From Fort Portal to Bujongolo — ]\lobukii Vallev. 



At Bihuiiga the Duke began to reduce the number of 

 liis caravan. Henceforward tlie way was to lead throu^di 

 uninhabited regions where the commissariat would offer 

 increasing difficulties. An agreement was entered into with 

 the chiefs of the villages around Ibanda bv which they were 

 to send parties of porters regularly up the valley with provisions. 

 In addition to the limited nature of the resources of so 

 small a district, the actual distance to cross and the difficulty 

 of the marches would increase as the expedition proceeded 

 upwards. 



roiM) (IF M()j;uKu luvEi;. 



llit'v left h.'liiiid at Bihunga a portion ot the l)aggage, 

 C(.iisi.stuig of some forty loads, including all those personal 



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