From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . s introductions to the headsof the various mission stations in Fernando Po andAnnobon. We arrived on the 10th of August, and the firststeamer for Annobon left on the 2nd of determined to occupy the intervening time incollecting botanical specimens. In the innncdiateneighbourhood of Santa Isabella the original vegeta-tion has everywhere given way to cocoa plantations,so I decided to explore the virgin forest above themission station of Basile, about four miles inland,and fif
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . s introductions to the headsof the various mission stations in Fernando Po andAnnobon. We arrived on the 10th of August, and the firststeamer for Annobon left on the 2nd of determined to occupy the intervening time incollecting botanical specimens. In the innncdiateneighbourhood of Santa Isabella the original vegeta-tion has everywhere given way to cocoa plantations,so I decided to explore the virgin forest above themission station of Basile, about four miles inland,and fifteen hundred feet above the foot of the , on the 14th of August, I removed my camp,w^th the help of some of Herr Moritz workmen. Theroad was for some distance flat, and led throughcocoa plantations, being shaded by beautiful mangotrees. Some railway lines attracted my attention,but they were overgrown with grass and e\identlyno longer used. Here and there, too, were brokenpieces of telephone wire. Some of the cocoa plantations were apparentlywell kept, but some were overgro^vn with weeds, and.
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