From Naples to Entebbe. 



of Aosta. Oilier and Brocherel had already guided tlie 

 Mackiuder-Hausburg Expedition to Mount Kenya (East Africa) 

 in 1899. Tliere was also Erminio Botta, of Biella, the assistant 

 photographer of Sella, who had had experience of rongh life 

 and exploration in the Caucasus, in Alaska and in the Himalaya. 

 Lastly there Avas the cook, Igino Igini, of Acquapendente, ^^•h() 

 had passed an Arctic winter in the Duke's service in the Bay 

 of Teplitz. 



I will not describe at length the preparation of the 

 equipment, to which the Prince attended with tlie same 

 scrupulous care for detail which had so much contributed to 

 the success of his former undertakings. It was especially 

 difficult and complicated on this occasion, owing to the 

 necessity of meeting the rec[uirements both of a long march 



I'CH^T FLORENCE. 



across tropical regions, and of a prolonged sojourn among ice 

 and snow. 



Everything was ready by the beginning of April, and on the 



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