Chapter V. 



anotlier 1)V a Imov boulder. To puss from one of these groups 

 to the other von had either to go round the boulder, under 

 the perpetual drip of water Avhich, even in fine weather, came 

 ott* tlie edge of the overhanging rock, or else you must clamber 

 between tlie boulder and tlie rocky wall, a feat requiring some 

 acro])atic skill. Close to the tents, in a small space between 

 three lieath trees, were arranged the instruments which 

 composed the small meteorological observatory. 



Bv no effort was it possible so to transform this inconvenient 

 spot as to create an even tolerable camp, such as would have 

 been desirable for a base station, wliere the expedition might 

 spend a considerable time, and whither exploring parties might 

 return from the high mountains for rest and refreshment. 

 Unfortunately, there seemed to be no place in the region which 

 coml)ined other attractions with a certain measure of shelter 

 from the weather. 



The Iiiver Moljuku flows at the foot of Bujongolo more than 

 GOO feet below. Tlie camp stood nearly at the entrance of a 

 little tributary valley, whicli at this point opens out of the right 

 fiank of the Mobuku Valley. The latter is visible for a short 

 tract oidy, not farther tlian the foot of Kiyanja, at which point 

 it makes a sharp bend to the northward. Kiyanja has from 

 this side the appearance of a high rocky wall ending in a sharp 

 peak. To the left of this peak, at the top of the wall, lies a 

 level glacier overhung by a rounded summit. To the right 

 stretches a jagged ridge, at whose feet flows down into the 

 valley another glacier, partly hidden by the corner formed on 

 the left slope of the Mobuku Valley at the point where it turns 

 to the nortli. 



Opposite the camp, on the other side of the valley, a spur- 

 descends gradually down to the plain of Buamba. Beyond this 



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