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CHAPTER X 



THE SEMLIKI VALLEY 



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Delays and delays — A boundary question — Are we to 

 * climb down ' ? — Enter the Congo Free State — The 

 Semliki Valley — Like the Ouse — My first big-game 

 shooting — Military precautions at the Lumi River— 

 We arrive at Fort Beni — The Semliki Cataract — 

 Ruwenzori from the west — Club-houses — Funeral of 

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CHAPTER XI 



THE WEST SIDE OF RUWENZORI 



Start for the mountains again — The edge of the Semliki 

 Forest — Hostile natives — Drums and war-horns — 

 A midnight serenade — We lose the way — The Butagu 

 Valley — We destroy the gardens — Shoot a ' buffalo ' 

 — Disappearance of the natives — Belgian departs 

 with escort — Start for the snows — 11,000 feet — 

 Disaster and disappointment — Retreat — A running 

 fight and a corpse — Poisoned arrows and surgery — 

 Beni again — Major Powell - Cotton — The Semliki 

 Forest — Elephants — Okapis and Pygmies — Walking 

 through the forest — Congo waters — The Lake Albert 

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CHAPTER Xn 



ANKOLE AND LAKE ALBERT EDWARD 



End of the British Museum Expedition — We go by 

 different ways — Entebbe again— Preparations for the 

 Congo — We start for the West Coast — Mosquitoes 

 — Buddu — Ankole — A tribute of cattle — Beautiful 

 crater lakes — A ' record ' water-buck — A troublesome 

 chief and a peace-offering — We leave Uganda — 

 Watch a herd of elephants — An elephant slaughter 

 — The west shore of Lake Albert Edward — Last 

 view of Ruwenzori - . - . . 



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