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From "In the Heart of Africa," by Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg (Cassell & Co.) 
the: champion high jumper of AFRICA (SEE PAGES 378 AND 382) 
"A line, which could be raised or lowered at will, was stretched between two slender 
trees_ standing on an incline. The athletes had to run up to this and jump from a small 
termite heap a foot in height. Despite these unfavorable conditions, exhibitions were given 
which would place all European efforts in the shade. The best jumpers— slender but splendid 
figures, with an almost Indian profile— attained the incredible height of 2.50 meters (8 feet 5 
inches), and young boys made the relatively no less wonderful performance of 1.50 to 1.60 
meters (5 feet)." 
387 
