. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OF LAKE CHAD 93 out at arm's length offerings of fish. And then there came a rush round the boats, all eager to shake hands with me, grasping mine in both theirs as if they were keen to gain. CUTTING THBOUGH THE BEEDS my friendship. Nor were they contented till they had shaken hands with all the crew in turn down to the smallest boy. Afterwards they returned to their fishing and before long many light canoes were to be seen driving out across the bay in fan-shape formation to their fishing-grounds, melting away hke
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. From the Niger to the Nile. Alexander-Gosling Expedition; Birds. THE PASSAGE OF LAKE CHAD 93 out at arm's length offerings of fish. And then there came a rush round the boats, all eager to shake hands with me, grasping mine in both theirs as if they were keen to gain. CUTTING THBOUGH THE BEEDS my friendship. Nor were they contented till they had shaken hands with all the crew in turn down to the smallest boy. Afterwards they returned to their fishing and before long many light canoes were to be seen driving out across the bay in fan-shape formation to their fishing-grounds, melting away hke phantoms into the dusk. It was wonderful to see little boys, no older than ten years, sending the canoes along at a prodigious rate with the skill of experienced polers. The Buduma Kachellas own large numbers of slaves whom they buy from the Tubus, as I have related in a former chapter. The slaves do almost all the heavy work of fishing and poling. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Alexander, Boyd, 1873-1910; Talbot, Percy Amaury, 1877-1945. London, E. Arnold