The Backbone of Africa

Excerpt from The Backbone of Africa: A Record of Travel During the Great War, With Some Suggestions for Administrative Reform These three journeys covered practically the Whole of the suggested Cape to Cairo route, and the countries visited were Portuguese East Africa, Nyasaland, German East Africa, British East Africa, Uganda, the Belgian Congo, the Anglo Egyptian Sudan and Egypt. Of these, the region that made the strongest appeal to me was that of Lake Kivu, with its picturesque highlands, charm ing climate, and mighty volcanoes. Here I was fortunate enough to Witness a great volcanic eruption and to be present at the birth-throes of a new volcano. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.