Further Ascents and Work at Bujongolo. 



momentary cleariiiir of tlie mist, to distiiiofuisli the Weismanu 

 Peak to the soiith-\Yest at the end of a lono- snowy ridp-e. 

 On tlieir return tliey descended straight to the bottom of 

 tlie yalley, which was full of watery and muddy spots, with 

 the usual yeo-etation of senecio, and reached the tent after 

 nightfall witli line moonlight. 



Vittorio Sella finally rejoined the rest of the expedition 

 at Bujongolo on the 5tli of July, after a whole week spent 

 upon the Freshfield Pass in fruitless expeditions up the ridges, 

 and liours and ho\n-s of waiting beside his camera in the storms. 

 F<ir all his tenacity and energy he had not succeeded in getting 

 a complete panorama from the Edward Peak as he had proposed 

 to do. 



The party at Bujongolo had not meantime remained idle. 

 Commander Cagni had yainly attempted to take magnetic 

 obseryations, l)ut was preyented l)y tlie abundance of minerals 

 containing iron in the rocks around Bujongolo. This influence 

 was S(j considerable that it could be felt eyen when the 

 Inclinometer was placed at a height of some yards a})oye 

 the eartli upon a wooden frame- work constructed for the 

 purpose. 



The greatest difticulty, howeyer, was in findino- a stretch 

 of LTround leyel enouo-h and wide enough to allow of measuriuM- 

 a base line whose extremities were to be connected with two 

 of the peaks forming a part of the network of angles 

 measured l)y the Duke from tlie different nionntains which he 

 ascended. 



Tliere was a leyel place some distance back, aboye the 

 eliti*, at the foot of which stood the Camp of Bujongolo. But 

 from this leyel space they could only see the Edward and 

 ('agni Pealvs which had not been coiuiected with the others. 



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