From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . audible the roar of the forest subsided, and beforereaching our camp, the force of the tornado was spent,owing to the elastic resilience of the tree-tops. It iswell known that a tornado never attains in the junglethe same raging, devastating violence as in the plains,where the restraining influence of the trees is dawn the thunder gave place to a solid downpourof rain, and it was not until late in the morning thatwe were able to break camp. On both sides of the Bonda River we
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . audible the roar of the forest subsided, and beforereaching our camp, the force of the tornado was spent,owing to the elastic resilience of the tree-tops. It iswell known that a tornado never attains in the junglethe same raging, devastating violence as in the plains,where the restraining influence of the trees is dawn the thunder gave place to a solid downpourof rain, and it was not until late in the morning thatwe were able to break camp. On both sides of the Bonda River we had to crossa wide strip of submerged country, which resembledthe swamps of Molundu. I was thankful to find thatthe rain had not yet made any appreciable differenceto the level of the river, for I learned from my bearersthat during the rainy season caravans have often beenstopped by the inundations of the Bonda River, andhave sometimes been actually forced to retrace theirsteps. The high-water marks visible on the tree trunks,far above the present level of the river, proved thatthis was no 155. Phoenix palms.
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