Victoria, Lake, xxv, 29, 46, 47, 51, 63, 185, 257
Victoria Nyanza, Lake, 145, 196, 197
Voi, 56
von Blixen-Finecke, Baron Bror, 280, 282, 283, 284, 286; African Hunter, 286; see also Kleen, G. F. V.
von Höhnel, Lieutenant Ludwig, 30, 34–5, 353; The Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie, 33, 353
von Lawick, Hugo, 251
von Lawick-Goodall, Hugo and Jane, Innocent Killers, 250–3
von Lettow-Vorbeck, Lieut.-Col. Paul, 140, 141, 145, 149, 151–3; self-sufficiency of his army, 151–2; My Reminiscences of East Africa, 143, 153
von Szek, Count Samuel Teleki, 30–1, 33, 37, 353
Wa Kikuyu, 78
Wajir, 156, 224–5, 334; Yacht Club, 225
Wakamba (tribe), 23, 24; cunning, 135–6; extraordinary honesty, 364
Waklimi, 12
Wak-Wak, 11, 12
Wales, Prince of, 281, 285–6
Waliangulu (tribe), 272
Wallace, Mary, 71
Wamba, 361
Wanderobo-Masai (tribe), 299, 300
Wandorobo (tribe), 231, 253, 271
Wanika (tribe), 24, 26
Wanjohi (tribe), 119, 120
Wanyamwezi (tribe), 40, 42
Wardlaw, Sir Henry, 70
warriors, see moran
Watt, Rachel Stuart, In the Heart of Savagedom, 54, 350
Waugh, Evelyn, Remote People, 207
Werner, Alice, trans., The Advice of Mwana Kupona Upon the Wifely Duty, 391
white hunters, 269, 279, 280, 282, 304
“white settlement”, 69–70, 73, 76, 78, 83, 180; aristocratic element among, 103–4, 119; dress, 70–1, 72, 74, 78, 90, 202, 203, 205, 206; education, 72; hotels, 74–6; houses and gardens, 104–5, 110–11, 116–17, 118, 119, 121; “new Zionists” deterred, 76–7; non-white settlers, 102; pioneer spirit, 98–9; policy liquidated, 119; “poor whites”, 205; second settlement scheme, 112; social institutions and manners, 203–5, 206–7; Soldier Settlement scheme, 95; time (attitude to), 94–5; see also farming; medicine; travel
Whittall, Errol, Dimbilil: The Story of an African Farm, 190, 200
wildlife, adders, (puff), 90, 304, 305, (night), 304; angel fish, 222; ant-bear, 230; antelopes, 5, 6, 100, 135, 152, 176, 187, 190, 230, 272, 311, 341, (sable) 230; ants, 190, 276, 303, (black) 303, (soldier) 260, (“white”) 261, 262; anvil bird, 195; baboon, 6, 189, 258; and the old lady, 340–1; warning of lions’ approach, 241, 242, 245; barbet, 258; bass 306; bee, 263–4; bee-eaters, 197, 258; bill-fish, 307; black mambas, 304; bobolink, 255; bongo, 300–2; box fish, 222; buck, 62, 178; buffalo, 6, 23, 28, 78, 87, 171, 172, 187, 192, 194, 236, 247, 271, 291, (black), 230; hunt, 296–8; bushbuck, 176, 244, 300; bushbabies, 187, bustard, (lesser) 100; butterfly fish, 222; call bird (ndete), 176; camel, 154, 156, 224, 225, blood drunk with milk, 339; in Swahili utendi, 391–5; carrion birds, 303; cattle, in legend, 376–8; chameleon, in legend, 382; cheetahs, 72, 203, 232; chelyon, 11; clams, 259; cobras, 305, (black and white) 304, (Egyptian) 304; coots, 197, 306; coral fish, 259; cormorants, 197, 306; cow, in legend, 375; crabs, 221; cranes, (crested) 108; crayfish, 259; crocodile, 9, 10, 143, 147, 187, 242, 275; intestines as delicacy, 346; relationship with birds, 257–8; dabchicks, 306; Damaliscus, 230; deer, 171; dik-dik, 187, 207, 270; dioch, (Sudan) 257; dog, (hunting) 251, (wild) 232; in legend, 377; donkey, as elephant lure, 271–2; dove, 258; dragonflies, 147, 196; duck, 100, 105, 106, (African ruddy) 197, (hottentot) 306, (yellow-billed) 197, 306, (white-face), 306; shooting, 305–6; duiker, 100, 176, 192; eagle, (bateleur) 252, (fish) 107, 258; (monkey eating), 253, (tawny), 258; egrets 108, 197, 242, 306; eland, 78, 84, 98, 230, 271; elephant, 6, 12, 23, 34, 36, 57, 61, 62, 77, 103, 123, 128, 143, 152, 154, 171, 172, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 192, 194, 209, 229, 231, 233–9, 244, 247, 260, 291, 292, 311, 375; “brotherhood”, 233–4, 309–10; death (significance attached to), 234, 310; “elephant-path”, 234–5, 244, 271; family units, 238, 309–10; flesh as prized food, 346; hunting, 269–84, 308–10; infrasonic communication, 236–7; intelligence, 283–4, 311; Japanese prisoners of war reacting to, 163; in legend, 375–6, 380, 385–6; relationships with humans, 233–4, 238; rogue, 235; ruses to foil hunters, 283–4; soldier ant attack, 260; tail hairs in jewellery, 236, 349; tusks as hunting prizes, 271, 273; as well-diggers, 235–6; finch (black whydah), 255; flamingo, 105, (lesser) 254–5; francolin, 141, 189, (Grant), 258; frogs, 188, 195, 199; fruitbats, 187; gallinule, 306; gazelles, 72, 73, 78, 98, 186, 187, (Grant’s), 202, (Thomson’s), 74, 82, 202; in Swahili utendi, 391–5; gerenuk, 187; geese,106, 199, 242, 305, (Egyptian), 258, 259, genet, 261; giraffe, 57, 98, 186, 187, 190, 229, 247, 248–9, 271, 341; as present to Emperor of China, 17; gnu, 202, 232; grasshoppers, 195; grebes, 197, (little) 306; guinea fowl, 6, 100; gulls, 197; hammerhead, 258, 259; hare, 61, (spring) 6; in legend, 375, 379; hartebeests, 73, 78, 98, 100, 202, 229, 271, 275, 280, (Jackson’s), 229; meat, 278; herons, 108, 197, 306, (goliath) 197, 242; hippopotamus, 105, 187, 209, 242, 248, 306; hog (forest), 245; Honeyguide (Greater), 256; hornbills, 258; hyaena, 6, 61, 72, 178, 195, 203, 207, 232, 233, 244–5, 303, 375; rival packs, 249–50; shunning the corpses of evil men, 355; hyraxes, 72, 178, 195, 243, 244, 300; ibis, 107, (hadada) 242; impala, 82, 83, 187, 189; insects, 260–5; jacanas, 197, 306; jackals, 198, 230, 303, (golden) 251–3; kenge, 10; kestrel, 259; kingfish, 218; kingfishers, 197, (speckled), 259; kite, 195, 258; kongoni, 86, 87, 98, 230; kudu (greater), 195, 298–300, (lesser), 187, leopard, 39, 72, 78, 83, 178, 194, 195, 230, 232, 243–5, 253, 300; as doctor’s pet, 91; “lily-trotters”, 197, 306; lion, 26, 42, 56, 59, 62, 77, 78, 82, 84, 85, 94, 123, 141, 142, 154, 185, 186, 187, 189, 191, 192, 195, 202, 203, 209, 230, 232, 239–43, 247, 275, 288–9, 290, 375; cubs as pets, 72; devils in lions’ shape, 47, 49; Elsa, 241, 294; Elsa’s mother killed, 293–4; hunting of, 285–90; intelligence, 240–1; kill, 239; in legend, 375, 377–8; lion deprived of its prey by a mail runner, 240; man-eating, 47–9, 77, 202, 275; Nairobi Governor’s lioness, 203; rehabilitation camp, 241–3; locusts, 97, 108–10; marlin, (black) 307; mongooses, 72, 75; monkeys, 72, 105, 171, (colobus) 51, 77, 243–4, (Sykes) 176, 177; attacked by eagle and by man, 253–4; mosquitoes, 254, 262; mouse-deer, 116–17; mullet, 307; owl, 39; ndete birds, 171, 176; nightjar, 61, 243; oribi, 100; oryx, 17, 189, 271–2, 295, 303; ostriches, 73, 74, 84, 93, 230; eggshells in jewellery, 349; in legend, 377–8; partridge, 100, 177, 191, 311; pelicans, 108; perch, (Nile) 344; pig, 6, 59, 74; plantain-eater, 116; Plover, (Blacksmith) 258, (Egyptian) 258, (Spur-winged) 197, 258; pochard, 306; porcupine, 61; hunt, 302–3; puffers, 259; quail, 141; quelia, 256–7; rails, (little) 197; rain birds, 107; rays (poison) 260; reedbuck, 100, 189, 230; rhinoceros, 6, 10, 23, 35, 60, 62, 72, 73, 78, 171, 172, 187, 190, 229, 236, 271, 280, 291, (black), 229, 269, 294–5; hunting of, 294–6; rhino beguiled by a missionary’s hat, 55; relationship with humans (“Houdini”), 246–7; trade in rhino horns, 9; rollers, 258, (European) 189, (lilac-breasted) 189, 191; sandgrouse, 141; Sandpiper, (Common) 258; scorpions, 64, 276; sea anemones, 259; shoveller, 306; shrikes, 258; snake collecting, 304–5; snipe, 100; spoonbills, 306; starlings, (blue), 258; stonefish, 259, storks, (Marabou) 191, 242, (saddle-bill) 108; (yellow-billed) 242; sunbirds, 259; teal, 197, 306; termite, 260–2, technique for tricking, 261–2; ticks, (red) 262; tilapia, 344; tortoise, 3, 9, 10, (leopard) 191; described by Pliny, 11; Trochilos, 257–8; tsetse fly, 93; turaco, 192, 243, 258; vultures, 258; warthog, 189, 191, 203, 230, 236, 296; waterbuck, 100, 189, 230, 259; water-hens, (red-legged) 197; waxbills, 258; weaver-birds, 258; wild animals as pets, 203; wildebeeste, 207, 239, 251; calving, 232–3; wolf, 28; whydah birds, 255–6; zebra, 5, 17, 73, 78, 85, 88, 94, 97, 98, 106, 187, 202, 207, 229, 230, 231, 239, 280, 285, 303, 341, (Grevy’s) 271; as doctor’s mount, 91; water drunk from the stomach of, 274; zebra fish, 222; see also National Parks and migrations
Willcock, Colin, Africa’s Rift Valley, 190
Wilson, C. J., The Story of the East African Mounted Rifles, 148
wimb
i, 338
women, daily work, 337–9; position among Somalis, 334, Swahilis, 333–4; recruited for the army, 334–5; slaughtered in tribal conflicts, 324–5; see also courtship and marriage; polygamy; and tribes (under daughters)
Wood, Michael, 225; Different Drums, 200, 225, 334, 351
Wood’s Hotel, 201
Wum, xxv
Wyaki, 132–5
Young, Francis Brett, 147; Marching on Tanga, 147
Zambesi river, 128
Zambia, 152, 258
Zanj, the, 11–12, 13, 14, 15
Zanzibar, xxiv, 9, 34, Sultan of, 23, 45, 131, 141, 143, 208, 315 dinner with, 347–9; Zanzibari, 37
zareba, 340
zavra, 18, 21
zega-zega, 42
Zheng He, 6
Zimba (tribe), 128–30
zomari, 332
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