Before the gate of Karnak<br><p><b>Identifier</b>: fromcongotonige01adol (<a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&amp;profile=default&amp;fulltext=Search&amp;search=insource%3A%2Ffromcongotonige01adol%2F">find matches</a>)<br><b>Title</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidfromcongotonige01adol">From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile : an account of The German Central African expedition of 1910-1911</a><br><b>Year</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1913">1913</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1910">1910s</a>)<br><b>Authors</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorAdolf_Friedrich__Duke_of_Mecklenburg_Schwerin__1873_1969">Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorDeutsche_Zentral_Afrika_expedition__1910_1911">Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911</a><br><b>Subjects</b>: <br><b>Publisher</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon___Duckworth">London : Duckworth</a><br><b>Contributing Library</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorRobarts___University_of_Toronto">Robarts - University of Toronto</a><br><b>Digitizing Sponsor</b>:  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorUniversity_of_Toronto">University of Toronto</a><br><br><b>View Book Page</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/fromcongotonige01adol/fromcongotonige01adol#page/n208/mode/1up">Book Viewer</a><br><b>About This Book</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/fromcongotonige01adol">Catalog Entry</a><br><b>View All Images</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidfromcongotonige01adol">All Images From Book</a><br>
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<b>Text Appearing After Image:</b><br><i>THROUGH THE LAND OF THE MUSGUMS 117 white strangers. The sultan accompanied us to theguest house, immediately opposite the palace. Be-tween our house and the palace was a wide space inthe middle of which stood a gigantic fig-tree. Every-body was holiday making, and the sounds of drumsand dancing met our ears on all sides. After a shortmid-day siesta we once more mounted our horses, andexplored the town under the sultans guidance. Karnak with its 5000 inhabitants, is considerablylarger than Kusseri, but the busy traffic which char-acterises that town of fishermen is wanting here.Many of the large, well-built houses are falling intoruin, and traces of Rabehs dominion are discernible.The inhabitants make very pretty objects of plaitedstraw, also beautifully carved wooden bowls. The Shoa women executed a very graceful dance.Ten to fifteen women and girls stood in line accord-ing to their height, rythmically beating two woodenclappers, and wagging their heads from side to sidewith closed e</i><br><br><b>Note About Images</b><br></p>
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<p>Adolf Friedrich, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1873-1969;
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Deutsche Zentral-Afrika-expedition, 1910-1911
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