His avowed object was to explore the region between the Gabun and Lake Chad.

Similarly the French Congo territories have been divided into three colonies-theGabun, the Middle Congo and the Ubangi-Shari-Chad-allunitedadministratively under a commissioner-general.

North of the latter lies the Gabun, with a large number of small tribes dominated by the Fang who are recent arrivals from the Congo.

In Cameroon Germany found herself with Great Britain for a neighbour to the north, and with France as her southern neighbour on the Gabun river.