RUWENZOllI AND 1T8 SXCJWS 



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(formerly collector for the Toro District), Messrs. ]\Ioore and Fergussoii, 

 and myself and mv two companions,* and we have only touched it at one 

 spot, the head of the .Alubuko A'alley. Ruwenzori is no Kilimanjaro or 

 Kenya, no single snow-mass. It is a chain of heights like the Caucasus, 

 with considerable intervals between the jaincipal masses of snow and ice. 

 The snow-peaks of this range probably extend over a distance of thirty 

 miles from north to south. 



The obstacles which prevented myself and otlier explorers from reaching 



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the highest points of Euwenzori were, firstly, the distances to be traversed 

 at high altitudes, with a temperature not far off freezing-point ; the 

 extremely arduous nature of the last part of the climb, where precipitous 

 walls of rock or ice require an Alpine equipment for their ascent ; the 

 non-existence of any guides whatever above snow-line; and deficiency in 

 the means of trans};orting the necessary appliances for shelter and supplies 



* W. G. Doggett and Wallis A'ale. Subsequently Messrs. Wylde and "Ward, 

 of the Uganda Administration, ascended along our route to the snow, and were 

 stopped by the same obstacles. 



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