DESCRIPTION OF EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE UPPER WATERS OF THE LUALABA RIVER

The country being for the moment practically quiet, and a road open to Tanganyika, the Commandant was anxious to find out if a waterway to the Great Lake were possible to discover.

On the old caravan road through Kabambari everything had to be carried on men's heads, which was naturally a very expensive method, and a water-way for even part of the road would mean enormous advantages. I received an order to take over Baldwin's men and to form a caravan to explore the upper waters of the Lualaba, which till then were unknown to Europeans. My instructions were in the following terms:

Kasongo, le 16 Mars, 1894. Monsieur le Docteur, — J'ai I'hoiineur de vous faire savoir