Chapter IV. 



effects M'liicb became unnecessary in the cold climate of the 

 high mountains, and a iiumljer of the boys were also dispensed 

 with. These, as well as the superfluous porters, went back to 

 Butanuka, a village lialf-way between the Mobuku Valley and 



FORU OF MOBUKU RIVER. 



Fort Portal, whicli now became the halting-place for all the 

 Baganda wIk» were sent back from tlie mountains. Last, but 

 ]iot least, the twenty native soldiers of the escort, commanded 

 by Sergeant Green, remained at Bihunga, \\here tliev formed a 

 link between the expedition and the lower valley. The portion 

 f>f the su])])lies and e(jui])ment wln'cli was left behind was 

 shcltertMl iii tlic liut of the l)iitisli Muscuiu Kxpinlitioii. 



On the morning of the òth of June, the caravan again 

 set out u])on its way. An extremely narrow and very steep 

 jjatli through thick brushwood and thoriiv l)ranclies. uliich 



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