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Bonglan] PORTUGAL , GREAT BRITAIN , CONGO 125 of the Wamba (Uhamba ), and 8° 5 ' 4 " south latitude approx . ; for want of a natural boundary, the frontier as far as the thalweg of the Wamba (Uhamba ) shall be marked out by the line due east passing through the aforesaid point of junction ( Komba and Lola ) .

The thalweg of the Wamba (Uhamba) from the parallel of the point of junction between the Komba (Comba) and the Lola , as far as its confluence with the Uövo (Nuovo) ; the thalweg of the Uövo (Nuovo) as far as its junction with the N'Kombo (Combo) ; the thalweg of the N'Kombo and of the Kamanguna (Camanguna) (or the river by which the waters of the river Lué flow into the N'Kombo ), as far as the 8th degree south latitude . From this point the boundary shall be the 8th parallel , as far as the thalweg of the Lucaïa , then the thalweg of this river (Lukaï ) as far as 7° 55 ' south latitude ; the parallel from this point ( 7° 55 ' south latitude) as far as the Kwengo (Cuengo) ; from this point the thalweg of the Kwengo (Cuengo) , as far as the 8th degree ; from thence a parallel as far as the river Luita ; the thalweg of the Luita as far as its junction with the Kwilu (Cuilu ). From thence ( 7° 34' south latitude approx . ) the parallel as far as the thalweg of the Kama Bomba (Camabomba) or Kangulungu ( Congulungu ) ; the thalweg of the Kangulungu as far as the junction of its waters with the Loangué , and the thalweg of the Loangué as far as 7 ° south latitude. From the intersection of the thal weg of the Loangué and of the 7th degree, following this parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the Lovua ; the thalweg of the Lovua as far as 6° 55 ' south latitude . From this point (6° 55' south latitude) the boundary shall be marked out by the parallel as far as its intersection with the thalweg of the Chikapa (Chicapa) ; the thalweg of this river ( Chicapa ) as far as 7° 17 ' south latitude ; from this point ( 7 ° 17 ' south latitude) the parallel as far as the thalweg of the Kassaï (Cassai ) .

V ART . I OF THE TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE CONGO STATE , MAY 12 , 1894 (a) It is agreed that the sphere of influence of the Inde pendent Congo State shall be limited to the north of the German sphere in East Africa by a frontier following the 30th

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