A Camera Actress in the Wilds of Togoland The adventures, observations & experiences of a cinematograph actress in West African forests whilst collecting films depicting native life and when posing as the white woman in Anglo-African cinematograph dramas

CHAPTER I

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LONDON TO LOME PAGES I am "up against" a queer business proposition--Doubts and difficulties--Assent--Major Schomburgk, F.R.G.S., the leader of the expedition--His African experiences-- Filming cinema pictures in the tropics--The start from England--Dover to Madeira--Life on board ship--Madeira --Teneriffe--Las Palmas--Motoring under difficulties-- Arrival in Togo--"Yellow Jack"--Kindness of H.H. the Duke of Mecklenburg, the Governor of Togoland--A jolly dinner party--Rickshaw riding in Lome--Off to Atakpame 17-28