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Throughout the expedition the party received every courtesy and assistance from the 

 French authorities. The Governor, the Honorable Carde, gave material assistance in 

 providing a letter of introduction addressed to all officials of the colony, and also in 

 permitting the issue of certain bulky items of food from the government stores in the 

 interior. I was most hospitably entertained at the government posts, where carriers 

 for the next stage of the journey were always supplied, and materials and labor provided 

 for marking our magnetic stations. Acknowledgments are also made to the various 

 trading companies, both French and British', their agents being most friendly, enter- 

 taining the party and occasionally helping to secure canoes for the journey. In the south 

 Cameroun the American Presbyterian Mission stations were very helpful and most 

 hospitable. Advantage is taken of the opportunity in this report to express our thanks 

 to Colonel Ducarre, Commandant of the Territory of Tchad for the courtesies and 

 assistance extended to the party at Fort Lamy ; to Captain de Ferrer; to Captain Audoin, 

 Commandant of the northern region of Cameroun, who was especially interested in 

 the work, having made magnetic observations with the Tilho expedition; to Lieutenant 

 Petit, Chief of Sub-division of Campo; to the Reverends Hoesington, Heminger, and 

 Patterson, also Mr. Hope of the American Presbyterian Mission; to Mr. Shuttleworth, 

 the Director of John Holt and Company, and his agents, Messrs. Buckle and Haeckler; 

 to Mr. D. Croxford, the Director of R. and W. King, Ltd.; to Mr. Hilaire, Ouesso; to 

 Mr. Beau of Nola; to Mr. F. Blat of Abong-Mbang; and to M. Rene Bruere, Adminis- 

 trator at Ouesso. 



FACILITIES AND SUGGESTIONS FOE TRAVEL OR WORK. 



A very good map of the Cameroun is published by the British War Office on a 

 scale of 1:2,000,000. The sectional maps by Moisel under the name of "Karte von 

 Kamerun" are most useful and very accurate. 2 They appear as a series of about 40 

 sectional maps on a scale of 1 : 300,000. A good general map of West Africa is the "Carte 

 Barralier de L'Afrique Equatoriale Francaise." 3 



Small rest-houses and camps are found on all the main roads, so that a tent is not 

 a necessity except in the great forest zone in the southeast portion of the Cameroun. 

 A camp chair, table, and lamp should be taken and a portable canvas wash-bowl, bath, 

 and an easy chair (deck chair) can be carried with advantage. As good water is found 

 throughout the Cameroun, a large filter is not necessary, but a small pocket filter might 

 be added for emergency use. A folding bed of the X -frame type and a mosquito-net are 

 essential. A wooden frame for supporting the net is very convenient. Waterproof sheets 

 are of very little use in the tropics; a good closely-woven canvas cover is much more 

 practical. Candle-light is very trying for the eyes in computation work at night, and if 

 a good oil lamp can not be obtained, a Dietz storm lantern should be taken. Kerosene 

 can be carried in wine bottles, and a dozen of these, each holding 1^ pints, lasted 3K 

 months. 



In normal times supplies such as flour, sugar, tea, tinned meats, biscuits, etc., can 

 be obtained at the factories at Douala, Kribi, Yaounde, Garoua, Fort Lamy, Nola, 

 Ouesso, and Eseka. Prices, however, are high, and it would pay to purchase supplies 

 in London or in the United States before sailing. Tinned milk should be carried for use 

 in case of sickness, while Oxo soup cubes and Horlick's malted milk tablets in hermetically 

 sealed tins are very useful for emergency meals. Chickens and eggs can be obtained 

 throughout the Cameroun, and fish also near any of the large rivers or mountain streams. 

 A fine variety of fruit is found in the south, but none in the central and north parts of 



< Biitish Wa: < i' ce, ( i ographical Section, General Staff No. 2793, July 1915. 



' Published by Dietrich Reimer (Ernst Vohsen), Berlin, S. W. -is. Wilhelmstra ise 29. The same publishei also supplies 

 i i geological books on the Cameroun. 



"Published by "Libraire Challamel," 17 Rue Jacob, Paris. 



