From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . h of May I repairedto the palace, followed by servants bearing my had chosen the latter with a view to gratifying Het-mans progressive tastes, and they included a bridlewith silver mountings, a blue and red saddle-cloth,a naval sword, khaki riding-breeches, as well as silks,satins, and brocades for his wives. He received meat the head of his troops, and expressed his delightwhen I presented my gifts. I took some photo-graphs, suffered my ears to be tortured by hisorchestra, and
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . h of May I repairedto the palace, followed by servants bearing my had chosen the latter with a view to gratifying Het-mans progressive tastes, and they included a bridlewith silver mountings, a blue and red saddle-cloth,a naval sword, khaki riding-breeches, as well as silks,satins, and brocades for his wives. He received meat the head of his troops, and expressed his delightwhen I presented my gifts. I took some photo-graphs, suffered my ears to be tortured by hisorchestra, and then accompanied him into the palace,where I was offered some French sparkling wine. Hepresented me to his wives, and to a number of mulattochildren, some of whom were quite attractive. Inreturn for my gifts I begged for some native objectsfor my collection. He found some difficulty in com-plying with my request, as these things had all beendone away with, but a few days later he sent me allthat he could find. From Rafai I marched back to the Mbomu River,and arrived at Kumbu. On the way I passed through. 3 s o X> co 0>COre>- o > o
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