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English: Title: Chiefs and cities of Central Africa, across Lake Chad by way of British, French, and German territories
Identifier: chiefscitiesofce00maclrich Year: 1912 (1910s) Authors: Macleod, Olive Subjects: Natural history -- Africa; Africa, Central -- Description and travel; Africa, West -- Description and travel Publisher: Edinburgh, London : W. Blackwood and sons Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: A TREK THROUGH BORNU 251 white and black. Light is obtained from above by two narrow slits in the wall, and a line of frieze, moulded by the finger tips in soft mud, runs right round the room. The structure is different to any other we had seen, and the hall is still further ornamented. A niche for lamps is let into the wall, and at the other end of the room is a raised diamond pattern. The rest of the wall is covered with drawings and paintings— Text Appearing After Image: Entrance Hall. a black - studded shield with brass nails, a wondrous beast, men on horseback, who, as will be seen, stand in order to obviate any difficulty in the disposal of their legs, though one gentleman round the corner has contrived to sit with both his on the same side. The object that seems, however, to have most fully awakened the artist's instincts is the bayonet, and this is amply represented. A decorated doorway, 10 feet high, leads into the second hall. Its many pillars and rounded arches Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. |
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