From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . background, and this was also thecase ^\ith regard to Mildbraeds botanical were in a country that had been cultivated for manyyears, and where the jungle was being cleared fartherand farther from the settlements. Clean, well-keptBule villages cover the landscape in every direction,many of them separated only by the watercourses. Itis only on the banks of the rivers and streams that theoriginal forest, with its wealth of animal and plant life,is still to be found. Whereas
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . background, and this was also thecase ^\ith regard to Mildbraeds botanical were in a country that had been cultivated for manyyears, and where the jungle was being cleared fartherand farther from the settlements. Clean, well-keptBule villages cover the landscape in every direction,many of them separated only by the watercourses. Itis only on the banks of the rivers and streams that theoriginal forest, with its wealth of animal and plant life,is still to be found. Whereas in the paths of the jungle we often did notknow how to make our way through the bogs andmorasses, here we marched tluough farms and villages,most of them lying in the shade of oil palms, and allvery much alike. (Illus. 171.) The roads were coveredwith fragrant Citronella grass, and were exposed tothe pitiless rays of the tropical sun. Under thesecircumstances w^e went forward as rapidly as possible,for there was nothing worth collecting to be seen bythe roadside. Mildbraed, especially, found this country.
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