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great artery, it rises in a lake nearly due north of 
Nsundi (Sundi), near the country of the Babongo 
and the Babum. Dr. Glissfeldt returned to the 
coast on December 2, and prepared for the great 
march into the interior. 
Dr. Falkenstein, the medicus and zoologist, in 
November 1873 reported favourably of Chin- 
xoxo. The station is situated on a hilly ridge 
commanding a view of the sea. “It looks impos¬ 
ing enough, but it would produce more effect if we 
could hoist the German flag, as the other establish¬ 
ments here do those of their respective nations. 
German ships would then take home news of the 
progress of our undertaking, and the natives would 
see at a distance this token of the enterprising 
spirit of the German nation, and come to us with 
provisions and other natural products/’ He adds, 
“In Fernando Po, an island which I would recom¬ 
mend as a sanatorium for wealthy hypochondriacs, 
we found an extraordinary abundance of fruit, 
cocoa-nuts, bananas, mangoes, delicious oranges, 
and pine-apples . . . . .The ivory trade on the 
Gaboon is very flourishing. A German firm 
which I visited exports ^10,000 worth per annum, 
the value of total exports being ,£26,000. The 
tusks are very large ; one weighed about 80 lbs., 
and some have ranged to 120 lbs. The other 
articles exported are gum and ebony, which are 
