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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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37 and 38. Banda in a sham fight.
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FROM THE UBANGI TO LAKE TCHAD 37 station, was a typical Frenchman, clever and energetic,and we also met here Captain Chambon, on his wayto found a new station in the disturbed district roundBambari, on the Kuango River, a tributary of theUbangi. Although Captain Cross has greatly improved FortArchambault, we found it as unattractive as the otherFrench stations we had visited. Until recently itconsisted merely of half a dozen thatched mud-hutssurrounded by a strong, loop-holed wall. This littlefort was the chief defence of the French during theirwars with Rabeh. Since the conclusion of peace, dwelling-houses andwarehouses have been built outside the fortifications,but even these are not sufficient; some French officerswho were travelling through, were obliged to take uptheir abode in the prison, owing to every availablelodging being occupied by our party. The population around Archambault is entirelyheathen, but Mohammedans of many races have con-gregated in the town in the interests o

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