From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . hey werewith the labyrinth of channels, along which they shottheir tiny canoes at the speed of a galloping horse. I was eager to explore tliis district, but was obligedto relinquish the idea for two reasons. In the firstplace we were already overdue, according to the timeallotted to our journey, and in the second place therewere all kinds of rumours current which were creditedby Europeans as well as negroes, and which made itquite clear that an expedition into the heart of theMaka dist
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . hey werewith the labyrinth of channels, along which they shottheir tiny canoes at the speed of a galloping horse. I was eager to explore tliis district, but was obligedto relinquish the idea for two reasons. In the firstplace we were already overdue, according to the timeallotted to our journey, and in the second place therewere all kinds of rumours current which were creditedby Europeans as well as negroes, and which made itquite clear that an expedition into the heart of theMaka district was not to be thought of. Later on Icame to the conclusion that some of the districts throughwhich we waded on the plateau, in the bend of theDjah, supphed a sujfficiently correct impression ofthis country which was closed to us for poHtical any rate, neither Mildbraed nor I had the leastdesire to make the acquaintance of any more swamps. The above-mentioned rumours referred to a Europeanagent of an English factory who was said to have beenmurdered and eaten five days before my arrival in.
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