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Page 58, Page 63, Page 72, Page 75, Page 91 all contain the word "Ndian"
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Sjöstedt, Yngve. 1904.
I västafrikas urskogar : natur- och djurlifsskildringar Från en zoologisk resa I Kamerun. Stockholm: Fröléen & Comp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83865.
In the virgin forests of West Africa: descriptions of nature and wildlife from a zoological journey in Cameroon. Stockholm: Fröléen & Comp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83865.
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Page 58 (Text)
... lyckades det mig ej att mer än ytterligare två gånger an- träffa den, nämligen vid floderna Meme och Ndian ...
Page 63 (Text)
... Den förut okända honan af en praktväfvare från skogarne vid Ndian. ...
Page 72 (Text)
... Vid Itoki bo nedre Ngolo-folk, mellan nedre Ndian och Akwa Yafe Isangilli o. s. v. ...
Page 75 (Text)
... Kamerunbärget, helt och hållet täckande urbärget, eller norrut därifrån med delvis eller, såsom kring Ndian ...
Page 91 (Text)
... fortsättas inåt de i zoologiskt hänseende fullt okända områden kring floderna Meme, Massake och Ndian ...
Page 108 (Text)
... Så uppfördes Itoki vid floden Massake i början af 1890 och Ndians vid Ndian- flodens vattenfall ...
Page 227 (Text)
... Egentligen hade min af sikt varit att från Itoki begifva mig till Ndian; men då Linnell några dagar ...
Page 238 (Text)
... från mangroveregionen uppför floderna belägna skogarne vid Bonge, Bavo, Itoki och delvis vid Ndian ...
Page 327 (Text)
... kom bref från Knutson att sammanträffa med honom i Ekundu för planering om en gemensam resa till Ndian ...
Page 350 (Text)
... Under vistelsen vid Ndian hade jag anmodat en ofta med bössa kringvandrande neger, boende några dagsresor ...
Page 356 (Illustration,Text)
... studsaren låta mig veta, om kanoten vid sin åter- komst medförde bref, eller bud att resan till Ndian ...
... rader bad L. mig komma till Ekundu, där afvakta posten från hemmet och sedan fortsätta till Ndian ...
Page 360 (Illustration,Text)
... •-•o lunda öfver I kanot till Ndian. ...
Page 375 (Text)
... Härmed voro vi i N gololandet, under det att Mundemba och Ndian voro Balundubyar. ...
Page 377 (Text)
... 377 Landel Bteg inåt allt mer, och redan denna plats låg be- tydligt högre än Ndian. ...
Page 390 (Text)
... Den uppgift jag vid Ndian erhållit, att slättlandet här skulle börja, var visserligen oriktig, ehuru ...
Page 397 (Text)
... Sista tiden i Ndian. ...
Page 401 (Text)
... Och så några ord om lifvet vid Ndian. ...
Page 402 (Text)
... Ännu ett par veckor, till mot slutet af juni, fortsattes under- sökningarne vid Ndian. ...
... Från början var min afsikt att blifva vid Ndian öfver regntiden, men då en dag bud kom, att Linnell ...
... skulle lämna faktoriet för en resa till Fernando Po, beslöt äfven jag att lämna Ndian för att ...
Page 403 (Text)
... Från Ndian. Dageu tor afresan den 2(j juni var inne. ...
... midten med ett hvälfdt tak- försedda ka- noten, samma, som fört oss upp till Ndian ...
Page 455 (Text)
... af min nu afslutade förteckning framgår, i det lilla området mellan Kamerunbärget och floden Ndian ...
Page 507 (Text)
... En sådan är redan omnämnd frän Ndian nämligen den s. k. guineamasken. ...
Page 562 (Text)
... Ndiän 108, 300. Nektarinider 126, 310—312, 468. Neophlebia 490. ...
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IN WEST AFRICA'S
PRIGOROUS FORESTS
NATURE AND WILDLIFE DESCRIPTIONS
FROM A ZOOLOGICAL JOURNEY IN CAMEROON
BY
YNGVE SJÖSTEDT
PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS,
ENGRAVINGS AND WATERCOLORS
AND
A MAP
Stockholm: Fröléen & Comp.
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Introduction
It was in April 1890. The sun had already broken the shackles of winter
and spread its light over the awakening nature, the larks'
songs rang out through the cool spring air, and the mind longed
more and more from the city into the open air, out into the forest and fields.
It was on one of these days that I quite unexpectedly received the offer to undertake the
journey, the main features of which are described in the following. The thoughts, which had previously revolved around the nature of my native land, were suddenly
given a different direction. The tropics, with their lush scenery, their
glowing sun and their rich animal life, loomed before the eyes
and made the blood flow more rapidly in my veins.
A trip to West Africa, to which the Uppsala Zoological Institution wished to join through appropriated funds, was planned by the superintendent of the National Museum of Natural History in Stockholm, Prof. Chr. Aurivillius, and then through the interest of generous compatriots, its financial side seemed assured. The goal of the journey was the Kawentn-omYixäet, lying in the innermost part of the (uunea Bay. Its northwestern regions, not yet visited by any zoologist, were to be explored, and the country not only along the coast but above all inland was to be examined zoologically. For although the coastal fauna was in itself unknown, the coastal belt and its animal world were of a more uniform nature, whereas the interior of the country, with its varying vegetation and terrain, alternation of bends and valleys, dense and difficult to penetrate "bush forest", tall, beech-stemmed primeval forest with here and there sparser patches, sunny grasslands and open river banks, all with more or less characteristic animal forms, certainly harbored the most zoologically valuable treasures.
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For several reasons the exploration of these zoologically unknown
regions was of great importance.
Situated on the border between Upper and Lower Guinea with their
in many respects different animal forms from each other,
the transition region must offer studies of a kind for which only
few regions provide an opportunity. Animal forms from Upper and Lower Guinea, closely related but in their extreme types clearly distinguishable, meet here and offer connecting links of great interest.
The great zoological forest country of West Africa has its coastal
centre here.
This large area, which includes the forest regions between
about 15 degrees north latitude to 10° south, extending inland to the great African lakes, bears in its entirety
a strong, independent character. The ocean, deserts, lakes, mountains
or steppes surround it on all sides, and within these boundaries
a fauna of characteristically related
character has developed over time, whose representatives in very numerous cases
are not found outside of them.
Since the whole of what zoologically designated West Africa
bears such an independent character, this must come to light even more sharply
in its center, and it was precisely there that Cameroon, the
destination of the journey, was situated.
Several Swedes had often travelled to different
parts of Africa with excellent results and brought back to the National Museum collections of inestimable value.
Above all, we have Wahlberg, whose collections from Natal,
the Orange State, the Transvaal, Damara, Ngami and the Cape Colony have attracted justifiable attention not only by their extent but also by their excellent preparation, and are now an honor
and an ornament to our National Museum. Furthermore, the collections of
Afzelius from Sierra Leone, of de Yylder from Damara and
the Cape Colony, of Victorin from Kaj», of Hedenborg from Baar-el-
Abiad, etc.
On the other hand, no zoological expedition had been undertaken from our country to central West Africa.
In recent years, however, valuable collections have also come to the Swedish National Museum from these regions,
especially through Messrs. Knutson, Valdau and Theorin, which
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