From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . dis-tricts where they can be replaced by animals. Per-haps the happy day will yet dawn in Europe when allmanual labour will be forbidden for humanitarianreasons ! We marched in three hours from Abilela to Dugia,a Kotoko village whose inhabitants, like all theKotokos on the right bank of the Shari, have migratedfrom the German side in order to escape the crueltyof Sultan Djagara of Gulfei, who thought nothingof cutting off his subjects heads or arms. We saw aman at Mani, whose hand had
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . dis-tricts where they can be replaced by animals. Per-haps the happy day will yet dawn in Europe when allmanual labour will be forbidden for humanitarianreasons ! We marched in three hours from Abilela to Dugia,a Kotoko village whose inhabitants, like all theKotokos on the right bank of the Shari, have migratedfrom the German side in order to escape the crueltyof Sultan Djagara of Gulfei, who thought nothingof cutting off his subjects heads or arms. We saw aman at Mani, whose hand had been amputated at thewrist for theft; this mutilation did not, however, pre-vent him from being an active member of the courtorchestra. We spent three days in Dugia, studying the habitsof the people and wandering about the day I saw a whole herd of wart hogs grovel-ling on their knees in a meadow. Their heads wereinvisible in the grass, and their prominent hind-quarters were a very funny sight. One night the Kotokos taught us a new methodof fishing; canoes were paddled into mid-stream,.
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