The Discovery of Kuwenzori. 



to only a very fe^v, on rare occasions and from a great distance, 

 actually to ha^'e siu;ht of the whole chain. 



IXCEX8E TREE (?) 



Under these circumstances, the yiews of trayellers as to the 

 height of the principal peaks, the extension of the glaciers, and 

 the general features of the range were widely divergent and 

 based upon scanty foundations. These views were either 

 deriyed from a fleeting yision of far-off moiuitains in great part 

 hidden by lower buttresses of the chain, or else based upon 

 knowledg:e of one sinole yalley whose surroundinp; barrier of 

 ridges liid from sight all the greatei' and more important features 

 of the range. 



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