Batta tribe in Ádamáwa, ii. 511.
Báure, a species of ficus, large specimen, i. 392. Poorer specimens, iv.
64.
Baúshi trees, ii. 12.
Báya and its inhabitants, ii. 613.
Beans, cultivation of, ii. 310; iv. 29, _passim_.
Bean-tressels excellent food for camels, iv. 89.
Béchi town and neighbourhood, ii. 92.
Bedánga and its inhabitants, iii. 594, 608.
Bedde territory and its inhabitants described, iv. 33.
Bedstead, kind of, necessary for an African traveller, ii. 8. Curious
bedsteads in Ágades, i. 442.
Beehives, ii. 91. Underground, 377.
Bees, dangerous attack by, iii. 240.
Bégúngu island, in the Niger, v. 289.
Belánde village, v. 311.
Belang, important town of Gurma, iv. 560.
Bélem, residence of Mʿallem Delíl, town and its inhabitants, ii. 451,
523.
Bello, sultan, character, iv. 513. Notice of his work, 187.
Belússa important town, of Mósi, iv. 563.
Bení Ulíd, troublesome place, v. 451.
Bennanába, or Benába, chief town of Gurma, meaning of name, iv. 559.
Benón, camp where Park was kept a prisoner, v. 491.
Bentang tree, _see_ Silk cotton tree.
Bénuwé river, ii. 464, 517. The great arm of the Kwára, 467. Period of
rising and falling, 475. Its importance for the intercourse with the
interior, ii. 348; iii. 132, 134.
Benzári, town of Manga, ii. 175.
Bérabísh (_sing._ Berbúshi) tribe, sections of, in Ázawád, v. 464. Their
hostility towards me, 491, 505. Chief of Bérabísh murderer of Major
Laing, iv. 500. Death of his son, 509.
Berber population, historical notices of, i. 223. Licentious manners of
frontier tribes, 288; v. 190.
Berbéruwá well of Manga country, iv. 43.
Berí village and inhabitants, iii. 50. Route to from Ngégimi, 52,
_note_. Former importance, 500, _seq._
Bernínkoró, Bámbara village, v. 499.
Beshér villages and well near Kúkawa, ii. 242.
Betéhá valley of Wádái, principal villages along the, iii. 578.
Béting district, character of the Niger in, v. 254.
Bú el Hamésh, well of Kánem, iii. 108.
Birchi village, v. 355.
Birmenáwa town, ii. 164; v. 373.
Birni, or Ghasr-éggomo, the old capital of Bórnu, founded by whom, ii.
644. Description of its ruins, iv. 50.
Bírni town on Niger and inhabitants, v. 287.
Bírni-n-Débe, site of and forest scenery, iv. 223.
Bírni-n-Kebbi and its inhabitants, iv. 212; v. 322. N.B. Other names
beginning with the term Birni look for under the second part of the
name.
Bitinkóbe tribe, v. 289.
Bizúggu town, iv. 554.
Blacksmiths of the Tawárek, i. 373. Blacksmith’s workshop described, ii.
376.
Boats on the Tsád, ii. 327, on the Shári, iii. 293, 297, of the Musgu,
220, on the Bénuwé, ii. 469, on the Niger iv. 242, 362; v. 276.
Represented in Pl. iv. 391, 395.
Bodinga town and market, v. 333.
Bóghel valley, its picturesque and rich character, i. 395.
Bógo village, iii. 186.
Bokhári, governor of Khadéja, his expedition against Khadéja, his
success, and what use he made of it, ii. 175; v. 350.
Bokhári, learned man of Sókoto, iv. 528.
Bokhári, a learned man of Gando, iv. 200.
Bóne village, iv. 336.
Bongesémba village, on the Upper Niger or Dhiúliba, different quality of
the water of the two branches of the river at, v. 477.
Books should be sent out to Central Africa, v. 43. Manuscript books in
Bagírmi, iii. 373.
Bóre town, v. 466.
Bórnu, general character of history of, ii. 253. Form of government,
270, 648. Friends and instructors in, 283-290.
Bórnu, chronological table of events and list of kings of, ii. 633.
Bórnu army, appearance of, iii. 165. Detachments composing the cavalry
of, in the expedition to Músgu, 521.
Bórnu proper, boundaries of, ii. 201.
Bornu-Gungu, or Barnu-Gungu, island in the Niger, scenery round, v. 242.
Borzári, town of Bórnu, iv. 32.
Bóse village and inhabitants, v. 281.
Bosebángo village and inhabitants, iv. 267-271.