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boundary is so vaguely defined, there is a good deal 

 of illicit trading between the two States ; some of 

 the rubber and iv^ory of the Congo Free State leaks 

 out on this side into Uganda, and no doubt dutiable 

 goods find their way back in exchange. It is 

 obviously impossible to station customs officers at 

 every point where a path crosses the frontier, even 

 if the frontier itself were accurately defined, and the 

 result is that neither State takes very urgent steps 

 to prevent smuggling through this district — a state 

 of things which is a most powerful argument in 

 favour of adopting the Semliki River as the 

 boundary. 



After crossing the Semliki Valley, we climbed up 

 the steep escarpment, down which I had looked 

 some eight months earlier, and on arriving at Toro 

 the British Museum Expedition came to an end, 

 after having made the complete tour of Ruwenzori. 

 Woosnam and Dent remained in the Toro district 

 for a few weeks, and then made a straight journey 

 to the West Coast. Leaving Toro on October 8, 

 they crossed into the Congo State to Irumu, thence 

 through the forest by the direct road to Avakubi, on 

 the Aruwimi River, which they descended in canoes 

 to Basoko, where the Aruwimi joins the main stream 

 of the Congo. Thence they took steamer down the 

 river, and reached the coast on December 2. If 

 three weeks, the time required to reach Toro from 

 Mombasa, be added to this time, it will be seen that 

 by following the direct routes and not halting by 



