From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 157. Station in the YUKADUMA TO ASSOBAM 161 A very graceful palm tree, Phoenix spinosa, grew inclumps in and around the first clearance that we en-countered in the forest. (Illus. 155,156.) It attained aheight of about fifty feet, and seemed to indicate thatthe ground in these clearances is not after all so veryunproductive. In the afternoon the bearers laid down their loadsin one of the most picturesque spots in the whole forest,half-way up a hill, not far from the comfortabl
From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911 . 157. Station in the YUKADUMA TO ASSOBAM 161 A very graceful palm tree, Phoenix spinosa, grew inclumps in and around the first clearance that we en-countered in the forest. (Illus. 155,156.) It attained aheight of about fifty feet, and seemed to indicate thatthe ground in these clearances is not after all so veryunproductive. In the afternoon the bearers laid down their loadsin one of the most picturesque spots in the whole forest,half-way up a hill, not far from the comfortable abodeof Herr Funck, who leads a hermits life as overseerof one of the rubber collecting stations. (Illus. 157.)Here I came upon Mildbraed, who had been fortunateenough to shoot two fine red buffaloes in a neighbouringclearance. The natives were so excited at the prospectof this unexpected addition to our larder, that all elsewas forgotten, and I had the greatest difficulty ininducing anyone to pitch my tent. A dense fog enveloped both river and forest, and aghostly moon pierced this greyish white curtain. Afearsome roaring sounded
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