Chapter IV. 



owing to tlie small space of level ground available. Tlie porters 

 encamped as best they could on the steep slope. 



The view of the mountains ^^'as entirely cut olì' by the spur 

 upon which the camp stood. On the other side they overlooked 



MT. .Sl'KKE (tue DUWOXI OF JOHXSTOX) SEEN FKOM THE I,0\VER 

 MOBITKU VALLEY. 



the })laiii of Ibanda, and down the wide valley till the point 



where everything disappeared in the misty atmosphere. The 



near liill sides ^\'ere clad with dense forest diversified by 



small clearings covered with deep grass. There was scarcely 



any sign of animal life. Near the camp they saw lobelias for the 



first time. There were many dracsenas, and a most beautiful 



erithryna covered with flame-coloured blossoms. A narrow strip 



of small cultivated fields surrounds the tiny village, which is 



inlial)it<'d bv a few Bakonjos, naked in spite of tbe cold of tliis 



liioli region. 



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