THE TANGANYIKA PROBLEM. 



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Stanley, Stuhlmann, Stairs and Scott Elliot. Sir Harry- 

 Johnston, on the other hand, who did not get as high as 

 myself, holds 20,000 ft. as a minimum for some of the 

 numerous peaks which he did not even attempt, but as he 



The broad glacier on Sitchwi, the Northern snow ridge of Ingomwimbi. 



says he is judging simply by his eye, his contention is 

 necessarily without any weight for actual mountaineers.* 



* Those interested in this matter will find it further discussed by me in an article 

 entitled "First ascent of one of the snow ridges in the Mountains," and published in 

 the Alpine Journal for May, 1902 ; and if the statements contained in this are compared 

 with Sir H. Johnston's account of his later visit to the mountains, published in the 

 journal of the Royal Geographical Society, it will probably become apparent that my 

 appreciation of a "literary capacity" in Sir Harry's method of treating matters of fact 

 was not misplaced. 



