From Fort Portal to Bnjongolo — Mobuku Valley. 



forms one of the Portals. Beyond this, again, rises the 

 snowy mountain which has heen already described, and which 

 Sir Harry Johnston had named Duwoni. 



The general trend of the valley is from east to west. Marks 

 of glacial action are evident. A little above Ibanda, on the 

 opposite side of the valley, lies a stretch of marginal moraine 

 about thirty yards deep. A number of spurs seem to be the 

 remains of frontal moraines cut off by the torrent. There are 

 numerous boulders and round smooth rocks of the type 

 known as moutonnées. Finally, looking down the valley, a 

 transversal ridge has every appearance of a terminal moraine. 



Round about the camp are numerous villages and plantain 

 o-roves. The natives are naked, with strino^s of shells round 

 their loins from which bits of cloth are suspended. 



At Ibanda there is not the usual shed for eating under cover. 

 Fortunately the weather was fine, and a few^ trees near to the 

 torrent offered shade for the midday meal. Not a single fish 

 was to be found, in spite of long and attentive inspection of 

 the water. 



The evening was perfectly clear and the light died away 

 slowly. The familiar sound of the torrent called to memory 

 quiet evenings passed in some remote valley of our ow^n 

 Alps. Below the camp blazed numerous fires which now^ and 

 again seemed extinguished and rekindled as the dark shapes of 

 the natives flitted busily to and fro in front of them. The 

 mountain walls of the valley stood out clear on the starry sky. 

 The snows of Duwoni glittered softly in the bright starlight. 



The prospect seemed very hopeful. The Italian expedition 

 were more fortunate than their predecessors in the circumstance 

 that, before even reaching the feet of the mountains, they had 

 sight of many peaks, and were able to ascertain the important 



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