Sheko tribe, 290 Shendi, 72, 93, 99, 206 Shergold-Smith, R.N. Lieut., 228, 229 Shiluk people, country, 99, 209, 211, 212, 291, 297 Shoa, 59, 278, 282 Sicily, 44, 72, 74 Silesia, 250 Simiyu, or Shimeyu River, 267 Simonides (Greek explorer), 19, 20 Slaves, Slavery, 5, 8, 110 Slave-trade, Slave-traders, 103, 184, 190, 202, 214, 230, 235, 264 Slave-traders’ revolt, 235 _et seq._ Small-pox, 153 Snakes, 254, 256 Snay, Sheikh, 119, 140 Snow, Snow-mountains, 6, 22, 113, 114, 227, 233, 246, 247, 260, 290, 296, 297, 312 Sobat River, 28, 111, 189, 194, 234, 240, 272, 283, 284, 285, 292, 296, 297 Sofala, 18, 38 Sokotra, Island of, 16, 18, 54 Solomon, King, 32 Somali people, 3, 34, 117; language, 3 Somaliland, 3, 5 _et seq._, 48, 115 _et seq._ Somersetshire and Speke, 120, 121, 125 Sonnini de Manoncourt, 87 _et seq._ Sophia, Archduchess, 97 Spain, Spanish, 40, 45, 69, 75 Speke, John Hanning, 102, 103, 125, 320; in Somaliland, 116 _et seq._; starts for the Central Africa Lakes with Burton, 118 _et seq._; discovers Victoria Nyanza, 120 _et seq._; difference with Burton, 123 _et seq._; returns to England, 124; his birth and parentage, 125; youth, 126; character, 128, 129, 156, 170, 320; second expedition with Grant, 133 _et seq._, 142; in Uganda, 150 _et seq._; returns to England, 158, 170, 171; name in Uganda, 159; discovers outlet of Victoria Nyanza, 160, 172; honours, 169; interview with King Edward, 169; geographical theories, 171, 223; death, 172 Speke Gulf, 224 Spekes, history of the, 125; arms of the, 170 Stanley, Sir Henry, 29, 172, 223 _et seq._; greatest African explorer, 172, 224; confirms Speke, 223 _et seq._; circumnavigates Victoria Nyanza, 225; in Uganda, 226, 227; mistake about Ugowe Bay, 248; relieves Emin, 259 _et seq._; discovers Ruwenzori, 260, 261 Stanton, E. A., 274, 321 Steamers on Nile, 96 Steudner, Dr., 192, 195, 200 Strabo, 19, 25, 27 Stroyan, Lieut., 116 Stuhlman, Dr. Franz, 263, 264, 269 Suakin, 54, 58, 93, 188, 203 Sudan, 4, 15, 96, 154, 190, 230, 235, 238, 275 Sudanese soldiers, 95, 190, 270; races, 217, 297 Sudd, the, 5, 21, 188, 210, 274, 275, 294 Sue (Sive) River, 216, 243, 285, 307 Suez, 73, 234, 238 Suez Canal, 104, 314 Suleiman-bin-Zubeir, 235, 236 _et seq._ Switzerland, Swiss, 92, 99, 282, 321 Syphilis, 152, 153 Syria, Syrians, 2, 9, 77 Tajarra Bay, 48, 53, 57, 116 Takaze River (Upper Atbara), 181, 283, 310 Tanganyika, Lake, 113, 119, 120, 129, 171, 265, 266, 267, 299, 300 Tanguedec, Lieut., 243, 285 Tarangole, 252 Tawareq (Tonareg), Tamasheq, 20, 149, 196 _et seq._ Teleki, Count S., 248 Tellez, F. Balthasar, 64 Tertiary Epoch, the Nile during the, 313 _et seq._ Theodore, King, 182, 279, 281, 282