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CHAPTER III. 



THROUGH FRENCH UBANGI, SINCE CEDED 

 TO THE GERMANS. 



(OCTOBER 14-25.) 



For the next six weeks we travelled through terri- 

 tories some of which have since been ceded by France 

 to Germany, and others by Germany to France, as a 

 consequence of the recent Moroccan negotiations. 



The accompanying map will show how, a few miles 

 north of Golombe, the German Kamerun juts east- 

 ward, roughly speaking along the 10th latitude, which 

 forms the lower edge of the so-called duck's beak. 

 This boundary will now be altered. The German 

 dominion is to be extended to the south and to the 

 east, embracing Lere and the Tuburi lakes, by which 

 we passed. The cession comprises also large districts 

 to the south, but with these we had no concern. 

 North of the 10th latitude the Logone is to form 

 the boundary, and the Germans will give to the 

 French that portion of the Kamerun that lies be- 

 tween the Logone and Shari rivers. 



The land may be described generally as Sudanese in 

 character, and heavy crops of guinea-corn and millet 

 are raised there. The inhabitants are mostly pagan. 



