Chapter VII. 



Ptiiwenzori was tlie name most commonly in use in Bantu, 

 and that it was to ]n' translated as "King of the Clouds," 

 or " Kaiii-maker." 



Stulihiianii gathered the names Ru-nssoro and Tlu-ndjuru 

 from the Wanvoro and Wakonjo natives. In their dialects 

 Niuru and Xssoro signifv rain, whicli confirms Stanley's 

 interpretation of the name l)ut witli a considerahle cliange 

 in the orthography. David also wrote Ilu-nssoro ; lie also 

 heard the highest peaks called Kokora. 



Scott f'Jhot gives Kunsororo as the native name, and 

 says tliat he heard from many soiu'ces the name Kiriha, 

 which would mean '' high peak," 



According to A. B. Fisher, the natives of Uganda have 

 no collective name to indicate the entire range, but only 

 separate names for the individual peaks. He gives, however, 

 the names llwenzozi and Bwenseri, which he interprets as 

 meaning " Mountain of Mountains " or " 71ìp Mountain " j^9«r 

 excellence, or as " The Mountain otl' thei-e," indicating direction. 

 Birika which resemhles the Yirika of (^asati, and Avuruka 

 and the othei- variations of Staiilev, would simply mean 

 " snow." 



Sii- Harrv Johnston heard the snowv portion of the chain 

 called Euchuriu Ijv the Nyoro natives ; as Ansororo (snow) 

 in Lukoiijo ; while among tlie Southern Bakonjos he gathered 

 the name Obweruka ; among the I>anjoro, Ebirika ; among 

 the Baamha, to the north-west of the range, Gusia ; among 

 the Batjanda, Gambarau-ara, etc. 



In so great an uncertamtv as to the nomenclature, 

 Staiil('\' had every right to select a name, and e\'(-n if his 

 ti'aiisci'ipt Ktii shonld Jiot be held to coi'resjiond with euphonic 

 exactitude to the nati\(' word, vet it might be best to keep 



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