From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . ly three legs. On the 24th of March von Duisburg was suddenlyordered to march with his soldiers to Mora, near theMandara Mountains, and von Raben was also on hisway thither from Kusseri. Mai-Omar, the sultanof Mandara, had been encroaching, and was to bedeposed. What the attitude of his people would beremained to be seen. Instead of employing bearers,von Duisburg carried all his baggage on camels ; thismade him independent, and enabled him to cover agreater distance each day. Roder and
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . ly three legs. On the 24th of March von Duisburg was suddenlyordered to march with his soldiers to Mora, near theMandara Mountains, and von Raben was also on hisway thither from Kusseri. Mai-Omar, the sultanof Mandara, had been encroaching, and was to bedeposed. What the attitude of his people would beremained to be seen. Instead of employing bearers,von Duisburg carried all his baggage on camels ; thismade him independent, and enabled him to cover agreater distance each day. Roder and I accompaniedhim for a short distance, and then returned to Dikoato finish our work there. My portfolios were grow-ing thicker, and were full of portraits, and studiesof dress, weapons, animals, and landscapes. On the 28th the harmattan blew all day. Comingfrom the Sahara, and driving the sand before it, itdarkened the sky, and completely shut out the sun-light. It had an indescribable effect on the land-scape, which I attempted to reproduce on I was forced to give it up, for the sand got into. £ if)
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