Fuitlier Ascents and Work at Bujongol 



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perfectly clear and very cold morning, the Duke again went 

 up to the Freslifield Pass. Roccati, wlio had accompanied 

 him so far, here re-descended to Bujongolo with Sella, while 

 H.R.H. proceeded directly to the Edward Peak, followino- the 

 southern crest along which Sella had made the ascent three 

 days before. The mists returned before he reached the suimnit. 

 It was only late in the afternoon that he was able to take a 

 few angles in a brief moment of clear sky. 



The Duke returned to the camp at nightfall. ()i\ the 

 6th of July the weather was again completely overcast and 

 no work was possible, but on the 7th he returned early in 

 the morning to the siunmit and was able to complete all the 

 measurements. 



On the following morning he ascended the Stairs Peak ot 

 Mt. Luigi di Savoia before returning to Bujongolo. 



Commander Cagni in the meantime had left Bujongolo on 

 the 6th with Joseph Petigax, Brocherel and a few natives 

 to ascend the rocky peak to the north of the camp, whicli was 

 to be connected on one hand with one extremity of the base 

 line, and on the other witli tlie net of angles of the different 

 peaks. 



The Cagni Peak, as may be seen upon the map, rises at 

 the southern extremity of a buttress which runs between 

 Mt. Baker and the South Portal Peak, flanked by two little 

 valleys containing small lakes and tributary streams of the 

 Mobuku. 



Wishing to avoid the slabs of rock which had prevented 

 the Duke in his recognizance of the 2nd of July from entering 

 the valley to the west of tlie peak, and likewise to avoid 

 crossing the Mobuku Valley below Bujongolo in the deep mire 

 and tfirough the dense heath forest. Cagni had decided to go 



