Chapter XW. 



and less abundant, wliile above Bujongolo nothing was found 

 except leopards, rats, bats, a few crows, hawks, birds of the 

 sparrow family, insects and worms. Upon the peaks were 

 found worms, neuroptera and diptera. 



The botanical and zoological collections offered abundant 

 material, comprising many species which were either new or 

 interesting from other points of view, and which have been 

 amply described and illustrated in the volume of special studies 

 upon Ruwenzori. 



We have now glanced cursorily at the principal results of 

 the Italian expedition — results implying sustained effort, owing 

 to the extreme shortness of their sojourn in the mountains. 

 Having thus briefly reviewed the chief features of the region, 

 we may once more take up our narrative. 



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