From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . a being undermined to anunusual extent by the weather. (Illus. 221.) Themost surprising thing about it is that, as far as weknow, the stone of which it is comj)osed is altogetherwanting on the main island, being volcanic materialof a dee]) red colour, wliich recalls a very darklaterit. The lake was just now at its lowest level, and itswaters troubled. The floor of the crater round thelake and its lower slopes were wooded with oil them grew numerous ^^•ild orange trees, be
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . a being undermined to anunusual extent by the weather. (Illus. 221.) Themost surprising thing about it is that, as far as weknow, the stone of which it is comj)osed is altogetherwanting on the main island, being volcanic materialof a dee]) red colour, wliich recalls a very darklaterit. The lake was just now at its lowest level, and itswaters troubled. The floor of the crater round thelake and its lower slopes were wooded with oil them grew numerous ^^•ild orange trees, bearinga rich display of golden fruit, wliich was not, however,so pleasant to eat as it appeared. The flesh was juicy,but exceedingly bitter, and nothing but the terriblethirst induced by the long and fatiguing climb up thebarren slopes would have induced us to welcome thesefruits as a refreshment. Above the belt of oil palms is a wood, composedprincipally of two trees : a beautiful, evergreen oiltree {Olea Welwitschii) whose large, dark \Nillow-likeleaves were in marked contrast to the leafless stems of. 215. House of the government officials in Pale.
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