TRANSPORTING A NAVY THROUGH JUNGLES OF AFRICA 



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NATIVE BOYS BRINGING IN BUCKS FOR DINNER 



It is a simple matter to step out into the teeming jungles or prairies of Africa and obtain 

 an unlimited supply of game for food. The ordinary diet of the native consists of a manioc 

 or cassava flour made into a paste, and a meat stew concocted of everything, from ants and 

 grasshoppers up to man. Indeed, "food that once talked" is a special delicacy, though indulged 

 in but secretly and rareiy nowadays. 



having taken approximately six weeks 

 to cover the bush journey of 146 miles. 

 [The railroad from Chilongo to Sankisia, 

 shown on the accompanying Map of 

 Africa, had not been completed when this 

 expedition was undertaken.] 



BOATS LAUNCHED BY HAND E0R 35O-MIEE 

 RIVER TRIP 



Needless to say, all of us breathed a 

 prayer of thankfulness and relief, but 

 realized we still had many miles to cover 

 before reaching Tanganyika. Three or 

 four days were spent here in transferring 



the boats to the train for the 1 8-mile run 

 to the river at Bukama, which we reached 

 without further adventure. 



At Bukama a camp was established 

 while the work of launching the Mimi 

 and Tou-Tou went ahead. They were 

 simply man-handled, no cranes or hoists 

 being available. Iron rails were laid 

 from the trucks to the riverside, down 

 which the boats were gradually lowered 

 broadside in their cradles into the river. 

 The cradles were then knocked away 

 and the boats floated clear. 



It was now found that, owing to the 



