File:Musgum women at Maniling. Drawing by Ernst M. Heims, 1911.jpg

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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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125. Musgum women at Maniling. THROUGH THE LAND OF THE MUSGUMS 123 At six a.m. I set off rhinoceros hunting. I soon cameacross fresh spoors, which I followed for three-quartersof an hour, expecting every moment to come up withthe animal. I had tracked him for some distance,when I suddenly heard him crashing through thebushes. Presently I found his lair, which was stillquite warm, and on the ground were some huge tickswhich he had scratched off his body. But I had gotto windward of the animal, so as there was little chanceof my coming up with him, I rode home to camp.On the way my guide pointed out a fine equine ante-lope, standing about two hundred and fifty yards away.I dismounted hastily, and ran till I was within range;but I was so out of breath that I could not aimproperly, and overshot the mark. And the fineantelope galloped off and was seen no more ! On the 15th the Duke, von Raben, Schmidt, and Iset out towards Musgum, the capital of the districtof the same name. We forded the

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