. Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories. Natural history -- Africa; Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, West -- Description and travel. 212 CHAPTER XII. ACROSS LAKE CHAD. (JANUARY 25-FEBRUARY Our Kotoko Canoe. Our canoes awaited us at Jimtilo, a Shua Arab town on the mouth of the Shari, and it was thither that we now bent our steps. The ride was a dull one, through a country of small depressions, a continuation of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, but the district is full of game, and we heard lions roaring all through the
. Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories. Natural history -- Africa; Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, West -- Description and travel. 212 CHAPTER XII. ACROSS LAKE CHAD. (JANUARY 25-FEBRUARY Our Kotoko Canoe. Our canoes awaited us at Jimtilo, a Shua Arab town on the mouth of the Shari, and it was thither that we now bent our steps. The ride was a dull one, through a country of small depressions, a continuation of the Bahr-el-Ghazal, but the district is full of game, and we heard lions roaring all through the evening. Every now and then we passed large mounds of ash where the natives had burnt the salt plant, which grows in the vicinity. In one place there were so many of these heaps that from a little distance we took them for the ruins of some village. The Chief of Jimtilo is a young fellow, who was elected to that dignity as a child, in honour of the memory of his father and brothers, who had fought 1 i. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Macleod, Olive. Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons
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