Camp and Tramp in African Wilds; a Record of Adventure, Impressions, and Experiences During Many Years Spent Among the Savage Tribes Round Lake Tanganyika and in Central Africa, With a Description of Native Life, Character, and Customs
Camp and Tramp in African Wilds; a Record of Adventure, Impressions, and Experiences During Many Years Spent Among the Savage Tribes Round Lake Tanganyika and in Central Africa, With a Description of Native Life, Character, and Customs
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii In the forest--Geographical licence--The Red Congo--Spread of cannihalism--The Southern Bamhala--A European resident--Caught in a game pit--The ruhher shrub--A people of the chase--An international settlement--A henpecked Chief--Adrift--Crossing the Luchima. thus I found myself once more ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xiii In the forest--Geographical licence--The Red Congo--Spread of cannihalism--The Southern Bamhala--A European resident--Caught in a game pit--The ruhher shrub--A people of the chase--An international settlement--A henpecked Chief--Adrift--Crossing the Luchima. thus I found myself once more on the good ship Marie, on my way up the Kwilu to Kikwit. Madibi we found in a state of profound peace, as was only to be expected. From Kongo to Michakila the banks of the river rise higher and higher and a dense forest everywhere clothes them, down to the water's edge, to such an extent that an error in steering lands the boat among the branches of the trees. Half-way between these two places is a long bend of the river, with a tongue of land between which can be readily crossed in ten minutes, though the steamer takes half an hour to make the detour by water; in the bend is a village, and the inhabitants make a point of greeting the boat on the one side, then going across the neck and awaiting its coming on the other side. To really appreciate the African forest it is necessary to traverse it by water, and by preference in a dug-out on the surface of a small stream, 15 or 20 feet broad. In the forest itself the view of the traveller is obstructed by a dense green wall a few feet away; and even if undergrowth be absent, he literally cannot see the wood for the trees; at most he perceives a few trunks in his immediate neighbourin the forest hood. Matters are still worse in the early morning and towards sunset, for then arises a damp earthlysmell which is most unpleasant and renders the air quite unbreathable. On the march the traveller knocks his knees or his feet every instant against branches, stumps of trees, roots, &c., and even the...
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