Chapter V. 



To tlie nortli. on tlie otlxT liand, the groups tower above a 

 vast valley where the clear waters of a peaceful lakelet reflect 

 the rocks and glaciers roiuid about. This turned out to be the 

 upper end of that valley which the Prince had detected at its 

 opening- into the Mobuku Valley between the two southernmost 

 Portal peaks opj)()site Nakitawa. As he had then surmised, 

 this vallev does actuallv penetrate to the heart of the range, 

 and is entirelv surrounded l)y snow peaks and glaciers. To the 

 south of it lies the eastern end of Kiyanja, wliile to tlie 

 west stands the great central group,* formed, as had been 

 seen from the Hima Valley, of four distinct peaks standing- 

 two and two at either end of a ridge whence a great glacier 

 flows down and covers the entire slope. To the north stands 

 the Duwonif of Johnston, Avhich from this point appears in 

 fore-shortening with two squat snow peaks. There could now 

 remain no doul)t but that the two northern peaks of the central 

 .group were the highest of the whole chain. 



Further oft', to the right of Duwoni, behind a great spur 

 which runs down from Duwoni eastward, appeared two more 

 • snow peaks| standing at the head of a tributary of the 

 Bujuku Valley. On the last ridge of this eastern spur of 

 Du^^•oni there is a strange monolith, standing up straight as a 

 tower, and with regular angles, which, at a distance, looks 

 almost architectural. 



The discovery of the Bujuku Valley proved quite clearly 

 that the terminal ridge at the head of the Mobuku Valley is not 

 a portion of the watershed of the chain, as had been supposed 

 by all the Duke's predecessors who had come so far. It 

 furthermore proved that neither the main group, including the 



* Mt. Stanley. t Mt. Speke. 



I Mts. Emiri and Gessi. 



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