From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . oa E cO. 197. Kom falls. MARCHING FROM EBOLOWA 219 a Hcientific point of view, this part of the countrybeing but Httle known. Excepting for a few occasional showers, the weatherwas now favourable, and this helped to restore myexhausted bearers to health. By the time we reachedAfan, they had so far recovered that they were quitefit for the final stage of the journey. We were marching through a slightly undulatingplain, from 120 to 320 feet above the sea. Everynow and then we passed an i
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . oa E cO. 197. Kom falls. MARCHING FROM EBOLOWA 219 a Hcientific point of view, this part of the countrybeing but Httle known. Excepting for a few occasional showers, the weatherwas now favourable, and this helped to restore myexhausted bearers to health. By the time we reachedAfan, they had so far recovered that they were quitefit for the final stage of the journey. We were marching through a slightly undulatingplain, from 120 to 320 feet above the sea. Everynow and then we passed an isolated hill, one of thelast out-posts of the mountain range. We travelledalmost continuously in the shade of the forest, butowing to the time of year the trees were unfortunatelybarren and shrivelled. But although the season wasunfavourable from the collectors point of view, itwas not without its advantages, since in the wetseason the large tracts of swamp-land that lay in ourpath would have been quite impassable. Before we reached the large village of Angali, wecould hear the rushing waters of the Lobe, which,a
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