prairillon

“As our naked feet began to blister, we suddenly turned to the left, away from the sea; and, after crossing about 100 yards of prairillon, one of the prettiest of its kind, we found ourselves at Bwámánge, the village of King Lángobúmo.”

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

“Far to the south lay the Serna or prairillon of Sánga-Tánga,”

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

“Island, lying some five miles south by west, are masses of cocoas, fringed with mangroves; a great contrast with the prairillon of the neighbouring Point Ovindo.”

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo

“Both this and Parrot Island, lying some five miles south by west, are masses of cocoas, fringed with mangroves; a great contrast with the prairillon of the neighbouring Point Ovindo.”

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1

“Far to the south lay the Serna or prairillon of Sánga-Tánga, a rolling patch, "or, on a field vert," backed by the usual dark belt of the same, and fronted by straggling dots that emerged from the wave -- they proved to be a thin line of trees along shore.”

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1

“We were posted in a grove of beech, on the margin of the lake, and a few hundred feet long, with a narrow _prairillon_ on the inner side, bordered by the rocky ridge.”

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