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swim. Ropes had to be stretched across the deepest places, by 
aid of which the carriers, who could hardly touch the bottom, had 
to feel their way. Occasionally they floundered into holes, and 
momentarily disappeared with their loads under the surface of 
the water. Although the memory of this very unpleasant march 
will doubtless long remain with them, none of them, fortunately, 
sustained permanent injury. 
I profited by the day’s rest we allowed ourselves to make a 
little excursion into the interior, but found nothing of remarkable 
interest. After going over a terrace-shaped formation we reached 
a high-lying plain, where we came upon some straw mattresses, 
bearing witness to the activity of the English Boundary Survey 
Commission, which had been working there about six months pre¬ 
viously. The question at the time had been a re-examination 
with respect to the thirtieth degree longitude, which marked the 
boundary between the Belgian and the English territories, as some 
dissension had arisen between the two countries with regard to its 
true position. The British as well as the Belgian Commissions 
entrusted with the work had meanwhile moved further north, and 
were quartered on the River Semiliki in the neighbourhood of 
Ruwenzori. 
The population there is fairly large. Agriculture and the 
breeding of small stock are the chief pursuits. The natives know 
how to make the latter pretty lucrative, as the prices for sheep 
and goats often run exceedingly high. Whilst we only had to 
pay very moderate prices in German territory, the prices here rose 
to two or three doti; that is, four to six arm-lengths of stuff, three 
to five rupees in value. This rise in prices is increasing constantly 
in districts inhabited by Europeans. Thus, for instance, at 
Stanleyville and also on the Aruwimi a sheep costs twenty-five to 
thirty-six francs, a fowl or duck five francs. As such high prices 
would have ruined our treasury, and as we could not take a herd 
of small stock with us, the feeding of our caravan followers 
became a difficult question. Lieutenant von Wiese endeavoured 
here, where the prices might still be called moderate, to acquire a 
small stock, which would provide us with meat until we reached 
