From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . e. Surrounding the house is a wide verandah,opening out on one side into a large hall, so spaciousthat it could easily be converted into two rooms of thesame size as the others. Everything is made of ironexcepting the doors, windows, and flooring, and thewalls are composed of plates of sheet-iron. At presentthis magnificent building, of which the painting aloneis said to have cost four thousand pesetas, is inhabitedby a Spanish non-commissioned officer and two blacksoldiers. The second
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . e. Surrounding the house is a wide verandah,opening out on one side into a large hall, so spaciousthat it could easily be converted into two rooms of thesame size as the others. Everything is made of ironexcepting the doors, windows, and flooring, and thewalls are composed of plates of sheet-iron. At presentthis magnificent building, of which the painting aloneis said to have cost four thousand pesetas, is inhabitedby a Spanish non-commissioned officer and two blacksoldiers. The second house, which is still more roomy,serves as a church for the mission, and the Fathershave built themselves an adjoining stone house. The situation is well adapted for a sanatorium ; theair is healthy, and the view, wliich includes the Bay ofSan Carlos and the Peak, is unrivalled in its magnificence. For two successive days the weather favoured me,and I w^as able to explore the famous Moka road, which is quite passible for pedestrians, passesthrough an abandoned village site, not far from the. FERNANDO PO 255 Bubi settlement of Rilako, and then turns towards theSouth. After crossing a small stream, I climbed upthe steep mountain slope. The forest bears little resem-blance to the one above Basile, the trees being smallerand more branching, and the undergrowth chieflycomposed of ferns ; there are numerous lianas, andthe most noticeable epiphyte is a climbing plant ofthe Culcasia family. The whole vegetation was sopeculiar that I was at first inclined to regard it as asecondary forest, until I remembered having seensomething very similar on the Niragongo volcanonear Lake Kiwu. In both cases the soil was probablyof recent volcanic origin. The forest became more and more open as I ascended;the tree-ferns were more and more numerous, and afterpassing a few shrubs of Mimulofsis Violacea in fullflower (vide coloured illus.), I was soon in the traversed a narrow be
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