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positions below the rope to give greater security. The porters, 

 M-ith tlieir loads, straggled across up-stream of the cord and 

 holding hv it. In this way the whole party was soon 

 rea.ssenihled on tlie other bank of the Mobuku without 

 accident and it-snined tlieir way, now ascending the wide level 

 vall^-v l)ottoni as far as the camp of Ibanda. 



Ibanda (4,540 feet) stands upon the right bank of the 

 Mobuku River at a point where tlie valley widens into a plain 

 more tlian one mile wide, shut in by rounded hills and covered 



BF/nvEEX nrwoxA and kasoxgo. 



Avith deep grasses and a few scattered trees. A small tributary 

 valley opens near the camp. Furtliei- up. tbe valley appears 

 to be com})letelv shut in by a higii and steep })eak which 



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