Chapter \'1I. 



never succeeded in i;ettiii<;- from the peaks a clear view of the 

 valleys to the west of tlu' chain so as to obtain an accurate 

 idea of theii- direction and (hstrihution. As far as lie was 

 able to observe, he formed the opinion tliat tlie four valleys 

 runnino- down from the Cols Freslitield, Scott Elliot, Stuhlmann, 

 and avalli (marked A, B, C, I) on the map) joined together 

 to form the Butagu Valley, which would consequently 

 collect the waters of the western o'laciers of Mts. Luigi di 

 Savoia, Baker, and Stanley, and a great })art of those of the 

 Speke Glacier and of t]\r glaciers of Mt. Emin. Thus this 

 would be the most iin])ortant of the western valleys. It is 

 probable that Mt. Emiii and Mt. Cessi contribute to feed 

 the Russimi )i and the Buame llivers (E and F of the map), 

 which, like the Butagu, are affluents of the Semliki, and that 

 the southern valley, Nyamwamba, runs up as far as the glaciers 

 of Mt. Luigi di Savoia. The torrents Yeria and Wlmi 

 would not be fed bv glaciers at all. 



With the help of our i)recise knowledu'e of the ran^'e we 

 may now attempt to collate with one another, and with the 

 data furnished by H.II.H., the discoveries and descri})tions 

 of the preceding explorers. 



Of all these predecessors, Stanley was the one who had 

 the most fre(pient op])ortunities of s(M'ing either the single peaks 

 or the range from the north, the west, and the south. He left, 

 however, vague records oiilv. and clearlv the realitv of the 

 picture has been too greatlv altered l)v the illustrator of his 

 l)ook to make it possible to determme the ni(li\idiial mountains 

 Ml his illustrations. At the \'(^rv most it is possible to recognize 

 Maighenla Peak and .Mt. Speke confused in a single group 

 III the \iew taken fi'oin Kaxalli to the iiortli of the mountains, 

 and reproduced on p. '2'\() of '" In [Jaikest Africa.'' \'ol. 11. 



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