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Title: From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969 Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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Publisher: London : Duckworth
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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LAKE TCHAD 73 and the nets lowered. A great noise was then madeby beating the sides of the boats with sticks, so as todrive the fish into the meshes of the nets, but the resultwas very poor. The noise seemed to upset an oldhyena, for she howled all the time quite close to us, inspite of all the lanterns and commotion. During the next few days march, the country wasstill covered with thorn bushes. Here and there themonotony was interrupted by patches of grass, or bydepressions in the ground containing evil-smellingwater, which was, however, eagerly drunk by man andbeast alike, since there was nothing better to be found.The banks of the Shari are densely populated in thisdistrict since their occupation by the French, whichput an end to Rabehs despotism. Near Bugia I cameacross a very pretty park, with green lawns, shut inby woods. We continued our southward march, and encampedat the Arab settlement of Abugoie, which consists oftwo villages about 200 yards apart, inhabited alternatelydur

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