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the rain came, and thereafter, with the exception of a few 

 occasional fine days^ never ceased, so that the climate fell 

 much below the ideal that had been previously formed of it. 

 However, excellent collections were made both in zoology 

 and botany in spite of the weather, and various excursions 

 were carried out with the view of reaching the snowy summits 

 of the main range. Among the birds met with at an altitude 

 of some 13,000 feet was a splendid new Sun-bird, " of a 

 dark metallic green shot with a wonderful iridescent purple," 

 which has been named " Nectarinia dartmouthi,''' after one 

 of the most liberal supporters of the expedition. 



The next chief halting-place of the expedition was on the 

 plains of Ruisamba, a very different kind of country, which 

 flanks the Ruwenzori range on the south-east. Here a 

 second base-camp was formed near a village called Muhokya 

 and collections were again made. The next effort was to 

 find a good resting-place in the Congo Free State district on 

 the western slope of Ruwenzori. To do this it was necessary 

 to go round the south end of Ruwenzori, and then turn 

 northwards down the Semliki Valley to the Congo Free 

 State Station of Beni, celebrated as the place where the 

 Okapi was discovered by Sir Harry Johnston. Although 

 the Ruwenzori Range was reached from this station, and 

 the Butagu Valley was ascended to a height of 10,400 feet, 

 the hostility of the natives — due, it seems, to the mismanage- 

 ment of the Belgian officers — soon necessitated a hasty retreat 

 to Fort Beni and thence to Toro. Here it was resolved to 

 be impracticable to continue the exploration of the eastern 

 slope of Ruwenzori in the then disturbed state of the country, 

 and it was agreed to break up the expedition. Mr. Legge 

 returned straight to England by Entebbe and Mombasa, 

 Messrs. Woosnam and Dent made a direct journey to 

 the West Coast down the Aruwimi and Congo, and 

 Dr. Wollaston and Mr. Carruthers resolved to visit the 

 volcanoes of Mfumbiro and Lake Kivu and thence to cross 

 the Continent to the West Coast by a more southern route. 

 How they accomplished this is well told in the present 

 volume, which is one of the best-written and most inter- 



