INDEX 293 Civet cat, 96 Climate. 49, 53, 180 Coal, 164, 278 Cob, white-eared, 280 Colour differences, 150 Colouring of body, 152 Concert, an animal, 238 Congo Free State, 12, 113, 153, 230, 288 Constantinople, 32 Cook, 35 Cookery, 58, 98, 204 Copts, 28-9 Cordite, effect of heat on, 127 Corn, 264 Corpses, mummified, 181 Corrugated-iron houses, 156 Cotton, 5 Cotton soil, 51, 70 "Country of the Blacks," 2, 16, 153 Cowdung, use of, 160, 212, 254, 269 Cow's urine, use of, 160, 242 Cowes, 199 Cowries, 162, 275 Cranes, 61, 207, 232 Cream of tartar, 104 Crickets, 92, 136, 237 Crocodiles, 37, 59, 60, 62, 63. 71, 98, 111, 124, 156, 188, 245, 250, 284 Crows, 51, 61, 280 Crusades, wars of, 29 Currency, 197 Cush, 19, 21, 148 Cushi, 21 D.

Dadabhai Naoroji, 22 Dance, native, 160 Dance, Nuer, 270 Darfur, 8, 14, 30. 32, 289 Dates, 8 Dead Sea, 12 Deir-el-Bahari, 19 Deleb palm, 166 Deng Dit, 220, 231, 261 Deng Lakar, 220 Depopulation, 39. 48, 78, 120 Der'ishes, 3, 120, 179, 200 Dhurra, 43, 47-8, 84-6, 157, 187, 190, 204, 239, 241, 265, 273, 275, 277, 285 Dhurra l)irds, 285 Diluka (native dance-feast), 159 Diuder, 36, 44, 86, 99, 113, 123, 139, 158, 206 285 Dinka tribe. 154, 160 eyesight of. 110 Birabashi, 119 area of influence, 155 character, 158, 162-3 hippo-hunt, 167 Dinka tribe, Mecca of, 209, 222, 261 lying tactics of, 209 and slavers, 220 01 section, 220 Khor Filus, 209, 227 corn-crushing, 264 words, 267 Diocletian, 26-7 Diodorus, 152-3 Diu, Slieikh, 220, 221, 224, 240, 261 Divers, 207, 232 Divorce, 179 Dog-flesh, 30 Dougola, 13, 15, 20, 28, 31, 149, 287 Dougolese, 8 Donkey, 35, 77, 81-4 Drainage area of Nile, 12 Dressof Nuers, 183, 243 Dried meat, 48, 69, 75 Drinks, 48, 53, 87, 92, 99, 104-9 Duck, 236, 264 Dueim, 15, 285 Duk, 223 "Dun cow," 239 Durraba, 47-8, 75, 99 Dynasty I., 16 IV., 16 VI., 17 XL, 17 XII., 17, 18 XV., 18 XVII., 18 XVIII., 18, 28 XXIII., 20 XXIV., 20 XXVI., 23 XXVII., 23 E. Eagles, 207 Earliest human mummy, 147 Ebony, 19 Edfu, ancient book found at, 28, 29 Education, 5, 174, 288 Eggs, 90-4, 245, 250, 266 Egrets, 232 Egypt, 20, 147, 201 Egyptian employes, 180 Egyptian soldiers, 205, 228, 252 Egyptians, ancient, 7, 149, 151 Ein-el-Shems, 81 El Darner, 15 El Obeid, 15 Elephants : ancient hunts, 25 on Blue Nile, 45 tusks of, 46 and fruit, 50 footprints of, 45, 51, 53, 59, 72 cleverness of, 66, 83 e seq.