Chapter Y. 



glaciers and peaks around tliein were tlie most important of 

 the wliole chain. Wollaston alone had had a glimpse of the 

 groups to northward, hut tlie fogs had not permitted him to 

 appreciate their number nor their exact situation. Even in the 

 former attempts to explore the range from the west, single 

 mountains only had been visil)Ie. Possibly David had had a 

 wider view, but his description is vague and confused. 



It was barely 6.30 in the morning when the little party once 

 more set out towards the west in the direction of the highest 

 peaks of the group, proceeding over hard snow broken by a 

 few crevasses on the left flank of the crest facing the Mobuku 

 Valley. 



The ridge rises first to a peak* of broken and rotten rock 

 (15,843 feet), of which H.R.H. reached the summit at 8 a.m. A 

 light wind was blowing from the western valley, and drifts of 

 mist began now and again to shroud the prospect from their 

 sight. 



To the west of tins peak a jagged and slightly marked arete 

 leads precipitously down to the })ass which connects Kiyanja 

 with the central and liighest group. The main ridge, on the 

 other hand, bends southward, and from thence onward forms part 

 of the watershed of the range between the Mobuku to the east 

 and another smaller valley which falls away westward toward 

 the Semliki. The west face of Kiyanja is precipitous like the 

 north face, which overhangs the Bujuku Valley. 



Without stopping on this first peak, the caravan proceeded 

 southward along the ridge towards the highest point, now less 

 than 400 yards distant. At 1).15 a.m. tlu^ Prince was the first to 

 set foot upon tlic liighest smnmit of Kiyanja,+ 15,1)88 feet. The 

 rocks of the summit are cosficd with fulgurites in the form of 



Semper Peak. t I-Mward Peak. 



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