The German Expedition. 
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brought by the natives, especially the Fans and 
Mpangwes (sic) from the interior. The slave 
trade is said still to be carried on by Europeans, 
though it is not known where the slaves go to ” 
(of course to Sao Thome and Prince’s Island). 
“In the immediate vicinity of our station the chief 
trade is in palm oil and ground nuts.Rings, 
chains, crosses, watches, &c., are readily taken by 
the savages in exchange for native goods, and I 
obtained a valuable fetish for a chain and a cross 
worth a silbergroschen.” 
After three months spent upon the coast, and 
much suffering from fever, the energetic Dr. 
Bastian was welcomed home on December 13, 
1873. His present book 1 makes only one instal¬ 
ment of the work, the other being the “ Correspon- 
denzblatter der Afrikanischen Gesellschaft.” Briefly, 
everything has been done to lay the foundation 
for success and to advertise the undertaking. 
Finally, not satisfied with these steps, the German 
Society for the Exploration of equatorial Africa 
organized in September, 1874, a second expedition. 
Captain Alexander von Homeyer, a well-known 
ornithologist, will lead it via S. Paulo de Loanda 
1 “ Die Deutsche Expedition an der Loango Kiiste, nebst 
alteren Nachrichten liber die zu erforschenden Lander.” Von 
Adolf Bastian. Jena and London (Triibner and Co.), 1874. 
