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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
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ay and night the sky remained cloudless,and we slept peacefully under the starry vault ofheaven. The time passed only too quickly in this ideal spot.On the 22nd of April Haberer, Schmidt, and I turnedour backs on the beautiful mountain scenery, and setoff once more through the dreary bush. LieutenantDerendinger accompanied us, and as he alone wasfamiliar with the whole of our route, we gladly wel-comed him as guide. We were bound for Busso,on the Shari, and the road from Melfi was almostuntrodden. But the reports as to the watersupply were favourable, the unusual rainfall of theprevious season having left puddles in severalplaces. The village wells, too, were said not to beempty. These reports proved correct. At Sor, where wepitched our camp the first night, we found large watertroughs with a sufficient supply for our caravan, whichhad been increased by twenty-three oxen and as manyasses. At Ambajut I shot two hyena-dogs, which arezoological rareties. The skull of a hyena-dog seems to
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86. Dance of the Bornu women.

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