From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . wers hovered little scarlet butterflies, the first heraldsof spring. We pitched our tents under the fruit trees, not farfrom the little corrugated iron house belonging to theblack stationmaster. It was an ideal spot (illus. 85),on a wooded slope of the Lukaya valley, shaded bylow, gnarled trees, many of them in full bloom, andsurrounded by swarms of buzzing bees. The silencewas broken only by the rumbling of the trains, andthe frequent blowing of their whistles in wliich theblack engin
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . wers hovered little scarlet butterflies, the first heraldsof spring. We pitched our tents under the fruit trees, not farfrom the little corrugated iron house belonging to theblack stationmaster. It was an ideal spot (illus. 85),on a wooded slope of the Lukaya valley, shaded bylow, gnarled trees, many of them in full bloom, andsurrounded by swarms of buzzing bees. The silencewas broken only by the rumbling of the trains, andthe frequent blowing of their whistles in wliich theblack engine-drivers indulged. Shaded by dense forests, the little Lukaya Riverflows in its deep bed on the other side of the soil is sandy, with here and there a patch of clay,and its fertility is evidenced by the luxuriance of thevegetation. On the very first day of our arrival in Kimuenza,we crossed the swaying liana bridge which spanned theyellow waters of the Lukaya immediately opposite ourcamp. Tliis is the district renowned for the botanicalcollections of the Jesuit Fathers, Gillet and 84. Among the baobab trees of Kinchassa.
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