From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . umMountain, at the foot of which lies Aseng, was wrappedin thick clouds. According to the map the next stageof our journey seemed comparatively short and easy,but if I had realised the difficulties that lay before us,I should have taken a supply of food from Aseng,and encamped for the night in the jungle. Soon afterpassing the \illage of Akom, we entered the forest;the ground was very boggy, and everything seemedgloomy and depressmg in the absence of wading tln-ough the
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . umMountain, at the foot of which lies Aseng, was wrappedin thick clouds. According to the map the next stageof our journey seemed comparatively short and easy,but if I had realised the difficulties that lay before us,I should have taken a supply of food from Aseng,and encamped for the night in the jungle. Soon afterpassing the \illage of Akom, we entered the forest;the ground was very boggy, and everything seemedgloomy and depressmg in the absence of wading tln-ough the morass for about two hours,we reached the foot of the Nkololoma Mountains;another hours climbing brought us to the pass, aboutfive hundred feet below the liighest summit. The descenton the other side was far worse than the ascent, andit is incomprehensible to me how this road ^Wth aslope of thirty to forty degrees can have ranked forso long as a main road. On the further side of the mountain we came tothe Loma River, and great was our disappointmentto find nothing but abandoned villages in place of those. 5 o :3 > o re (/5
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