Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1908-08-07
ZIGZAG AFRICAN JOURNEYS
FIVE YEARS in The WILBS IN SEARCH OF MINERALS. /
Belgian Explorer Visited Many Places Never Before Seen by White Nan
RsYYa Of NaO-KOm and the GermanS-GOrla Carries OIL WOman

rifles. and for some time he has been
paying his hut tax without a mur.
mur.
Throughout that rich region.
where the Germans have done little
as yet. Adler says he saw herds of
as many as 5000 to 5000 cattle, the
property of these two chiefs, that
grazed far and wide under the care
of herders and were driven into
kraals at night to keep them from
beasts of prey.
Adler prospected all along the
route where the Germans are now
building a good wagon road $50
miles In length to connect Lakes Tan
ganyika and Nyassa It is only a
few miles east Of a similar road that
the British have long maintained in
their own territory. and the Ger
mans decided that they must have
equally good facilities
He describes an incident such as
probably has not occurred before In
the experience of the whites in
Africa When Adler reached the
little station of Kabambare. an iso-
lated post of the Congo State. he
found much excitement over the dis
appearance of a native woman A
gorilla had appeared on the out
skirts Of native village and lurk-
ing in the grass, had seized one Of a
number of women. the wife OF
State soldier. and carried her of into
the forest. Lieutenant Cosmos took
a number of men and started In pur-
suit. 1t was believed that the wo-
man would be found alive. but hope
was nearly abandoned when a whole
week was spent in alternately los
ing and finding the tracks of the
animal. He was at length brought
to bay in the depths of the forest
and killed. The woman was with
him and was still alive. though she
died the next day from her long
agony of fright and suffering. She
was able to speak little of the ter
rible story before she died. The
gorilla had fed her as well as hifp-
self with the fruits and edible rootS
of the forest which he collected.
Adler was in miserable plight
throughout the latter part of his
journey. He and his faithful men
we're almost without food for days
at a time, and were on the point of
perishing more than once when they
would reach. perhaps, two or three
huts occupied by the poorest of ma
tives, who always helped the suf-
ferers to the limit Of their ability.
He remained at one place for eight
months. killing game, which he ex-
changed with the natives for vege-
table food.
| At one of the white stations he
AS'r-s'. '-..'.-.ti,e Congo State Govern
assels asking permission
.ien' ~0tnerals in parts q
y, 70 pIospes ti regions fha
have not A yea
elapsed b ne plae
where~ La
been answered. L.. rs -
been Professionally granted asss=--
had been assigned to one Of tn--
State posts as his headquarters. He
was very weak and i'll, however. and
the only hope of life seemed to de-
pend upon his return to Europe. He
was assisted to go home
Adler says that the finest develop
ment he saw in all his long journey
was at Baudouinyille. on the west
shore of Lake Tanganyika. in the
Congo State. where the Catholic mis-
sionaries have gathered around
them several thousands of natives
who live in neat houses aligned on
regular streets Here are primary
and industrial schools, many work
shops, cultivated fields orchards.
herds of cattle wonderful kitchen
gardens and a church that is one of
the finest edifces yet erected by ma
tive labor.