6 REPORT OF THE HARVARD AFRICAN EXPEDITION 
by the Expedition across Africa was through the Belgian Congo, following the 
course of the Congo River and the Lualaba to Kabalo. Studies were made in 
the various towns and villages in the regions of these rivers and elsewhere along 
the line of travel. From Kabalo we proceeded by rail to Albertville on Lake 
Tanganyika and from there travelled northeast on a small steamer across the 
lake to Kigoma. It may be remembered that it was in the adjoining town of 
Ujiji that Stanley met Dr. Livingstone on his first relief expedition in 1871. We 
next proceeded northward to Usumbura, Uvira and Luvungi, and from there on 















Map No. III. — Hydrographic map of the Congo and adjacent territory traversed 
foot to Bukavu on the southern shore of Lake Kivu. After crossing the lake in 
small boats to Kisenyi, we marched northward to Ruchuru. Here for the 
purpose of collecting and pursuing special studies, the party was divided into 
several groups. Eventually we reached the southern and eastern shores of Lake 
Edward. From Lake Edward we travelled northward by Kabasha, Luofa, and 
Lubero to Beni and entered the southwestern part of the Semliki Valley, and 
then, proceeding northward through the eastern part of the Ituri Forest, we 
eventually reached Irumu. In the Ruchuru and Ruindi plains, the Semliki 
Valley and the Ituri Forest a special study was made of the parasites that infect 
wild game as well as of the infectious diseases of man. Except that we used 
boats in crossing the lakes and went by motor the thirty miles from Uvira to 
