From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . had,accompanied by Haberer and Schmidt. Heims andRoder were left behind in order that they might travelto Dikoa via Wulgo and Ngala, and meet me at Garuain June. In this way the expedition would touchthe little-known northern frontier of the GermanTchad district, and our party was divided into fourparts, each with leisure to fulfil its own appointedtask. The Sultan presented me with two live hyena-dogs,which would be a valuable acquisition for a zoologicalgarden. (Illus. 57.) My intere
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . had,accompanied by Haberer and Schmidt. Heims andRoder were left behind in order that they might travelto Dikoa via Wulgo and Ngala, and meet me at Garuain June. In this way the expedition would touchthe little-known northern frontier of the GermanTchad district, and our party was divided into fourparts, each with leisure to fulfil its own appointedtask. The Sultan presented me with two live hyena-dogs,which would be a valuable acquisition for a zoologicalgarden. (Illus. 57.) My interest was now centred in Lake Tchad, aboutwhich I had heard so much, but concerning whichbut little reliable information was forthcoming. I wasparticularly anxious to make the acquaintance of theisland natives, whose fierce disposition had beendescribed to me. Our little vessel steamed noisily to the mouth ofthe Shari, whilst a fresh north-easterly breeze cooledthe atmosphere. Hundreds of lazy crocodiles sunnedthemselves on the sandbanks, in friendly proximityto numerous sandpipers, geese, ducks, and water-. 55. Pile defences of the station at Kusseri against the floodsof the Logone.
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