From Entebbe to Fort Portal. 



hill. Twice they fancied that they had sight of snowy peaks, 

 but it was an illusion created by white clouds upon the 

 horizon. 



Finally, on the morning of the 28th of May, from the top 

 of certain hills to the north of Kailjo, which form part of the 

 watershed between Lake Albert Edward and Lake Albert, on a 

 day when the sky was clouded but the air clear, they suddenly 

 saw against the sky to the westward the snowy peaks of 

 the great chain, which were about 45 miles off, and looked as 

 if they were suspended in the air, for their feet were enveloped 

 in mists while a heavy rack of clouds hung so low over the 

 summits as nearly to rest upon them. Seen from this point, the 

 mountains appear divided into three main groups. Of these, 

 the central one is dominated by a characteristically cloven peak, 

 covered with snow% which seems to be the highest of all, and 

 which is separated from the group to its south by a deep notch ; 

 the third group is to the north or north-east of the central 

 mass. The foot of the glaciers, which come down from the 

 high ridges, is hidden by the projecting spurs of the range. 



They encamped that day at Butiti, where the Missions 

 (Protestant and Poman Catholic) were abundantly hospitable. 

 The camp was protected by a strong palisade guarded by 

 sentinels, and great fires were kindled all around. Occasional 

 roars heard distinctly through the silence of the night showed 

 that these precautions were far from superfluous. Two weeks 

 later, at Misonga, not far from Butiti, a lion made its way into 

 Cagni's camp and succeeded in escaping unharmed, thanks 

 to the darkness of the nio-ht. 



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On the following morning. May 29th, about an hour and 

 a-half from Butiti, the Prince and his companions climbed a hill 

 close to the path in order to get another look at Ruwenzori, 



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