Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-05-21

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rope was electrified
- by II the news that
a#/ EMj..,,. Africa had been
* S&N traversed by Lieut..
Il ~ 51VfS Paul Graetz Of the
81 e .S t1ts1BNNA German army In an
S$ uZLIlSR1 a u 8 m Q b le. His
- thrilling adventures
5 l1.'--,.: & on this daring and
5f.$ - D Iuc u expedition
80 ~ tao recent occurrence to have
d been entirely forgotten.d "a rs.
To have crossed Africa in an auto
mobile is no mean boast, when yeA one N 9
remembers that there are no roads
and no repair or gasoline supply
stores en- route. The y Cape-to- Cairo
Il ailway-- that great dream OF Q truly
great empire builder, Cecil Rhodes--its'
4 fast nearing completion; ana and ND N. :
year, or perhaps alittle NOR more, travel s!e'E
d ers may journey in luxurious com 2111-;
u fort by train and steamer from Cape
Town to Alexandria. They who do
q this win be able then to realize to the
fullest possible extent what the
pioneers OF travel In the African him
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terland had to contend with.
y one would %sthink that to bring to
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gantic feat as that which Lieutenant
Graetz set himself in his famous q Al !.
1 rican automobile expedition would be
&sufiicient to- satisfy even the most
I gluttonous appetite for adventure. Yet
\ Il Il typical of Lieutenant Graetz that
4 he should not rest content with this
I one truly great chievemeht.
His probe sund ertaken on behalf
& Of the African World. was to cross
4 the great and practically unknown re
sions of Central Africa from the In
dian to the Atlantic ocean. by way
Of the \ Zambesi river, Lake Bang
w'eeolo, and the Congo river: How
e ever, not by automobile this time. but
e by motor boat. This offered some
thing unique IN thess way 5of African
I travel. iIt meant hardships and dis:
appointments innumerable. but what that
Of that 1t a
He mapped out q route that would
B take him from Quilimane, 1.-THE port on
the coast Of Portug uese East Africa;
i to the mysterious Lake Bangweolo,
u ~ wav$s e the Ii iver Ouiaoua. LAGER
,donia 4 river shire. Port Herald. Chi.
y cnana n Fort John stone Lake Nyassa,
I. Karoanurg ga and then across the water.
1 shed to Fife. The motor-boat was
specially prepared for this part OF the
tourney. being fitted with wheels for
use j, q On land II ut
y E,rom VIE ma decided yto travel by
$Way "a The Chambesf river, K abinK;a,
3 and TINS arrive at the shores Of the
ii ANAL inland sea AXE n Ba, 1,l,yl
\ anon which no white man had ever
4 sailed 4 fer spending some crr time ex-
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siecting specimens 81 aquatic and land
4 NE Graetz planned Il, push On yto the
Atlantic by7} w 7;,,y 81 the LuIapula, Lake
m aru S. paula. Kasengo. Lukongzolva,
tTxiamh, StanIeyyille CoouiIlhatville
-:Ynnhi and T,aopoldyille. and thus to
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