From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . d or walrus, which the Mundangscall a nebi. It is also found in the Benue and onthe Cameroons coast. It is oval in shape, and whenfull-grown is about ten feet long ; its skin is as thickas that of a hippopotamus, and the natives make itinto whips. Native hunters kill the nebi with a har-poon, and one of them boasted to me that he hadkilled more than a hundred. My own attempts witha rifle failed. When the lake was smooth, I often sawthe heads of these interesting creatures appearingabov
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . d or walrus, which the Mundangscall a nebi. It is also found in the Benue and onthe Cameroons coast. It is oval in shape, and whenfull-grown is about ten feet long ; its skin is as thickas that of a hippopotamus, and the natives make itinto whips. Native hunters kill the nebi with a har-poon, and one of them boasted to me that he hadkilled more than a hundred. My own attempts witha rifle failed. When the lake was smooth, I often sawthe heads of these interesting creatures appearingabove the surface of the water, and heard their strangecries. One day I watched a nebi hunter in his he paddled hither and thither, and suddenlyhe wheeled round. Surely he must have sighted anebi ! For half an hour he hurried to and fro ; atlast he seemed to be close to his prey, he drew in , took his harpoon in his right hand, raised himself cautiously, aimed carefully and missed! Presently the same thing happened again, so that Ibegan to think that this method of hunting must be. 109. Massa head-dress.
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