From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . MARCHING FROM EBOLOWA 201 marked on the map. The forsaken village sites had amelancholy aspect, and they seemed to be the favouriteplayground of elephants, tracks of which we had alreadyseen in the forest. Everything was trampled andtorn down, and in the whole banana plantation therewas not a branch intact, the elephants having run riotto their hearts content. Probably all this devastationwas the work of but a few animals, though to theuninitiated it would appear to be due to a large h
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . MARCHING FROM EBOLOWA 201 marked on the map. The forsaken village sites had amelancholy aspect, and they seemed to be the favouriteplayground of elephants, tracks of which we had alreadyseen in the forest. Everything was trampled andtorn down, and in the whole banana plantation therewas not a branch intact, the elephants having run riotto their hearts content. Probably all this devastationwas the work of but a few animals, though to theuninitiated it would appear to be due to a large herd. A storm overtook us just as we reached these desertedvillages, and in five minutes we were soaked to the knew that it would take us at least an hour to reachour camping place, and the worst obstacle still laybefore us in the shape of the Loma River, now a ragingtorrent, far overflowing its banks. The only bridgewas one of the usual sHppery tree-trunks, which onthis occasion was a foot under water. It was withthe greatest difficulty that I managed to keep mybalance and avoid falHng into the r
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