From Fort Portal to Ikijongolo — Mobuku ^^alley. 



glacier. Another interesting and pleasant acquaintance was 

 that of the Alpine climber, Mr. A. F. WoUaston, who had left 

 the British Museum Expedition for a few days upon the 

 invitation of the Sub-Commissioner, Mr. Knowles, and had 

 come down to Fort Portal on purpose to meet the Prince. 



ox THE PUBLIC S(,)UARE, FORT TORTAL. 



As was mentioned in Cliapter I, in the months immediately 

 preceding the arrival of the Italian Expedition, Wollaston had 

 made the ascent of some of the peaks at the head of the 

 Mobuku Valley, from tlie top of which he had made out 

 tln-ough the mist two other snowy summits to the north-east, 

 higher than those which lie had ascended and seeming to rise 

 above the western slopes of the chain towards the Congo. 

 He had not been able to make out whether these higher 

 mountains were connected witli the peaks of the Mobuku 

 Valley. 



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