Rhinoceros killed by the Duke of Mecklenburg

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Black rhinoceros killed by Adolf Frederick of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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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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e herds of saiga antelopes and reed-buck in the forest, and hippopotami splashed about in the water. We watched the Bana mode of fishing. The men swam in the river with hand-nets opening like oyster shells, and at a given signal they all dived together, and there was nothing to be seen but dozens of legs kicking in the water. As soon as a fish got into a net, the fisherman swam ashore, and deposited it on the bank. The Banas are excellent swimmers, and when fishing often remain a long time underwater. Along the banks were a crowd of women, busy catching small fish in a kind of basket shaped like a bell. On the 29th of May we marched south-west, and again crossed the Logone during a tornado, which wrecked one of the boats. We camped at Dengereng, where the Tuburi River suddenly spreads out into a lake 1600 feet wide, and, in places, over six feet deep. Fianga and Mata are the capitals of the districts of the same names, Fianga being also the Government; station for this sub-division. The Governor, Lieu-
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