Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1890-07-30
FROM OAMEROON TO BKnNE.
DIR. ZuItgraa,s Account of HIS Great
African Journey.

DR.. Zultgraa,s Account of His Great
African Journey.
The Vossische Zsitung gives tine newest
points in DIR. ZuitRraff's lecture before the
Geographical society of Berlin on his jour
ney from CAMERON to Berne. The Vos-
| sische Zsitung. speaking of the difficulties in
the way of exploration, Gays ii would be an
| easy thing to overpower the natives and force
| a way into the interior. but the German for
eign Office preferred, on the advice of Dr..
Zuitgraff, to erect stations aud so-though
more slowly, still more surely-to effect the
peaceful conquest Of the land. The account
given by DR.. Zuitgrsf was, in brief, as fol-
lows:
The preparations for his journey were be-
gun in the middle of August, 1887. At the
beginning of October he, with Herr Zsnner.
left Hamburg by sea, and in the following
December the caravan in CAMERON was
ready to march. Zsnner went with half the
men up the Mupgo; Zuitgraf, with the rest,
round the CAMERON mountain to the village
of Kumbs, which he reached on Christmas
eve, Zsnner having arrived the day before.
The strokes of the German axe sounded for
| the first time in the woods of the Elephant
lake on New Years day, 1888. Six weeks
later the Barombi station was ready. Ex.
ploring parties examined the position, one
party going to the country Baton, north of
| Baromb, passing Skiliwindi, where DIR.
Schwartz formerly turned back, alarmed by
| warlike party of elephant hunters. An
other party went In July to the country Ban
| yang, where information was received sbout
/ the Hausss. Slaves, who belonged to q
place few days journey distant, told of 9
rode horses On the 6rst OF january, 1889
. | Zuitgraff returned to Banyang with strong
! | er party, In order to penetrate the Hsusss
land. He reached Bali In April, the king oi
which, as well as the king Of Banyang
: proved very untrustworthy, but were per-
suaded by the cool manner OF the whites te
let them 90 on their way peaceably. Tn,
=. same thing happened with the king of baful
Z at Kuslem, and finally the party reached
!, Takum, where they found O hint OF formei
!, white travellers In an empty brandy bottle
i In Donda q point of the Flegel expedition
was reached. The representative of th'
o | English Moser- Bonne company, Mr.. MscIn
Q tosh, had heard of Zuitgraff's coming ant
sent victuals to him, which reached him II
2 Wukari. At Bakunsi Zuitgrsf met th
: we'll known Haussa chieftain, who had beei
II brought to Berlin by Flegel. A lengthy ex
% cursion to lola began the return march
% Going from lola past Jaschka, S.mbo AM
Aschaku back to Takum, the expedition ar
rived on the Bsmnugu mountains, forty
70 eight hundred feet above the level of tn
sea, and was in great danger from cold, hal
and thunder storms. Sixteen of the make,
q blacks succumbed to these hsrdships, Will
j. many others were for some time In danger o
Il dying, but recovered. When the expedition
reached the Bali natives the latter wer
greatly excited, because they had never be
70 heved that any one could return safely from
70 the much feared Haussa. King Garega mad
, bond of blood friendship with zuitgrsfi
:, and when the latter, after stingre for oil
70 weeks, started on Christmas day, 1889, th
l. king accompanied him for some distanc
IN with great army.
=. The land of CAMERON rises to Baron 4
about nine hundred and sixty feet. Thei
begins the grass land, which rises graduall
=. to the mountain chain Of Baton. In th
~ Bia valley there are primeval woods and jun
% Rle In the grass land itself there ar
n scarcely any trees, on account of the fire
/. uuent fires. Now and then there is q grou
=. Of trees only twenty to twenty five feet high
to The soil is generally of crystalline slate. /
IL the Bali country the mountains are rounde
es at the top; in Adamana there are moi
abrupt rocks with jagged peaks about thrs
ie hundred feet high. Laterite is only foun
Is from Gaschka to lola. There is not muc
alt game; but elephants are still found in here
nh In the grass land. the hippopotamus in tt
Wuri, the antelope In the grass lands {
ne Adsmana in herds of forty or fifty, and
mt small species Of buffalo Is met with. II
no land between Takum and Rafut 4 rich