- A
- Abeokuta, 101, 283
- Absinthe and natives, 99
- Aburi, 254, 261
- Accra, 256
- African, artisan, the, 109;
- doctor, the, 110, 120;
- educated, the, 108
- Anglo-Portuguese Alliance, 174, 201
- Angola, 169
- Anklets, brass, 34
- “Anti-Slavery Society,” Portuguese, 138
- Ants, driver, 18
- B
- Baketi tribe, the, 24
- Bakuba ” the, 29, 40
- Bakwala ” the, 39
- Bakwiri ” the, 252
- Baluba ” the, 27
- Bangalla ” the, 27
- Bangalla River, 26
- Baptist Mission, the, 269
- Barrel rolling, 256
- Barrister, native, the, 51
- Basamba custom, 144, 145
- Basel Mission, the, 47, 252, 269, 285
- Bashilele tribe, the, 29
- Basongo, 180
- Batanga, 32
- Batanga canoes, 13
- Batetela tribe, the, 27, 178, 198
- Bathurst, 294
- Belgian Congo, the, 203
- Belgian Congo, commerce in, 92, 154
- Bell, Rev. J., 281
- Benguella, 172
- Benin Rubber Plantations, 242
- Bennett, E. N., 96
- Bihean Slave Traders, 197
- Blaize, Richard, 283
- Bocage, M. Du, 187
- Boela tribe, the, 33
- Boma, 170
- Bopoto, 26
- Bridewells, 176
- Brine bath, the, 231
- British and Foreign Bible Society the, 283
- “Bula Matadi,” 152
- Burial customs, 25
- Burroughs Wellcome and Company, 81, 83
- Burtt, Joseph, 186
- Bushongo tribe, the, 28
- C
- Cadbury—Standard Trial, the, 186
- Calabar Missions, 280
- Cameroons cocoa, 248, 251
- Camwood production, 33
- Canoes, dug-out, 12
- Cape Railway, the, 171
- Capital A, The, 195
- Carrier, the, 4, 151
- Carson, Sir Edward, 186
- Castelin, Father, 207
- Catholic missionaries, Roman, 265
- Chapel farms, 250
- Charms, 37
- Chevalier, Dr., 237, 239, 241
- Chinese Labour, 135
- Christiansborg, 253, 280
- Christy, Dr., 242
- Church Missionary Society, 269
- Cicatrization, 26, 28
- Cicatrization, object of, 30
- Cocoa, Butter, 246
- Cocoa, Gold Coast, 4, 161, 247, 253
- Cocoa, Nigerian, 257
- Cocoa, Portuguese, 249
- Cocktails, 75
- Cogill, Mr., 139
- Cold storage, 85
- Collars, brass, 34
- Commissioners, Assistant District, 96
- Congo, Belgian annexation, 209, 215, 220;
- assets, 210;
- cocoa, 217, 250;
- cotton, 216;
- railway, 211;
- rubber, 213, 216, 237, 243
- Convict leasing, 166
- Correctional labour, 166
- Cotton growing, 57
- Cotton, price of, 57
- Cromer, the Earl of, 144
- Cursing, fear of, 36
- D
- Dagomba tribe, the, 69
- Daysman, the, 42
- Death customs, 36, 37
- Dennett, Mr. R. E., 143
- Dilolo, Lake, 184, 197
- Docemo, King, 159, 167
- Dualla tribe, the, 252
- Du Chaillu, Dr., 36
- Dunstan, Professor W., 226
- E
- Educational grants, 112
- Egyptians, 225
- Elder Dempster and Company, Messrs., 84
- Eleko, Prince, 167
- Eloesis Guineensis, 225
- F
- Fernando Po, 263, 281
- Fiji, labour contracts in, 141
- Flogging, 127, 181
- G
- Gambia, the, 293
- German colonies and commerce, 88, 90, 302
- German Cameroons, 301, 303
- German East Africa, 301, 303
- Gin “banked,” 101
- Gold Coast cocoa, 217
- Gold Coast rubber, 242
- Grants-in-aid, 299
- Grenada, 261
- Grey, Sir Edward, 40, 187, 189, 191, 196, 201
- Gum copal, 214
- H
- Hairdressing, native, 32
- Hamburg merchants, 225
- Harding, Colonel Colin, 197
- Hardinge, Sir Arthur, 187, 189, 196
- Hausa carriers, 255
- Hawkin, Mr. R. C., 135
- Hawkins, Jack, 175
- Hay, Mr. Drummond, 189, 193, 198
- Herreros, the, 252, 296
- Holt & Co., Messrs. John, 81, 93
- Holt v. Rex, 159
- Hospitality, native, 106
- Hostages, rubber, 206
- Hostage system, Congo, 206
- “Hot Pot,” native, 233
- I
- India Office, the, 135, 137
- Indians, Pincon’s Brazilian, 235
- “Ingleza,” the, 279
- J
- Janssens, Monsieur, 277
- Johnston, Sir Harry, 132
- Jones, the late Sir Alfred, 81
- Justice, British, 117
- K
- Kalamba, 180
- Kid, the sacrificial, 24
- Koran, 268
- Kroo boys, 93
- Kumasi, 253, 257, 269
- L
- Labour, contract, 139, 140;
- recruiting, 141, 163;
- recruiting, official, 142;
- forced, 149
- Lactation, period of, 68;
- prolonged, 68
- “Lady of our Salvation,” the, 171
- Lagos island, 41, 120, 260
- Land tenure, 157
- Land war, 158
- “Lazy Nigger,” the, 126
- Leopold, King, 67, 205, 208, 219, 220, 273, 278
- Liberian labour supply, 131
- Liquor Traffic and Native Races Committee, 98
- Livingstone, David, 269, 272
- Loanda, 170, 172
- Lobito Bay, 171
- Lokele war, 158
- Lome, 89, 275
- Luebo, 180
- Lulua tribe, the, 28
- Lunda country, 169, 240
- Lunda slave traffic, 188
- Lusambo, 184
- M
- Macintosh, Charles, 235
- Mackie, Mr. Consul, 187, 191, 241
- Maloney, Sir A., 236
- “Mammies,” The, 123
- Manioca, preparation of, 52, 158
- Mayumbe, 28, 217, 251, 253, 263
- Medical missions, 277
- Mendes, Dr. Correa, 181, 191
- Missionary statistics, 283
- Mobeka, 204
- Mohammedanism, 268
- Money lending, 35
- Mongo tribe, the, 34
- Monkey calls, 8
- Mortality statistics, 78
- Motherhood, 68
- N
- Negrophobia, 107
- Neves Hermano, 195
- Nevinson, H. W., 175
- Nigeria, Christianity in, 268
- Nigeria, cocoa cultivation, 257
- Nightingale, Mr. Consul, 186
- Ngombe, the tribe of, 32
- Novo Redondo, 178
- O
- Oil palm, the, 227, 234
- Oil rivers, 69, 90
- Ogowé, the, 85
- Orator, the African, 42
- P
- Paddler, the, 10
- “Palaver” described, 41
- Palm cabbage, 226, 232
- “Palm oil chop,” 54
- Palm wine, 103, 226, 234
- Peace and arbitration, African, 40
- Pico da San Thomé, 248
- Polygamy, 59
- Polygamy and Christianity, 61, 67
- Polygamy, obligatory, 59
- Polygamy and the birth rate, 63, 65
- Portuguese Republic, 162
- Principe, island of, 82
- Prister, Professor, 175
- Prohibition, difficulty of, 102
- Protestant missions, 265
- R
- Race prejudice, 169
- Reforma, the Portuguese, 194
- Renkin, Monsieur, 207, 216
- Repatriation fund, 192;
- problem of, 199
- Rio del Rey, 85
- Rouge, native, 33
- Rubber, discovery of, 235, 237;
- Funtumia, 237;
- Hevea Braziliensis, 244;
- Ireh, 236;
- Landolphia, 237;
- Manihot Glaziovii, 244
- S
- San Thomé cocoa, 247, 264
- Schindler, F., 197
- Sherboro, Bai, 117
- Sheridan, 42
- Slave capture, 147
- Slavery, domestic, 142, 144, 175
- Slavery in French Guinea, 147
- Slavery, Portuguese, 161, 262, 266, 271
- Sleeping sickness, 132;
- Uganda, 132;
- Principe, 132, 181
- Stanley, Sir H. M., 208, 236, 272
- Strachey, J. St. Loe, 202
- Swastika cicatrice, 28
- T
- Termites, 20, 261
- Togoland, 88;
- taxation, 153;
- cocoa, 248;
- transport in, 90
- Trader, the African, 49
- Trinidad cocoa, 262
- Tudhope, Mr., 252
- Twin customs, 69
- Twin murder, 70
- U
- Uganda grant-in-aid, 299
- Uganda mission, 287
- Uncle Remus in Africa, 24
- V
- Vasconcellos, Senhor, 196
- Venezuela, 260
- Victoria, 79, 230
- Villiers, Sir Francis Hyde, 193
- W
- Wages, native, 46
- “White Cap” chiefs, the, 159
- Williams, Robert, 91, 171
- Wilhelmsthal, incident of the, 136
- Wright, Herbert, 244
- Wuta the Conqueror, 27
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