. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. OUR JOURNEY UP THE UBANGUI 245 stretched like tyres round enormous wooden discs, often 2j in. in diameter. When the discs are taken out, the lobes fall down on the shoulders. The men wear loin-cloths made out of beaten bark. The. YAKOMA WOMAN PISHING small tree from which the bark is obtained grows round their villages ; it is straight-stemmed and clean up to half its height, from which point the branches grow out almost upright; the dark green oval-shaped leaves are opaque and shiny. To obtain the cloth-fibre, the bark is peel
. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. OUR JOURNEY UP THE UBANGUI 245 stretched like tyres round enormous wooden discs, often 2j in. in diameter. When the discs are taken out, the lobes fall down on the shoulders. The men wear loin-cloths made out of beaten bark. The. YAKOMA WOMAN PISHING small tree from which the bark is obtained grows round their villages ; it is straight-stemmed and clean up to half its height, from which point the branches grow out almost upright; the dark green oval-shaped leaves are opaque and shiny. To obtain the cloth-fibre, the bark is peeled off the stem near to where the branches spring. After a time a closely knit, reddish fibre grows down from the bark of the upper tree and encases the naked stem. This is taken off and the strips beaten till they become welded together; then the whole piece is pegged out to dry in the sun. It is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910; Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945. London, E. Arnold
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