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the dates when it was at, or passed through, 
briefly mentioned below. 
England was left on September 4, 1903. Banana,' l hr first point 
of call in the Free State, was reached on September 23. From 
September 24 to October 27 was spent at Boma, and from October _*S 
to November 20 at Matadi. Matadi is connected with Leopoldville 
by railroad. From I’umba, the half way point on the railway line, 
two of the members of the expedition made a trip of three weeks’ 
duration (November 5 to 28) to Wathen and through the District of 
the Cataracts. A stay of seven months, from November 22, it> to 
June 23, 1904, was made at Leopoldville. 
From Leopoldville the expedition went up the Congo to 
Falls in a small steamer placed at their disposal b> t ( 
Vhen it seemed advisable, stops and short side joUTOC) 
at posts along the river for the purpose of studying local conditions 
Work was done at M'Swata from June to aft At Tshumbiri 
nland 2 V T Was Spent at a nativ( - «"»8« some ten miles 
" ™ ,7 M “ POieil ? Ue visited on July 7 to ft and Irehu „n Jafy 
O E a L Jr C ° qU, "‘ a T tVille Gv, y 18 to 9) trips were made 
to ft p 1 M T?' J° uvelIe Anvers was visited front Angus, , 4 
Mongala to Bokanga ^ ^ "* " WH " "»* 
(August 26 to *o) and nt U . S PS Were mad( * :,t l 
of these places short i„ t m ( gUSt 3 '. t0 Se P^mber 4) ; at both 
made at Basoko (September’^ i ml * nd ‘ Short sta X s Nvrr< * 
'5). On Septimus /tani^ Fa,," Yal<U5U '3 - 
expedrtton remained until September af* rea ' ' d ' wbere thr 
from Stanley Falls the journey no'the r 
Kasongo by canoe. Ponthierville B ° "' aS con,ln "'- H »° 
°n‘°ber 9. From £^^ 7 " October s to 
expedition made a side trip Q f , 2 d J, *' V ° n "‘ l " be rs of the 
of the Congo, They paralleled the i ^ duratlon lnland to the east 
once more took canoe. From Lok rA “ Kumba - where they 
a J-rney of some l8 mi,™ <0 November ,) 
N Sendwe (November 4 tQ “ ^* Stops "ere made at 
Kasongo was reached on Novem ber 
‘ 5,a y°f five month. 
