Purdy, Col., 230 Pygmies, Congo, 1, 216, 260, 297 Pygmy races, 5, 16, 42, 281 Quartz, 152 Queen Victoria, 121 Queens, African, 144, 157 _et seq._ Racey River, 267 Radcliffe, Delmé, Ch. (Major), 274, 321 Rahad River, 182, 288 Raiūf Pasha, 238 Ravenstein, Mr. E. G., 28, 247 Rebman, John, 112 _et seq._, 246 Red Sea, 1, 22, 46, 47, 49, 73, 86, 277, 300 Reeds, 294 Rejaf, 99 Religions, Negro, 155 Rhaptum, or Rhapta, 22, 28 Rhinoceros, the, 21, 144, 294 Rhodes, Cecil, 228, 274 Rhodesia, 44 Rifles, 86 Rift Valley (Great), 247, 267, 268, 300, 301 Rift valleys of Eastern Africa, 300 _et seq._, 310 Riga, 203 Ripon Falls of Nile, 160 _et seq._, 189, 266 Roa River, 216, 308 Rōl River, 101, 216, 243, 308 Roman Catholics, 50, 61, 278 Rome, Romans, 18, 44, 58, 62, 66, 317 Rosebery Channel, 225, 302 Roseires, 288 Rosetta, 74, 87, 316 Roule, le Sieur du, 68 Royal Geographical Society, 92, 103, 118, 123, 124, 127, 162, 247 Royal Society, 63, 64 Ruanda, 145, 148 Ruchuru River, 304 Rudolf, Lake, 6, 34, 37, 148, 247, 248, 271, 272, 286, 287 Rukwa, Lake, 138, 268, 300 Rumanika, King, 143 _et seq._, 148 Rüppell, Dr. (German naturalist), 111, 319 Rusizi River, 120, 129, 171 Russegger, J. I., 111 Ruvuvu River (Kagera), 266 Ruwenzori Mountains, 23, 28, 139, 171, 186, 227, 233, 250, 260, 261, (Alpine vegetation) 263, 269, 296, 299, 311 Ruzi River, 272, 286, 287, 292, 308 Ryllo, Father, 97 Saba (Sheba), Queen of, 32 Sabæan Arabs, 17, 31, 32 Sabatier, 96 Sagada Mountain, 51, 55, 78 Sahara Desert, 9, 15, 196, 199, 309, 315 Sailing ships, their effect on African discovery, 9 Saint, Le (French explorer), 213 Salisbury, Lake, 272 Salt, Consul Henry, 277 Samburu, Lake (_see_ Rudolf), 247 Samien Mountains, 6, 56, 278, 312 _Sanseviera_, plant, 204 Sardinian (i.e. N. Italian) travellers, 108 Saxony, Saxe Gotha (share in African exploration), 61, 63 Schuver, J. M., 284, 289 Schweinfurth, Dr. Georg, 199; birth and nationality, 203; starts for Suakin, 203; describes botany of North Abyssinian terraces, 203, 204; Berber to Khartum, 206 _et seq._; White Nile scenery, 208 _et seq._; Bahr-al-Ghazal, 212 _et seq._; and the slave-trade, 214; his achievements, 216 _et seq._; anthropological discoveries, 217 _et seq._; botany of Nileland, 218; “gallery” forests, 219 _et seq._; shares Burton’s opinions regarding Victoria Nyanza, 223 Sclater, Dr. P. L., 102 Scott-Elliott, G. F., 269, 320 Scottish, Scotland, 75, 132, 269, 321 Selim Bimbashi, 96, 319 Semitic influence, languages, 34, 49, 116, 317 Semliki River, 29, 171, 186, 233, 251, 260, 261, 305 Sennar, 52, 68, 95, 288 Sese Islands, 150, 302 Settit River (Atbara), 181 Shankala, Shangala, 72, 297 Shari River, 216, 232, 240, 242 Sharp, Mr., 274, 291