From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . rently did not appreciate the heat, for one dayat dawn Haberer noticed a row of guinea-fowl coolingthemselves in a pool with the water up to their soon as the sun rose they disappeared. We had a curious experience of fishing with dynamite;all the shad fish were killed by the explosion and sankto the bottom, whilst the rest of the fish swam about asusual. On the 4th of March we reached French Gulfei,opposite the German station of the same name. Itwas not long before Djagara pa
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . rently did not appreciate the heat, for one dayat dawn Haberer noticed a row of guinea-fowl coolingthemselves in a pool with the water up to their soon as the sun rose they disappeared. We had a curious experience of fishing with dynamite;all the shad fish were killed by the explosion and sankto the bottom, whilst the rest of the fish swam about asusual. On the 4th of March we reached French Gulfei,opposite the German station of the same name. Itwas not long before Djagara paid me a visit. It washis first entrance into French territory since itsannexation by Europeans; perhaps the crafty oldscoundrel hoped by his pompous bearing to win backsome of his deserting Kotokos. French Gulfei is a small uninteresting village, notto be compared with the station on the German side. On the 6th of March our caravan was once morein Fort Lamy, and the same day we set out forKusseri, where I received satisfactory news of theSouth Cameroons party, and also of von Wiesesjourney to the 71. Shoa women.
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