Northwest afrika. Value of travel shvejnfurta

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Real value of travel SHvejnfurta consisted, however, not in theoretical reasonings on a drain and not in the permission of riddles, and in the talented and bright image of the areas visited by it; its descriptions are read with indefatigable interest also to this day. We do not have place that as it is necessary to give due to this party of its work, and we can be limited to one characteristic citation only. It is a question of the country ' Monbutto ' on the river Uelle.

' the Country Monbutto meets us, as an earthly paradise. Uncountable banana groves cover slightly vsholmlennuju district; incomparable beauty olive palm trees and other magnificent giants of woods tower over all attractive landscape; coast of the rivers are covered by charming greens, and over domes of idyllic huts of natives the cool shade has hung. The general height of district fluctuates from 2500 to 2800 foots above sea level; everywhere hollows on which streams flow, alternate with low hills, otlogo rising on height in some honeycombs of foots over boxes flowing in the bottom of small rivers. In general it is possible to tell, that the soil here is much more various, than in east part of area Njam-Njam. Both that, and another abound with sources which meet everywhere where there are hollows; The network of natural drains is connected with water streams, that even more confirms the comparison of all this area resulted by us above with the saturated water a sponge which needs to be compressed a hand that water has extensively scattered. Very widespread on area Monbutto marsh iron ore, absolutely recent origin and still in process of formation; its stocks come far on the north, and, probably therefore, almost all uplands of the Central Africa are covered krasnozemom. As one would expect, presence of the dense population has led here to more frequent cutting down of woods for the purpose of planting of banana groves and corn and sugar cane cultivation, but even here, in deeper valleys, trees reach such huge height and such unreasonable thickness, that no vegetation of more northern can be compared to them nilskih areas. Under a majestic shade of these giants other trees which, towering one over another, create a picture of vegetative chaos grow. On the general appearance the area reminds described Spekom Uganda; however customs of inhabitants, their distinctive racial signs and full absence of any intercourses with the trading nations do their absolutely unlike inhabitants of Uganda... '