APPENDIX D 299 



//; Route from Uganda to the Congo by way of Lake 

 Kivu and Tanganyika. 



From Entebbe to Mbarara (Ankole), 13 days. 



From Mbarara to Kasindi (Albert Edward Nyanza), 



8 days [or from Entebbe to Kasindi, via Toro, 



19 days]. 

 From Kasindi to Vichumbi (south end of Albert Edward 



Nyanza), 5 days. Canoe. 

 From Vichumbi to Bobandana (Lake Kivu), 7 days. 

 From Bobandana to Nya-Lukemba (south end of Kivu), 



4 days. Canoe. 

 From N3^a-Lukemba to Uvira (Tanganyika), 7 da3^s. 

 From Uvira to Baraka (Burton Gulf), 4 days. Canoe. 

 From Baraka to Kasongo (Congo), 28 days. 

 From Kasongo to Kindu, 7 days. Canoe. 

 From Kindu to Ponthierville (head of Stanley Falls), 



7 days. Canoe [or, by steamer, 2 days]. 

 From Ponthierville to Stanleyville, i day. Rail. 

 From Stanleyville to Leopoldville, 14 to 16 days. 



Steamer. 

 From Leopoldville to Boma, 2| days. Rail and 



steamer. 



The price of tickets on the railway from Ponthier- 

 ville to Stanleyville was not fixed in 1907. We paid 

 25 francs each. 



The steamer fare from Stanleyville to Leopoldville 

 is no francs. Besides this there is a charge of 

 5 francs per diem for the use of a cabin, and 12 francs 

 per diem for food. Baggage to the amount of 200 kilo- 

 grammes may be taken by each passenger. 



From Leopoldville to Matadi the price of the railway 

 ticket is 200 francs. One hundred kilogrammes of 

 luggage may be taken, and extra luggage is charged 

 at the rate of i franc per kilo, so it is advisable to get 

 rid of superfluous baggage at Leopoldville. 



