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12 MR.G. MANN’S EXPEDITION TO THE CAMEROON MOUNTAINS. 
other arms. I made him understand that he should bring me a 
hyena and a gazelle, which he promised, and slowly went away, 
looking back as though afraid that I should lay hands upon him. 
On the 2nd of February I left the camp early in the morning, 
went towards Mount Helen, made a sketch of Mount Isabel, and 
turned towards the eastern peak, Mount Eliza, which lies on the 
border of the ascending lava-field and the wood which reaches to 
the sea. .In fact, half of it is in the wood and half above it, while 
the southern part and the crater are covered with a thick growth 
of trees. From the top I had before me the most beautiful pano- 
rama whieh I had hitherto seen, beginning with Mount Victoria, 
and ending with the * Black Crater." I traced it on paper, noted 
the direction of the various mountains, and then set out on my 
return to the encampment, following a footpath which from the 
north-east side of the mountain runs north-west from Mount Eliza, 
west-south-west from Mount Helen, through Calvo's Crater to the 
west side of the mountain. From the depth to which the path is 
worn, it would seem that it must serve as a communication between 
the inhabitants of the west and those of the north-east side of the 
mountain, as the hunters who would visit the mountain by this 
path are very few. 
When I approached the rendezvous in the evening, I saw the 
north side of the mountain on fire, which the high wind favoured 
and quickly spread over the mountain. 
On the 13th I left the place, with my people, and reached the 
forest a little above Mapanya late in the evening (Ridge Camp, 
alt. 4284 ft.). I spent four days at this place, of which two, from 
the very heavy rain, were almost lost. On the 14th the thunder 
began at 5 a.m., and lasted till 4 P.m.; and in the middle of the 
day it was so dark that the sereech-owls and large bats left their 
hiding-places, and announced their presence by their unpleasant 
cries. I, however, succeeded in collecting all the plants I wished, 
and among them a beautiful Mussenda and two species of Oncoba. 
On the afternoon of the 17th, when upon an excursion downwards, 
I met Mr. Smith and Mr. Pinnock, who had been good enough to 
come in case Botani should have any unfriendly intentions ; they 
had, however, found him very well satisfied, and we passed Mapanya, 
the next day, without meeting with any disturbance, and reached 
Victoria in the afternoon. 
After packing my plants, I left Victoria on the 24th, in com- 
pany with Mr. and Mrs. Saker and Mr. Smith, in a boat of the 
