22 In the Heart of Africa 



frequently occurred. Quite shameless demands would be quickly 

 suppressed by the leader with a few forcible expressions or 

 sinister motions of the hand. The keeping of the register roll 

 of a caravan of 700 men strong was a highly responsible task 

 for Lieutenant von Wiese, who was admirably supported in 

 the work by Sergeant Czeczatka. The name of every single 

 man and the amount due to him for the month had to be 

 entered in the chief register. In districts where Indian or 

 Arabian shops afforded an opportunity for making purchases, 

 any one of them was permitted to draw a cash advance. The 

 value of such advance was made to the applicant in stuffs, beads, 

 or copper wire, as desired, and then entered in the register as 

 wages paid. The balance of any wages due was to be paid out 

 in ready money at the close of the expedition at the chief city of 

 the respective districts, such as Entebbe, Bukoba, Udjidji, and 

 Daressalam, and by the local authorities there, previously 

 appointed to act as paymasters. 



As the men always applied for advances at the larger places 

 — for instance, later on, at Kissenji on Lake Kiwu — it may be 

 possible to form some idea of the immense amount of extra work 

 this sort of thing entailed, and the difficulty of keeping a true 

 and accurate register. 



Whilst at Rufua I received a letter from Lieutenant Weiss, in 

 which he begged that instead of going to Mpororo he might be 

 permitted to remain at Karagwe, south of the Kagera, and from 

 there to journey across the Kagera ferry to Kanjonsa. He 

 desired this in order that he might erect anew the signalling 

 apparatus with which his work on the Anglo-German Boundary 

 Commission had familiarised him, as the region south of Mpororo 

 was to be surveyed cartographically. At the same time he asked 

 that Kirschstein might be allowed to remain with him. This 

 collaboration of topographer and geologist proved to be a most 

 admirable arrangement, not only at that time, but later on also. 



For the first time in Africa the photo-theodolite was employed 

 for topographical charts. The peculiar characteristic of this 

 instrument is that it enables the dimensions of the photo- 



