Bujukii Valley. — Ueturn of the Iilxpedition. 



grander tliau the inoiiiitaiii scenery at the head of the Mobuku 

 Valley. 



They soon discovered, among the mosses and reeds on the 

 shore of the lake, the track prepared for them by the Bakonjo 

 natives across the gently sloping plain of tlie upper valley. 

 This plain ends in a gorge formed by spurs which run 

 down from the Moore Peak of Mt. Baker and the Johnston 



TlIK IJUJUKl' VATJ.EY. 



Peak of Mt. Speke. Here there is a short, steep l^arrier, similar 

 in every respect to those which intersect the Mol)uku Valley. 

 They now had a sight of the first heaths (12,297 feet), mingled 

 witli a few lobelias, which were nearly all dead. 



Making their way down, now on the riglit hand and now 

 on the left of the torrent, tliey reached a second plain, after 



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