Formation and General Features of Ruwenzori. 



plain, and to go further from the moiiutains to seek for a ford 

 across the River Wimi, which was swollen, he Avas able to 

 see the entire chain, not only the single mountains. This 

 view is reproduced in a plate in colours placed opposite 

 the frontispiece of* his book.* This plate contains in the 

 middle, and plainly recognizable, Mt. Stanley and Mt. Speke. 

 To their left stretches a snowy ridge of uncertain outline and 

 long enough to comprise the peaks of Mt. Baker and those of 

 Mt. Luigi di Savoia. To the right, separated from Mt. Speke 

 by a wide interval, is another snow peak, Mt. Gessi. 



On reaching the Mobuku Vallev and ascending it as far as 



SAVOIA PEAK TAKEN FROM ALEXANDRA PEAK; MT. LUIGI DI SAVOIA 

 IN THE BACKGROUND. 



Bujongolo, where lie established his first camp, Moore fell into 

 an error, which was subsequently shared by all his successors 

 from Sir Harry Johnston to Dr. Wollaston, and which became 

 the chief cause of the uncertainty which reigned up to the 

 Duke's exploration as to the position of the peaks. This error 

 * J. E. S. Moore, "To the Mountains of the Moon," London, 1901. 



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