292 IN THE TORRID SUDAN B.

Baboons, 78, 137 Babylonian laws, 161 Bacliit Abdullah, 41, 107, 110, 127 Badi-el-Ahraar, 31 Badi-el-Shilluk, 31 Baggara tribe, 8, 187 BaliMri (sailor), 173 Bahr el-Abiad. See White Nile Balir-el-Aslar. See Sobat Bahrel-Aziak. See Blue Nile Bahr-el Gebel. See Mouutain Nile Bahr-el-Ghazal. 5, 8, 13, 15, 153, 190, 200-1, 288 Bahr-el-Zeraf, 120, 158, 201, 202, 209 ct seq. Baker, Sir Samuel : extends Sudanese territory, 32, 210 on the Rahad, 47, 59 shooting, 66 Sudan in days of, 120 and " cow " fish, 133 and Baris, 155 in Tewfikieh, 197 and elephants, 199 and ostriches, 275 Bamba tribe, 267 Banjo, Nuer, 270 Bantu, 24, 152 Baobab. See Tebeldi-tree Barabra tribe, 8, 149, 150 Bari tribe, 152, 154, 155, 158, 267, 288 Bark of trees, 57 "Basil Effendi," 106-7 Baskets, native, 254 Basutos, 193 Bats, 97, 186, 237 Bayuda desert, 8 Beads, 184, 256, 271, 275, 276 Bees, 40, 88, 186 Beetles, 237 Beit-el-Wahash, 80 Belal, Nuer interpreter, 222, 253-8, 275-7 Belgian posts, 175 Bell -frogs, 238 Berber, 14, 15 Berberi servants, 68, 103, 137 Berta tribe, 138, 151 Bied Uz, 268 Biltong, 69 Birds, 51, 61, 88, 136, 165, 207, 232 Biscuits, 271 Blacksmith, native, 134 Blackwater fever, 134 Blenimycs, 26, 27, 28 Blood-hnes, 226 Blue Nile, 13, 14, 129, 184 Blue Nile, water-supply from, 5, 201 gold on, 24 Fungs on, 30 sport on, 34 at Singa, 37 and Binder, 44 elephants on, 46 at Roseires, 133, 135 junction with White, 286-9 province, 287 railway over, 289 Bongo tribe, 8, 148 Book, ancient, of Nubce, 28 Boomerang, 138, 151 Boots, mosquito, 35 Bor, 84 Bows, 150 Bread, 58, 204 Brcvedent, Father de, 31 Bricks, 196 British Museum, 29, 147 Bruce, 32 Budge, Dr. Wallace, Preface, 24 Buffalo, 52, 65, 70, 73, 75, 90, 278 Building, 196 Burial-places, Nuer, 261 Burun tribe, 154-8 Bushmen, 147, 159-4 Bustard, 249 Butcher's shop, Arab, 183 Butter, 204, 264 Buz Nyal, Sheikh, 274-7 Buzzard, 88-9, 236 Cailliaud, 32 Cain, 161 Cairo, 3, 149, 180, 210 Cambyses, 23 Camel, 8, 37, 41, 69, 92, 105-6, 134, 143 Camel-drivers, 43, 74, 99, 135, 140 Camei-a, 163 Canaan, 149 Canaanites, 21 Candace, Queens, 24, 25 Cannibal lady, 170 Canoe, 167, 241, 263-6, 284 Cartridge-cases as currency, 271 "Catecherak " bird, 51 Caterpillars as food, 245 Cattle, 8, 187, 241, 254, 265, 273, 284 Caucasian race, 148, 151 Ceremony at Kwoin, 274 Chalklike body-paint, 152, 162 Ciiildren, Arab, 164, 178 Chili, effect of, 214 Christian era, 23, 24 Christianity in Sudan, 25, 27,29, 30-1