From Fort Portal to Bujongolo — INIobuku Valley. 



satisfaction at having at last reached the foot of the mountains 

 which they were to explore. The journey from Italy to this 

 point had occupied 54 days. 



The first night was spent in the open. The tents had 

 not arrived, and many were without even a sleeping bag. 

 A few sheep had come so far with the porters, and frightened 

 by the strange place huddled around them. The shapes of 

 the naked blacks crouching around a great fire showed dimly 

 in the night. 



Cagni, barely convalescent, had left Entebbe two days 

 before and was hastening, by forced marches, to join the 

 expedition and take part in their work. 



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