr., 217 Basalt, 210, 314 Basilis (Greek explorer), 19 Bath, 170 Baumann, Oscar, 266, 267, 268, 320 Baumgarten (Swiss engineer), 99 Beads, Blue Egyptian, 36 Beatrice Gulf, 227, 262 Beke, Dr. C. T., 111, 280, 319 Belgium, Belgians, 225, 238, 242, 269, 318, 321 Beltrame, Father, 97 Benue River, 219 Berber (Primnis, Ibrim), 25, 69, 188, 205 Berbera, 116